Cedartown in Polk County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Everyone Loves a Parade

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 5, 2022

1. Everyone Loves a Parade Marker

Inscription. Main Street Cedartown has always been a top choice for the area's parades, festivals and special events. From the annual fall festival held each October, to Shriner's Parades, Homecoming Parades, and all sorts of political rallies, concerts, and barbecues, Main Street still serves as Cedartown's front porch.

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• These images from around 1900 show the corner of Main Street and Stubbs Street during a spring festival and fire company tournament, where surrounding volunteer fire departments from around the region gathered to show off equipment and fire fighting techniques.
• Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was a major employer in Cedartown for many years. The Goodyear Field Day Parade was an annual event first held in the 1920s. In the larger image, ROTC members and Boy Scouts lead a late 1940s parade with flags of the U.S. and Goodyear.
• The Northwest Georgia Fair is celebrated in these 1950s views of South Main Street.
Images courtesy of Polk County Historical Society

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Events • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1900.

Location. 34° 0.712′ N,

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85° 15.289′ W. Marker is in Cedartown, Georgia, in Polk County. It is at the intersection of South Main Street (Business U.S. 27) and Sterling Holloway Place, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 301 S Main St, Cedartown GA 30125, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Images of Yesteryear (a few steps from this marker); Houses of Worship in Downtown (within shouting distance of this marker); Cobb's Corner (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line);

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 5, 2022

2. Everyone Loves a Parade Marker

Site of the Hall-Chaudron Hospital (about 300 feet away); Parker and Lundy (about 300 feet away); Cedartown's City Plan (about 400 feet away); Founding of Cedartown (about 400 feet away); Before the Mall (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cedartown.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 549 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 10, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.