Still, stunning examples of the sacrifices made by Americans in the war withstand, 405 dead from Wisconsin are buried amidst a memorial of the Wisconsin State Badger in granite. But snots from the federal government vetoed the gesture. Cole donated the land and proposed that the dead from the Northern and Southern Armies be buried side by side. The Marietta National Cemetery came about with the sympathies of Marietta Unionist Innkeeper Henry Cole. Hard feelings among Union politicians led the Confederate Cemetery to be neglected the same federal funding used to maintain the National Cemetery less than a mile away. Marietta Ga is also home to the Confederate Cemetery, or also known as the Marietta Confederate Cemetery. KFC rebuilt the landmark after damaging winds in 1996. The Big Chicken sign, over five stories tall, was designed by a Georgia Tech architecture student as a marketing gimmick by the original restaurant owners, when it was called Johnny Reb’s. At the intersection of Cobb Parkway and Roswell Road, the Big Chicken was built in the 1950’s but the signature chicken facade was not added until 1964. It is a landmark referred to as the ‘Big Chicken’ due to its distinctive 60 foot high rhomboid shaped chicken signage. The Big Chicken is a KFC restaurant in Marietta. Now more often called a city than a town, Marietta is the home of the Cobb County Courthouse. Marietta was designed with a cute little square and retains the pedestrian meeting place as a center of activities. Between Atlanta and Kennesaw Georgia, the civil war found Marietta near the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in 1864. Early growth was fueled by the railroads and Marietta became the home base for the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Thus in 2009 Marietta was 175 years old! Named for Mary Cobb who was known by her friends as ‘Marietta’, she was an active Georgian and wife of U.S. Marietta was chartered by recognition of the Georgia state assembly on December 19, 1834. Now known as Lockheed-Martin, it is one of the major employers in the county and state. Lockheed Corporation in 1951 took over operations after being abandoned by Bell. The bomber factory built 669 B-29 used by the American forces and employed 29,000 men and women at its peak shortly before the end of the war. Marietta became home for the Bell Bomber factory during World War II. Tourist attractions in Marietta include the Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society, Drexel’s Fine Arts & Collectibles, African American Sports Museum of Atlanta, Marietta Museum of History, Cobb County Youth Museum, Marietta Aeronautical Museum and Education Center, East Cobb Stables. In April of 1862, Union scout James Andrews came down to Marietta and spent the night in the Fletcher House hotel Marietta’s Oakton residence was occupied in 1864 by Major General Lorings headquarters during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. The Georgia Military Institute was built in 1851. Three fires during the 1850s destroyed much of the city. Marietta became home the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Marietta, legally recognized by the Georgia state legislature in 1834, has a square with a small courthouse. In 1837 the Georgia Gazetteer said Marietta was named for the wife of US Senator and Supreme Court Judge, Thomas Willis Cobb. Homes had been built near the Cherokee town of Kennesaw by the year 1824. As of the 2000 census, the city of Marietta had a total population of 58,748, one of metro Atlanta´s largest suburbs.
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