ABOUT TROUP COUNTY ARCHIVES & LEGACY MUSEUM ON MAIN
We are passionate about our area’s history. Records, papers, diaries, families, photographs, artifacts, exhibits, lectures, classes, workshops—all to bring our past to the present.
Current Exhibition
August 3, 2024 through January 18, 2025
The beginning of the 20th-century was a time of great promise and hope for race relations in America. This optimistic era was fueled by what was known at the time as the “New Negro Movement,” a period which set the stage for the Harlem Renaissance. No one better captured the essence of this time of advancement than African American photographer John Johnson.
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Lights in Troup County: Celebrating Hanukkah and the Legacy of a Jewish Immigrant
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, is observed this year from December 25th through January 2nd. The celebration commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt, in 164 B.C. Simon Maccabeus aka Simon Thassi, d. 135 BC, prince of the Hebrew Hasmonean Dynasty and high priest. After the painting by Margaret Dovaston (1884-1954). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915. Jewish immigrants, though few in number, have played an integral part in Troup County’s history since the earliest days of our [...]
Lights in Troup County: Celebrating Hanukkah and the Legacy of a Jewish Immigrant
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, is observed this year from December 25th through January 2nd. The celebration commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt, in 164 B.C. Simon Maccabeus aka Simon Thassi, d. 135 BC, prince of the Hebrew Hasmonean Dynasty and high priest. After the painting by Margaret Dovaston (1884-1954). From Hutchinson's History [...]
