The campaign will make possible the redesign and restoration of the grounds of General James Longstreet's historic Piedmont Hotel in Gainesville.
The group's long-range planning committee and Gainesville landscape architect Rick
Freeland are at work combining the hotel's existing lawn and a newly acquired lot along Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd into a larger, historically appropriate space.
The garden will feature paths, trees and shrubs, new and welcoming fencing, a grape arbor, a peace garden and gardens in memory of the General's granddaughter Jamie Paterson and Longstreet champion and supporter Jamie Hollis. The grounds themselves will be named in honor of Confederate veterans - especially the veterans of Longstreet's First Corps.
Click on http://www.longstreet.org for more information, including ways you can contribute.
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