- Collection:
- Historic Postcard Collection (Georgia Archives)
- Title:
- Atlanta, Georgia. The Eternal Light of the Confederacy
- Creator:
- Atlanta News Agency, Inc.
- Date of Original:
- 1900/1979
- Subject:
- Lampposts--Georgia--Atlanta
Historic sites--Georgia--Atlanta
Memorials--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- It burns with a perpetual flame as a memorial to the traditions of the South. It was first lit on Christmas Day, 1855.
The lamp post was one of the original 50 street lights first lighted for Christmas 1855. During a bombardment by federal troops in 1864, a shell fragment ricocheting off the lamp post struck and killed African-American barber Solomon Luckie. The lamp post was thereafter a "memento" of the war, displayed in City Hall, 1864-1880, then returned to its original location, with the United Daughters of the Confederacy placing a plaque honoring Gen. A.J. West on the post. For the 1939 premiere of "Gone With the Wind," the post was again lighted and designated the "Eternal Flame of the Confederacy." - Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/89
- Additional Rights Information:
- Postcards published after 1923 may be covered by copyright. The Georgia Archives cannot provide permission to publish.
- Extent:
- Visual image
- Original Collection:
- Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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