The Wall That Heals, in Texas in 2016. Via Wikipedia.By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Here we are just into March, and we get an announcement about the Snellville Farmers Market’s upcoming season. Snellville is now accepting applications from vendors and scheduling entertainment for its upcoming eighth season. Wow! Eight years. Seems only yesterday.
The Snellville market will be each Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., June 3 through Sept. 30. The market is located on the Towne Green at the intersection of U.S. Highway 78 and Oak Road.
These markets in the various cities are providing a great service both to the cooks of the area, gaining fresh produce, but also to the farmers, finding a ready acceptance of their local products. We hope more and more of these markets this year will concentrate on providing mostly vegetables, bread, jams, and fruit, and not so much of the add-on not-necessaries arts and crafts that discourage people visiting who want the foods.
Oh, well, people with their original creations have to exist too. And some people must buy their goods, for they keep hanging around.
We look forward to other communities’ announcements of their fresh markets!
Coming to nearby the nearby city of Johns Creek is The Wall That Heals, a 250-foot replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, along with a mobile Education Center, on March 30 through April 2. It will be open 24 hours a day and free to the public. The location is Newtown Park Soccer Complex, at the intersection of Old Alabama and Haynes Bridge Roads.. Entrance is across from Fire Department Station 63.
Local sponsors are the City of Johns Creek, the Johns Creek Veterans Memorial Walk, the Johns Creek Veterans Association, the St. Brigid’s Knights of Columbus and the Johns Creek Foundation.
The Wall That Heals honors the more than three million Americans who served in the U.S. Armed forces in the Vietnam War and it bears the names of the more than 58,000 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.
The replica Wall is approximately 250 feet in length, and like the original Memorial is erected in a chevron-shape. The replica is constructed of powder-coated aluminum, supported by an aluminum frame, and is made up of 24 individual panels, each containing six columns of names.
The names on The Wall That Heals replicate the names on The Wall in Washington, D.C. As on The Wall, the names are listed alphabetically by day of casualty. Beginning at the center/apex, the names start on the East Wall (right-hand side) working their way out to the end of that wing, picking up again at the far end of the West Wall (left-hand side) and working their way back in to the center/apex. Thus, the beginning and ending of the conflict are joined at the center, signifying an epoch in American history.
- To learn more about VVMF and the future Education Center at The Wall, visit www.vvmf.org or call 202-393-0090.
The Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District has been awarded a $136,000 grant from the Atlanta Regional Commission.
The funds will be used for the 10-year update of the existing Jimmy Carter Boulevard Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) plan. The update will include a market analysis which will inform an updated concept plan to support appropriate redevelopment and plan for multi-modal transportation improvements.
A framed sign in the examination room of Sylvia Flower, PA-C, in Lilburn: “An Apple a Day Won’t Do It.”
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