Since 2013, through History Alive, we’ve brought to life the history of Dunwoody and our surrounding community through speakers and workshops on a range of interesting topics – from how to trace your family genealogy to the story of the little train that once ran in front of the Donaldson-Bannister Farm. Through History Alive, we also offer tours of Dunwoody’s historic cemeteries, where some of Dunwoody’s earliest settlers are laid to rest, and participation in a variety of events related to historical traditions.
2020 Programs:
- February 1st – Children of the Holocaust, Speaker Andrea Miskewicz
- March 21st – Rescheduled to October 10th – The Ancient Ways of the Cherokee and how we can use them today, Speaker Mark Warren
- May 16th – Will be Rescheduled – Historic Rural Churches of Georgia – Beacons of Another Time, Speaker Sonny Seals
- July 18th – The Winston Churchill You Never Knew, Speaker Joe Wilson
- September 19th – Will be Rescheduled – My Dad, the Man who Carved Stone Mountain, Speaker Donna Faulkner Barron
- October 10th – The Ancient Ways of the Cherokee and how we can use them today, Speaker Mark Warren
- November 21st – Underwater Ghost Towns of North Georgia: the Story behind the Story, Speaker Lisa Russell
Recent History Alive topics:
- How to trace your family genealogy
- The women of the Civil War
- Songs of the Civil War
- The Roswell Mill
- The “Dinky” and the Roswell Railroad
Recent History Alive events:
- Tours of the New Hope and Stephen Martin cemeteries
- Sacred harp singing at Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church, Dunwoody’s oldest church
- DPT Antiques Roadshow, at which people’s antique treasures were appraised
Follow our events calendar for the schedule of our next History Alive topics.
Underneath the more than 40 lakes throughout North Georgia lie lost communities, crossroads, racetracks and event entire towns. In Underwater Ghost Towns of North Georgia, Lisa Russell explores the reasons why these lakes were made and the stories behind the underwater settlements, where towns and farms once thrived.