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Oakland Cemetery voluntter Alan Morris points out the grave of Samuel Downs, umpire for Atlanta’s first baseball game, held in 1866.i

Oakland Cemetery tour recalls Atlanta’s baseball heritage

The city is in ruins — buildings toppled by cannon fire, chimneys tottering amid the rubble, train tracks torched and twisted by an army burning its way to the sea. In the spring of 1866, Atlanta bears the bruises of war. It is a hellish time. And yet, on the ...

It’s a flight back in time for WWII veteran Rudolph Phillips, 91, Woodstock, who gathers his thoughts on board the movie “Memphis Belle”, a restored WWII B-17 “flying fortress” bomber celebrating the 70th anniversary of it’s historic last mission over Peachtree DeKalb Airport on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, in Atlanta. Phillips was a gunnery instructor during the war and said “when they dropped the bomb I was in California crewing up to go over to the Pacific. I haven’t been on a B-17 since.” Phillips said every time he sees a plane he thinks about the men who didn’t come back and that he wished he was still in as good a shape as he was back then. The aircraft will be open to the public and available for ground tours and paid flights that help keep the plane operating on Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

WWII veteran takes trip in time in B-17

They were so young — farm boys and city kids, all of them suddenly called men. The U.S. Army gave them uniforms and readied them for a global conflict. That was Rudolph Phillips’ job. He taught them the intricacies of aiming a .50-caliber machine gun and blowing enemy airplanes out ...

The exhibition features about 200 SCLC documents, photographs, memos, recordings and letters. KENT D. JOHNSON / kdjohnson@ajc.com

Little-known aspects of SCLC history on display at Emory

Amid the scores of photographs in an exhibit chronicling the history of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference are two that — at first glance — don’t seem to fit.The black-and-white photographs are of small children in Vietnam.That’s the beauty of the exhibit, “And the Struggle Continues: The Southern Christian Leadership ...

7 common expenses that take travelers by surprise

You've carefully planned your vacation budget to the last cent, factoring in flights, hotels, transportation, and even three meals a day. Don't get too comfortable. There are a host of additional fees that you need to be aware of. Here are the seven biggest ones that could take you by ...

Beyond Disney: 25 places to see in Florida

GoGo: Fontainebleau, Miami Beach More groovy than ever after $1 billion renovation Since opening in 1954, the luxurious Fontainebleau Hotel has been featured in several movies, television shows and songs and has hosted Rat Packers Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and just about every other cool celeb of the ’60s. ...

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