09/18/2026
As a retired Social Studies teacher, history will always fascinate me.
Touring Georgia Tech as part of the Smoky Mountains College Tour with the IECA--Independent Educational Consultants Association , coming upon these sculptures was a solemn moment. The plaque reads:
๐ป๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ป๐ฏ๐น๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฌ๐ฌ๐น๐บ
๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐
๐ช. ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐จ. ๐ณ๐๐๐, ๐ฑ๐., ๐๐๐
๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด. ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 1961. ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐ฉ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐
๐๐๐๐
, ๐๐ 1965.
So, the next time someone says to you about a history fact, "That was a long time ago", now you know better. Maya Angelou said, "Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better."