East Atlanta

Beneath the 2015 incarnation of this bohemian neighborhood lies a storied past. What is now Flat Shoals Avenue—home to craft-beer bars, intimate music venues, and inventive restaurants—used to be the Sandtown Trail, a Creek Indian trading route. And where now Craftsman bungalows dot the residential streets, cannons and rifles once roared among the old-growth oaks during the Battle of Atlanta. Situated three miles east of downtown, East Atlanta melds the historic and the contemporary with a dose of independent-minded swagger, appealing equally to the weekend party crowd, 30-something professionals, families with kids, and long-time residents who still tend their gardens and water their lawns, watching the ebbs and flows of the diverse and dynamic neighborhood they all call home.

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Sylvester Cemetery

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2073 Braeburn Circle Southeast
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There are 1,400 souls laid to rest throughout Sylvester Cemetery, including 15 Civil War veterans, many prominent members of 19th-century East Atlanta, and Fiddlin’ John Carson, who is widely considered to be the Father of Country and Western Music. While the cemetery was almost totally abandoned in the 1970s, the Sylvester Cemetery Foundation saved this historic site, restoring it to its eerie grandeur. Today, visitors can walk the wooded grounds, examine the intricate headstones, and take monthly guided tours offered by the Foundation. Sylvester Cemetery relies solely on donations made to the foundation via their website.

Sylvester Cemetery
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Sylvester Cemetery
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Sylvester Cemetery
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Sylvester Cemetery
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Sylvester Cemetery
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Sylvester Cemetery
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The Graveyard Tavern

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