Created by the Atlanta History Center and designed to complement the History Center's award-winning permanent exhibition, Turning Point: The American Civil War, the new exhibition War in Our Backyards: Discovering Atlanta, 1861-1865 challenges visitors to consider their personal connections to a war that was literally fought in all of our backyards.
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Join us as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth and trace his growth from prairie lawyer to preeminent statesman. The History Center is the only venue in the South to host this traveling exhibition organized by the Library of Congress.