Thanksgiving in
Americus. The day started with a soft, pretty sky. Our campground held a pot
luck dinner for residents for Thanksgiving dinner. It was a regional
experience. First time I have ever had roast turkey with gravy with diced hard
boiled eggs. It was, well, different. I brought green beans with toasted
slivered almonds. It was the only vegetable there that did not come out of a can
or a freezer. But, the company was good and the meal filling. Americus was
founded in 1832 by General John Americus Smith. There is not much to be found
out about this John Smith other than he started the town to help support his sizable
cotton plantation. Americus is home to
the headquarters of Habitat for Humanity and the National POW Museum at nearby Andersonville.
Andersonville was the site of the most infamous of Confederate prisoner camps
where thousands of Union soldiers lost their lives in the most dreadful of
living conditions. Forced to live under open skies and sleep on the ground,
conditions at this camp became so deplorable that men were forced to dig their
own wells to find palatable water. I am
thankful this Thanksgiving for our RV with running water, electricity and a
bed.
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