CLUE: A train, bridges and water….but where do all these elements come together? Take a guess and send in your entry to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.
Today’s Mystery Photo is a broad expanse of land and water, with one or two landmarks for you to scratch your head about. Figure out where you’ve seen this and you will solve the mystery.
Look how much the covering of this building has changed color and aged over the years. Now can you tell us what this building has been used for, and where it is located? Send your ideas to elliottt@brack.net and be sure to include your address.
One lonely statue stands amid the fall splendor in today’s Mystery Photo. Perhaps the countryside gives this location away. Tell us where you think this is located, and include your hometown when sending in your idea to elliott@brack.net.
Perhaps we have used this beautiful carving before. Isn’t it lovely? Please tell us where you think this scene is located. Early history may help you. Send your idea to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.
CLUE: Perhaps this edition’s Mystery Photo will come through a little easier. Many of you may have been in the location when the photographer snapped this photo of ships off a coast.
The Mystery Photo for today is obviously an older building. But what element of the photo signals to you where it may be located? Once you determine that, send your answer to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.
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– American author Elwyn Brooks (E.B.) White (1899-1985).
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Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
County-wide microtransit services.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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