Columbus is a city of disputed distinctions (GA)
JUNE 2, 2016 9:30 PM
BY MIKE OWEN
... When the Historic Columbus Foundation unveils its Soft Drink Heritage Trail of historic markers today at the W.C. Bradley Co., there are sure to be the nay-sayers who will say Atlanta is the real home of Coca-Cola, not Columbus ...
... Another disputed distinction involved the national holiday we celebrated this week, Memorial Day. Some historians insist that the concept for the holiday was conjured by a local woman ...
Not far from Linwood, on the side of Veterans Parkway near 14th Street, another historic marker states that the city was the site of the last land battle of the Civil War ... The National Parks Service .. considers the Battle of Palmito Ranch in Texas .. to be the last ...
... some may recall the installation of a squat concrete monument on Front Avenue near the Promenade declaring Columbus to be the “Center of the Sunbelt South.” While there is little proof, other than a bronze map on the monument, indicating that Columbus is indeed the geographical center of anything, no one appears to be disputing it ...
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