From my personal collection Marietta Fountain and Square Marietta, Georgia is an integral part of the metropolitan Atlanta area with a population  of over 40,000.  Marietta is the seat of Cobb County	From my personal collection Martin Luther King Burial Crypt Martin Luther King, Jr. Burial Crypt stands as a memorial to one of Atlanta's most famous people.  It is located at M.L.K. Center for Social Change an organization dedicated to solving racial problems peacefully throughout the nation

Located in the community known as "Sweet Auburn" is the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site. This site preserves the birthplace, boyhood home, Ebenezer Baptist Church and grave of the nation's foremost civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo by: & Erwin Nielsen/Images International

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., gravesite. Photo by Jim Doane

From my personal collection Historic Homes of Atlanta Herndon Home is the homeplace of Alonzo F. Herndon, founder of Atlanta Life Insurance.  The Swan House is a grand Italianate villa designed for the Inman family in 1928.  The Wren's Nest was the home of Joel Chandler Harris author of the Uncle Remus, Br'er  Rabbit and Tar Baby stories.  The Tullie  Smith House is an authentic example of an 1840's plantation farm house.  The Georgia Govenor's Mansion is patterned after stately manors of Georgia's past.

From my personal collection "The General" "The General," a famous Civil War Locomotive involved in the "Great Train Chase," is now housed at Kennesaw, Georgia.  Here at this site, near Atlanta, Andrews Raid took place on April 12, 1862.