“More History to be removed by the misguided”
The following should make people boil about what the Henry County BOC is now contemplating at Heritage Park. The park was created to be a place to put historical items from Henry County’s past to be remembered. It looks like the “woke” crowd doesn’t want any remembrance at all. They have already removed the Confederate Monument from the square in McDonough and placed it in a shipping container. Read the following: “Henry County is considering the removal of the historic train and other items at Heritage Park in McDonough. The board of commissioners will consider voting to surplus the items during the Tuesday, November 16, meeting.
The meeting will start at 5:30 pm. This is one hour earlier than the normal time. Agenda items from November 3 are also on the agenda. The board had to cancel the November 3 meeting because a quorum wasn’t present.
Heritage Park historic train
The train at Heritage Park is a steam locomotive. The train commemorates the Camp Creek train wreck. The wreck occurred in McDonough during June 1900.
County staff are recommending the board surplus the steam engine. To surplus an item allows the county to discard, sell or scrap the item. In their report, staff write the following:
Heritage Park is home to old structures and buildings that have not been maintained over the years. At this time, the cost to repair the buildings and structures isn’t worth preserving as we head in a new direction with revitalizing the image of the park. The train symbolizes an old train wreck which occurred in Henry County years ago. We are looking to [improve] the park and area to shed light on the positive things that have happened and are happening in Henry County. The silo and old road scraper are rusted and unsightly. We are recommending surplus these items so we may remove them and begin improvements to the park.
What do they want next the destruction of the Veterans Wall of Honor? If those who claim to love history continue to vote these unworthy people into office then there will be more destruction to come. The train they are wanting to scrap is a representation of the engine that crashed in the Camp Creek Train Wreck of 1900 when more people died at that incident than any other train wreck in Georgia History. This is an item to let the people who visit Henry County know of the accident and those who lost their lives. The other items they are scrapping were donated to the Park for museum pieces. They are likely to want to do away with the Veterans Museum at the park as well. This type of destruction of history is always done by those with no morals, scruples or thinking processes. Please let these people who fill those chairs hear an ear full about what they are planning at the meeting.
Because public comment occurs at the end of the meeting, residents can also email board members in advance. Email addresses for each commissioner are below:
Chair Carlotta Harrell – charrell@co.henry.ga.us
District I Johnny Wilson – johnnywilson@co.henry.ga.us
District II Dee Clemmons – dclemmons@co.henry.ga.us
Dist. III Greg Cannon – gcannon@co.henry.ga.us
District IV Vivian Thomas – vthomas@co.henry.ga.us
District V Bruce Holmes – bholmes@co.henry.ga.us The staff
