Atlanta Memorial Park

33°49′2.676″N 84°24′5.0868″W / 33.81741000°N 84.401413000°W / 33.81741000; -84.401413000Created1933

Atlanta Memorial Park is a public park in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. The approximately 200-acre (81 ha) park lies adjacent to Peachtree Creek, a tributary of the Chattahoochee River. The park is a memorial to those who died in the Battle of Peachtree Creek, which took place on parts of this park and nearby Tanyard Creek Park.

History

The park's location along Peachtree Creek had been the site of the Battle of Peachtree Creek, a major battle in the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.^[1] In 1929, former Georgia Governor M. Hoke Smith and others donated the land to the city of Atlanta for the purposes of creating a park. An adjoining golf course, named after Bobby Jones, was built in 1931, while construction on the park began in 1933.^[1] The park's location on the creek's floodplain makes it susceptible to occasional flooding.^[2]^[3]

In 2011, the Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy was founded to manage the park, and in 2014 it hosted a massive cleanup that removed over 2 tons of litter from the park and creek.^[4] Between 2017 and 2019, the park saw several renovations, including the installation of a new playground,^[5] improvements to the park's sewage system,^[6] the creation of a nature trail,^[7] and new sidewalks.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Atlanta Memorial Park". www.buckhead.net. Archived from the original on June 16, 2001. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
^ Warren 2018.
^ Leslie 2016.
^ Rao 2014.
^ Hardrich 2017.
^ Johnson 2017.
^ Kahn 2018.
^ Habersham 2019.

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Johnson, Leslie (July 26, 2017). "Atlanta inspecting, cleaning sewers at city park". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
Kahn, Michael (January 17, 2018). "Parks across Atlanta are destined for some sweet upgrades in 2018". Curbed Atlanta. Vox Media. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
Leslie, Katie (February 9, 2016). "Buckhead residents up in arms over polluted park". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
Rao, Devika (March 24, 2014). "Doing Good: Volunteers clear tons of trash from local creek". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
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