I am a little late posting this one, but for day 28 I took my boys on a tour of the Atlanta Battlefield and route of Hardee’s night march. We had a great day together and visited the locations of Sherman’s headquarters and Hood’s observation post as well as the Walker and McPherson monuments. It was a pretty fast paced day and we got to go the Cyclorama and see it on the 150th anniversary of the battle that it depicts.
The next day it was announced that the Cyclorama was going to be moved to a new location at the Atlanta History Center. I hate to see such a historic land mark be moved, but I think in the end it will be for the best. An updated facility and private funds for the care and restoration of the painting are a good thing. I suspect that the Atlanta History Center will be better able to care for it than the city. Mostly due to funding. It will be interesting to see what the new facility will look like.