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First legal whiskey returns to Bulloch County in 1938
Bulloch History
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Roger Allen
Roger Allen
Published: Sep 4, 2020, 1:05 PM
In the May 4, 1938 edition of the Bulloch Herald, on the coming Saturday of May 6, 1938, the first legal whiskey would be sold in Bulloch County since Dec. 19, 1879. Governor and Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe, Georgia's founding father, had wanted to create a sober colony from the very beginning, but the colonists had other ideas and simply ignored him.
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Festival of Hope kicks off Recovery Month
Kaleb Williams
Kaleb Williams takes a look at the Faces of Recovery display at the end of the annual Overdose Awareness Walk during the third Festival of Hope at Mill Creek Regional Park on Sept. 2.
SCOTT BRYANT/staff
Published: Sep 7, 2023, 10:00 AM
The third annual Overdose Awareness Walk, coupled with the second annual Festival of Hope, was held Sept. 2 at Mill Creek Regional Park. The events kicked off Recovery Month, observed each year in September.
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