As the 13th annual Flag Day celebration draws near on Saturday, June 15th, 10: 00 AM, Gwinnett Flag Day committee is gearing up for a momentous occasion in honor of the revered symbol of the United States of America.
This event will be held at the VFW Post...
The Gwinnett County community will come together to celebrate the 2023 Annual Flag Day Ceremony on June 10th at 10am. The event will take place at the VFW Post 5255 located at 368 Grayson Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30049. The theme for this year's ceremony is "Our Flag: The Land of the Free”.
On January 15th, 1929, a leader was born. A son to a pastor and a father to a movement, Martin Luther King Jr. would lead millions to civil rights. King was native to Atlanta, Georgia. The King Center, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Park and National Center for Civil and Human Rights work to spread...
Lee Thompson, Jr. has spent his lifetime in Gwinnett working to make the County a better place, and believes that the politics of hope, inclusion, and unity will prevail over the politics of fear, exclusion and division. Lee believes in trying creative, new approaches to solve old problems...
Hey Buford folks! This episode is just for you. Let's dive deep into the history of this amazing city!
Something my grandparents used to do back in their day was sit around the living room and listen to an old Firestone manufactured radio that...
2020. The year is a bit hard to fathom. Gwinnett has come a long way on its journey since 1818 and now with more than 2 centuries under its belt some stories can be written which are wholly encompassed within the county’s confines.
If you cross the railroad tracks in...
We continue on our series on "The Twenties" on the podcast, looking back at the last 100 years of Gwinnett History, Back In The Day!
In 1922, Duluth elected Georgia's first female mayor Alice Harrell Strickland. She donated 1-acre of land for a "community forest" and began efforts to...
Born in Lawrenceville, named after the doctor that birthed him, Ezzard Charles's family had the bravery to leave Jim Crowe Georgia to pursue better opportunity. Ezzard made the most of it, becoming the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion and an inspiration to Gwinnett County.
The year, 1921. Doctor W.P. Ezzard...
