The Piedmont region

First state-chartered university in America (1785) University of Georgia Athens, Ga. First state-chartered university in America (1785)

Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier: At a Glance 39,000 acres of water 692 miles of shoreline Created from the Chattahoochee and Chestatee Rivers by Buford Dam Authorized by Congress in 1946 Construction began in 1951 Opened in 1956 8 million annual visitors 68 parks and recreation areas

Buford Dam at Lake Lanier

Buford Dam at Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier: Drought Conditions

Stone Mountain

Stonewall Jackson Robert E. Lee Jefferson Davis

Georgia’s capitol building

'I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.‘ August, 1963, in a speech to civil rights supporters at the March on Washington.

Maynard Jackson Atlanta’s first African-American mayor

Ted Turner Founder of CNN and one-time owner of the Braves (baseball) and Hawks (basketball)

Centennial Olympic Park

Georgia Tech

Georgia Dome

Turner Field

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport World’s busiest passenger airport every year since 1998

#1 Hartsfield-Jackson: 90,039,280 #2 O’Hare (Chicago): 69,353,654 2008 statistics

Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia

(near Columbus on the GA - Alabama border) The Little White House Warm Springs, Georgia (near Columbus on the GA - Alabama border)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) US President (1932-1945) Made 41 visits to Warm Springs, Georgia

FDR in Warm Springs, Georgia The water at Warm Springs maintains an average temperature of about 88 degrees and bubbles out of nearby Pine Mountain According to legend, sick and injured Creek Indians once came to the springs to recover from their illnesses He generally visited in late March and April and again in the fall, when he traditionally shared Thanksgiving dinner with other patients. He made 41 visits – seeking to rebuild leg muscles weakened by polio