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Georgia
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ジョージア州の簡単な紹介
Georgia Map +
ジョージア州の地図等
Callaway Gardens
1), Pine Mountain
Fernbank Museum of Natural History 2)
Georgia Aquarium
2)
The Golden Isles
1, 2) -
Jekyll Island
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
1, 2) (Stephen C. Foster State Park is within the Refuge)
Fisherman
catches Alligator 'Feeding Frenzy' on video (100727)
Savannah
2)
Savannah National Historic District
1)
Stone Mountain Park
1), Stone Mountain
Underground Atlanta
1), Downtown Atlanta
Warm Springs (Little White House – Franklin D. Roosevelt’s
home) 1)
Famous People 1)
Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King, Jr.
(see
our Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade photos
3)
), Juliette
Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scouts of America), Margaret Mitchell (Gone with
the Wind), Jackie Robinson, and more. Click
here
for more famous people in Georgia.
History 1)
Cotton Gin invention (Eli Whitney, 1792 or 1793) 4) | U.S. troops
herded Georgia Cherokees into camps in Tennessee (1835) 4) and U.S.
troops forced the Cherokees to walk over 800 miles to the Indian Territory - now
Oklahoma – (“Trail of Tears”,1838)
4) |
“March of the Sea” (General Sherman’s troops, 1864)
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International Cotton Exposition (Atlanta, 1881)
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Atlanta Olympic Games (1996)
Georgia
| Atlanta
(Capital) | Columbia | Savannah | Sandy Springs | Macon
Largest Cities in Georgia
Tourism
Georgia Attractions
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Tourist Attractions in Georgia
ジョージア州の旅行ガイド
The Masters Tournament 100405-0411,
Augusta, Georgia
| Golf
Majors ゴルフメージャー：マスターズトーナメント
Macon Georgia's
International Cherry Blossom Festival:
Macon has more cherry blossom
trees than any other city in the world
1)
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Macon市には、３０万本の吉野さくらの木に花が咲くそうです。すごいですね！
Late March
check out
National Cherry Blossom Festival (Washington
D.C.)
Peach Drop – New Year’s Eve Celebration at Underground
Atlanta 大晦日に行われるピーチドロップ
More Events, for example, check out
this site
Oktoberfest,
Helen, GA
mid-September – October 31 Debbie Gagliolo of the Alpine Helen-White County
Convention & Visitors Bureau calls this event “the biggest party in the
southeast.”
Helen (pop: about 900) is approximately 70 miles north of Atlanta, GA in the
heart of Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.*
* Info Sources: Mary Ann Anderson (McClatchy-Tribune News Service): “Tap
your inner German – To celebrate Oktoberfest in the southeast, head to tiny
Helen, Ga.” Travel Section,
St. Paul Pioneer Press,
September 26, 2010
Seven U.S. states are named after kings or queens
州の名前に、王または、女王の名をとった７つの州
References
1) Inge N. Dobelis (Project Editor): America: land of Beauty and Splendor (New
York/Montreal: Reader’s Digest, 1992)
2) Laura Sutherland with Family Travel Forum: “Amazing Places to Take
Your Kids” (Illinois: Publications International, Ltd., 2008)
3) Explore
America Info
4) Alma E. Guinness (Project Editor) et al: America A to Z (New York,
USA: The Reader's Digest Association, 1997)
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