Today (June 14) is national Flag Day, so here’s a photo showing a flagpole within the USA. Just where is it? Figure it out, and send your answers to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your hometown.
Check out this harbor, with buildings around it, on a spring day, say the flowers in bloom in the foreground. Where was this photograph taken? Try to figure it out, then send your idea to ebrack2@gmail.com, including your hometown.
Just where is today’s Mystery flagpole? And what does that plaque say? Here’s your best hint: it is in Gwinnett County. Figure out this mystery and send your answer to ebrack2@gmail.com, including your hometown.
Today’s Mystery Photo is of a house that has its own unique history. Perhaps there are clues looking at you that can lead you to discover this history. Once you have an idea of where this is, send your answer to ebrack2@gmail.com, including your hometown.
Today’s mystery is a high view of a seaside area. Can you figure out where this photograph was taken? If so, send your idea to ebrack2@gmail.com and be sure to list your hometown.
This seems to be a functional building where there are no mountains. Give it a try on determining where it is located, and why it is being featured in this issue. Send your guess to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your hometown.
You might call this a gateway of sorts. Figure out where this Mystery Photo was taken, and tell why it could be called a gateway. Send your thoughts to ebrack2@gmail.com, and tell us where you live.
Today’s Mystery Photo may remind us of a photograph taken in New York at the end of World War II. But this is a statue. Can you figure out where it is? Send your answer to ebrack2@gmail.com, including your hometown.
Today’s Mystery Photo is a monument which looks like it is in the middle of nowhere. Identify it and tell us where it is located, and why. Send your answer to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your hometown.
Check out this eight-man-tall statue. Now can you figure out where this statue is located? If you realize where it is, send your answer to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your hometown.
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
–British Philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970).
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Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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