Atlanta history events

Antique Radio Swap Meet and Auction

Saturday, Jun 8 8:00a

Fairfield Inn & Suites Atlanta - Alpharetta, Alpharetta

The Southeastern Antique Radio Society is hosting their annual summer Swap Meet and Auction. This event is FREE to all buyers and sellers...

"Girls of Atomic City" Book Signing

Tuesday, Jun 4 7:00p

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Atlanta

Author Denise Kiernan discusses and signs the new book,“The Girls of Atomic City...

George Ciccariello-Maher Book Signing

Tuesday, Jul 9 7:00p

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Atlanta

George Ciccariello-Maher discusses his new book "We Created Chavez." It provides a systematic, bottom-up approach to Venezuelan politics from 1958 to the present...

Battle of Atlanta Pub Tour

Saturday, Jun 22 2:00p

The Glenn Hotel, Atlanta

2013 marks the 149th anniversary of the battle, which was fought July 22, 1864. This four-hour pub begins with a brief history of Atlanta’s founding and its important role during the Civil War...

Juneteenth: The First Day of Freedom

Saturday, Jun 15 11:00a

Atlanta History Center, Atlanta

This two day celebration focuses on the appreciation, reconciliation, and commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States...

Military Living History Demonstrations

Sunday, May 26 12:00p

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Kennesaw

Come out to Kennesaw Mountain for a live firing demonstration at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Program types (artillery and infantry) are based on event dates...

Decatur Ghost Tour

Saturday, May 25 8:00p

Decatur Ghost Tour, Decatur

In historic downtown Decatur, Georgia, discover Decatur's spirit community with tales of . . . Murder, Passion, Vice, War and Tragedy...

Totem Poles to Tea Party Camp

Monday, Jun 17 9:00a

Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, Johns Creek

This camp focuses on the time of the Native Americans through the Colonial times of the 1700s...

Eero Saarinen: A Reputation for Innovation

Saturday, May 25 9:30a

Museum of Design Atlanta, Atlanta

Eero Saarinen: A Reputation for Innovation is a retrospective of the renowned architect’s work and a study of the design principles he followed...

George Packer, author of "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America"

Wednesday, Jun 19 7:00p

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Atlanta

In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq, tells the story of America over the past three decades in an utterly original way, with his characteristically sharp...

Carol Berkin Book Signing

Friday, Jun 14 7:00p

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Atlanta

Carol Berkin discusses and signs her book " A Brilliant Solution...

Digging and Diving Into the Past - Georgia Archaeology

Wednesday, May 29 11:00a

Clayton County Library System Headquarters, Jonesboro

From the Muskogee to the Ocmulgee…join us as we celebrate Georgia Archaeology Month and kickoff our Summer Reading Program...

Forest Walk, Powers Island Loop Trail

Friday, Jun 21 2:00p

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Cochran Shoals unit, Powers Island entrance, Sandy Springs

Join park naturalist, Jerry Hightower on a walk through a beautiful hardwood forest supporting a thriving diversity of native ferns, flowering shrubs, and wildflowers...

Military Timeline

Saturday, May 25 11:00a

Atlanta History Center, Atlanta

Spend the day traveling the military timeline from the Revolutionary War to current conflicts...

Brendan Koerner Book Signing

Thursday, Jul 18 7:00p

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Atlanta

Brendan Koerner's new book "The Skies Belong to Us" tells the story of a shattered Army veteran and a mischievous party girl, Roger Holder and Cathy Kerkow who commandeered Western Airlines Flight ...

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