Fiddle dee dee, Gone with the Wind premiered 65 years ago, but it’s still one of the most well-known movies and novels today. Whether you’re a movie buff or part of the literati, frankly my dear, you can’t come to Atlanta and not see everything connected with Gone with the Wind.
Start off your tour with the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum http://www.margaretmitchellhouse.com. The Atlanta History Center provides guided tours of the apartment in which the novelist penned her Pulitzer Prize-winning tome. The museum includes a movie exhibition and an exhibition spanning the life and times of Mitchell. The Margaret Mitchell House is also home to a number of literary programs and events, including writing classes for adults and youth, and famous author readings.
For avid Gone with the Wind researchers, you’ll want to see the various archival materials and memorabilia at the Kenan Research Center http://www.margaretmitchellhouse.com/cms/Collections+and+Research/230.html at the Atlanta History Center. Take a good look, my dear. It’s a historical moment.
Fifteen miles south of Atlanta, the town of Jonesboro served as the setting for Scarlett O’Hara’s Tara Plantation. Clayton County was designated as the “Official Home of Gone with the Wind” by the Mitchell family. Jonesboro is also the site of the famous 1864 battle, in which Union soldiers successfully cut off supplies to Atlanta and forced the city to surrender. Make a pit stop to the Road to Tara Museum, located in the 1867 Train Depot in downtown historic Jonesboro.
How to end your day? Sit down for a Victorian tea or a plantation dinner with evening entertainment in Jonesboro. Regardless of how you want to round out your Gone with the Wind day, you’ll never be hungry again! So says Scarlett…
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