I think Jimmy Carter is a pretty cool dude, but honestly, I didn’t spend my time at his National Historic Site. The site actually encompasses a lot of the town, as well as his farm. I wandered around the high school for a little while, but that was it.
I was mostly in a hurry to get to Andersonville. And then it was kind of disappointing! I guess I was hoping for an informative film to give me some background knowledge before I explored, but the film was just aboutprisoners of war throughout history. There was a motorcycle gang in the theater with me, and they were super into it. But I slipped out early.
I saw the cemetery:
and drove around the grounds of the prison camp. I learned that the prisoners were responsible for providing their own shelters!
There was also this random spring that they built a monument around.
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