POWs & Peanuts

June 26, 2014  
Brickyard Plantation
Americus, Georgia

This morning we drove to Andersonville to view the Civil War prison site.  We were somewhat surprised to find out the visitor center was the site of the National Prisoner of War Museum.  While there was some information on Andersonville, the museum also covered POWs from the Revolutionary War to present.  It is   an excellent museum with very well done exhibits.

This was part of a large memorial dedicated to all POWs.

A small part of the prison has been reconstructed.

After Andersonville we drove over to Plains, GA to visit the Jimmy Carter Historic Site.   This is the "main" street in Plains.  I don't think there were more than about a dozen storefronts in the entire town.

This is the old train depot that served as the Carter campaign headquarters.  This building was used because it was the only available building with an indoor bathroom.  Earlier a small trainload of tourists had arrived in town.  We were in a small store browsing when the owner said she had to step outside for a few minutes.  The train was leaving and all the towns folk went outside to wave good-bye as the tourists departed. 

There were many sites to see here.  The Jimmy Carter Museum was in the old high school.   The Carter farm is where Jimmy Carter grew up in "rural" Plains about 8-10 miles from "town".  We are planning to go to his presidential library when we get to Atlanta.

Billy Carter's Gas Station