The Varsity  is planning a celebration in honor of the 80th anniversary of its legendary Varsity Orange drink. The Varsity will be giving away free Varsity Orange drinks all day long on Tuesday, July 24, …

The 148th annual commemoration of the Battle of Atlanta during the Civil War kicks off a weekend of events with a gala dinner at 7 p.m., Friday, July 20, at historic East Lake Golf Club. …

By Caitlyn O’Grady
When Sharon Foster Jones was a little girl, the signs above the drinking fountains in the old Sears Building (formerly City Hall East and soon to be Ponce City Market) proclaimed that the …

By Ann Taylor Boutwell
July 1, 1929: Chief William “Bill” Cody celebrated his golden anniversary with Atlanta’s Fire Department. He joined the Mechanic Fire Company No. 2, as a volunteer shortly after his 1876 arrival. Elected …

By Ann Taylor Boutwell
June 2, 1929: Honoring Asa Griggs Candler, Sr., Emory University Trustees in Atlanta’s Druid Hills issued a memorial resolution recognizing public service as the greatest achievement of its chief benefactor. Three months …

By Ann Taylor Boutwell

May 1, 1886: Former Confederate President Jefferson Davis arrived in Atlanta for the unveiling of New York Sculptor Alexander Doyle’s statue of the late United States Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill. Hill …