Tag: BATL
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BATL and EABA Partnership Returns for Historic EAV Tour
By Carlen Ruth Hultgren In honor of Historic Preservation Month, and due to, the enormous response last year, EABA (East Atlanta Business Association), is again offering an East Atlanta Village (EAV) tour in partnership with BATL (the Battle of Atlanta Commemoration Organization, Inc.). The tour will be held Saturday, May 7 with a 10:00am start. The […]
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BATL Tour and Commemoration Update
By Henry Bryant The Battle of Atlanta Commemoration Organization (BATL) halted their monthly tours and annual Commemoration during the pandemic shutdowns. A regular tour schedule began again in May when a full day of special tours was offered in cooperation with the East Atlanta Business Association. The tours which were sold out were reduced in […]
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Battle Commemoration Brings in $1,000
By Henry Bryant This year marks the 15th annual Battle of Atlanta Commemoration Organization. Launched in 2004 in Brownwood Park, the organization (known as BATL) is comprised of neighborhoods situated on land where the 1864 Battle of Atlanta conflict took place. It was organized prior to the sesquicentennial commemoration of the American Civil War. A […]
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BATL Offers Winter Tours
By Henry Bryant The Battle of Atlanta Commemoration Organization (BATL) is diligently working on the two historic monuments that mark important sites in the Battle of Atlanta; places where two opposing army leaders were killed. The city has deliberated the future of these monuments, deciding that they should continue to mark the places where history […]
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Battle Tours Set for Fall
By Henry Bryant Here is a short note about upcoming Battle of Atlanta tours sponsored by the BATL commemorative organization. In September there will be a “Frontlines” walking tour offered on Sunday, September 23 at 3:30pm. On Sunday, October 14, there will be a “Battle Began Here” walking tour offered at 1:30 pm. Advance ticketing […]
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BATL Starts Summer with Two Tours
By Henry Bryant After a month off in May for tour guide training, the BATL organization is starting summer with two tours of the Battle of Atlanta battlefield plus its annual commemoration of the battle. Both tours are easy walking tours that take between one and two hours. They include many stories about the people […]
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Annual Georgia Battlefield Tour Coming to East Atlanta
By Charlie Crawford Georgia Battlefields Association had luck with the weather for the annual tour with Ed Bearss. The March 9 visit to sites related to the Battle of Atlanta started with a chilly morning but finished with a warm, sunny afternoon. The tour ended with a visit to Oakland Cemetery to see the spot […]
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BATTLE BEGINS – Tour and Phoenix Flies Frontlines Tour on Schedule
By Henry Bryant Hopefully the post office will get this article into your hands in time for the Saturday, February 17 tour that will feature the place where the historic Battle of Atlanta began. The tour begins near the railroad cut on the east side of town and it wanders south across the battlefield through […]
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Battle of Atlanta Tour Visits the Initial Clashpoint
By Henry Bryant “The Battle Starts Here Tour” will begin at 2:00pm on April 8(??). The tour is an easy hike through the Kirkwood neighborhood down to the edge of East Atlanta. It begins near the railroad cut and Dekalb Avenue, and then meanders towards the spot where the Battle of Atlanta actually began on […]
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Battle Tours Ring in the New Year in East Atlanta Village
By Henry Bryant On December 31, take a break from the holiday hubbub and go on a walking tour through an important piece of American history in East Atlanta. It’s an easy walk along the Union Army’s front lines and in the surrounding area where the Confederates tried for a surprise attack. You may know […]