Monday, December 10, 2012
Patrolman Herbert Daniel Johnson "was doing what he loved for the town that he loved" when his watch ended on Dec. 7, 1977.
Thirty-five years ago, Bogart Patrolman Herbert Daniel Johnson said good-bye to his family and headed out to assist a tow truck with the removal of an abandoned car. He was struck by a vehicle and never came home. The Bogart community Sunday ensured Johnson would never be forgotten with the dedication of a monument in his honor, located across from City Hall. Additionally, a portrait of Johnson hangs inside City Hall and his story will also be included in a section of a museum currently under construction by the Bogart Historical Society. See also: Fallen Bogart Patrolman Herbert Johnson Remembered (Photos) Monument to be Dedicated to Fallen Bogart Policeman Don’t miss any Oconee news. Subscribe to Oconee Patch’s free newsletter, like us …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
"We unveil this marker to honor their stubborn courage, their sacrifice, and their unyielding devotion for the land they love," said historian and author Dr. David Evans.
A monument that serves to remember the lives of George Jarrell and Jacob Klutts, two civilians from Watkinsville who died and were buried in Union camps during the Civil War, was unveiled Sunday. The Laura Rutherford Chapter No. 88 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held a dedication during a Confederate Memorial Day Service in front of Eagle Tavern Museum, the location of the monument. Dr. David Evans, an historian and author, gave a presentation entitled, "When the War Came to Watkinsville." "We do this in the hope succeeding generations will remember not to forget what took place here on August 2, 1864 -- the day the war came to Watkinsville and history happened in our own back yards," he said. Descendants of the Jarrell and …
Monday, April 23, 2012
Sunday's ceremony at Watkinsville Cemetery also honored the late Robert N. Hale, Sr., who was instrumental in marking the graves of Confederate soldiers in Oconee and surrounding counties.
The Brig. Gen. T.R.R. Cobb Camp No. 97 Sons of the Confederate Veterans on April 22, 2012 held a flagpole and monument dedication ceremony to honor Confederate soldiers buried in Oconee County. The ceremony took place at Watkinsville Cemetery, where 34 Confederate soldiers are known to be buried. Their names were read aloud and the flags were raised while Taps was played. The 18th Ga. Vol. Infantry Honor Guard posted the colors and also gave a musket salute. Also recognized was the late Robert N. Hale, Sr., who spent much of his life researching the service of those soldiers who died and ordering and installing headstones to mark their graves throughout Oconee and surrounding counties. His family was presented with a plaque in Hale's …
clark williams
12:52 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Charles,why don't you start a group to mark the slave's graves? I personally have been in many slave grave yards that were maintained by SCV camps,local history groups,private family palntations and others. But there is always work to be done. more ›