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Decatur, Georgia, United States. Height. 30 feet (9.1 m) Dedicated date. 1908. Dedicated to. Confederate States of America. The DeKalb County Confederate Monument is a Confederate memorial that formerly stood in Decatur, Georgia, United States. The 30-foot stone obelisk (9.1 m) was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy near the old ...
The Battle of Atlanta took place during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia.Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply hub of Atlanta, Union forces commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman overwhelmed and defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John Bell Hood.
Brown first served DeKalb County, Georgia as a youth counselor for troubled teens and soon became one of the county's first black patrol officers. He later hosted his own local TV segment called The Naked Truth and was the author of his own column in the local Champion News Paper called "Tell It Like It Is." Brown was a 23-year veteran of the DeKalb County Police Department when he was elected ...
Oct. 5—Decatur Mayor Tab Bowling said he is grieving with the rest of the community following the shooting death of Stephen Clay Perkins at the hands of Decatur police, while state leaders said ...
Nov. 4—Around 200 people gathered at the Turner-Surles Community Center in Decatur on Thursday night for a People's Town Hall with former Decatur Police Chief Nate Allen, who said he "saw things ...
Nov. 18—Decatur Police Chief Todd Pinion announced Friday evening that he found reason to believe policies were violated when one of his officers shot and killed Steve Perkins on Sept. 29.
Faced with the threat of a funding cut if they refused to fly the 2001 State flag, the city adopted a modified 1956 flag complete with the Confederate Battle Flag as their city flag in 2002. When the new mayor removed the city flag in 2004, objections were raised by the Sons of Confederate Veterans and a 2005 referendum confirmed the flag 278–64.
Thursday’s mass shooting Moultrie, Georgia, was part of a wave of gun violence across the US in 2023. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 192 mass shootings this year , which ...