Sunday, July 14
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.
Join us as Phil Ivester, Concord Covered Bridge Historic District Board President, discusses his research into the Chattahoochee River Line troop movements and battles during the Civil War in the summer, 1864. We will share first person narratives by soldiers who were there.
Smyrna-native Philip Ivester, serves as CEO of Kennesaw-based Energy Management firm. His degree is in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech, but he is passionate about Smyrna history, having grown up in the historic Martin Luker Ruff house near the Concord Woolen Mill, Grist Mill, and Covered Bridge. Over the years he has done extensive research into the history of 19th-century communities known as Concord, Millgrove, Nickajack, and Tillman. He is President of the Friends of the Concord Covered Bridge Historic District and Treasurer of the Smyrna Historical Society.
Sunday Lectures are sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.
