Atlanta - Day 4

Our last day in Atlanta continued with cold weather, but we decided to venture out anyway. We took the train back downtown to the Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site. This is in the area of Atlanta where MLK was born, and the house where he was born has been preserved. The old Ebenezer Baptist Church where he was pastor was closed so that the sanctuary could be preserved back to how it looked in the 1960's. There is a large visitor center that had videos and displays that we spent quite a bit of time in. We then went across the street and saw MLK and Coretta Scott King's tombs and walked through the displays in The King Center. It snowed while we were in the gift shop!!!

Denise at the entrance sign

One of the displays in the visitor's center

The sign of the old Ebenezer Baptist Church

and the sign explaining why it was closed for renovation.

The gravesite.

A broader view of the gravesite and reflecting pool.

A view of the tombs from across the street. I didn't notice until I looked at this picture that the shrubbery spells out King. Guess I was looking at what was beyond it.

The new Ebenezer Baptist Church, built across the street from the old one. The visitor's center for the national historic site is in the back.

The sign in the sidewalk of MLK's birth home.

MLK's birth home

In the afternoon we decided to try to find the two Ten Thousand Village stores in the Atlanta area. Luckily, we had borrowed a GPS from my parents, so "Richard" led us right to both stores. It is always interesting for me to see where other TTV stores are located and how the store is set up. One was located close to Emory University, and the other was on the northwest side of town in a newer retail development near a mall.

The store near Emory University, on St. Charles Avenue.

The other store on Olde Perimeter Way, next to the Perimeter Mall.

We ordered in pizza for supper, packed, and relaxed, read, and watched TV before driving back the next morning. It was a fun few days in Atlanta!