November Homeschool Day:
Friday Night Lights in the Foothills
Pigskin and Piedmont History

Lace up your cleats and step back in time! It’s the most action-packed November Homeschool Day yet as we explore how modern Southern sports obsession directly traces its roots to our region's 20th-century industrial mill villages.

Long before the billion-dollar stadium deals and high school "Friday Night Lights" became a southern religion, North Georgia football was a brutal, hard-nosed industrial byproduct. Students will learn about Gainesville’s legendary 20th-century "Linthead Leagues", the corporate-funded athletic empires of the New Holland and Chicopee Mills, where factory workers became hometown heroes. Football is more than simply entertainment. We’ll look at football as a historical window into economics, physics, and social change that created community structures that our local high schools eventually inherited.

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Facilities Work Day - Volunteers Needed!

NOV

15

2:00 PM

Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St NE, Gainesville, GA

November Homeschool Day: Friday Night Lights in the Foothills

NOV

19

10:00 AM

Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St NE, Gainesville, GA

Deck the History Center Halls - Volunteers Needed!

NOV

30

10:00 AM

Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St NE, Gainesville, GA

Lecture Series: Traditional Christmas Ball Gowns of the 19th Century

DEC

8

7:00 PM

Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St NE, Gainesville, GA

December Homeschool Day: Hearth & High Country: A North Georgia Frontier Winter

DEC

17

9:00 AM

Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St NE, Gainesville, GA

Heritage Craft Class: Sock Knitting

JAN

9

10:00 AM

Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St NE, Gainesville, GA

Heritage Craft Class: Beginning Knitting

FEB

6

10:00 AM

Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St NE, Gainesville, GA

Heritage Craft Class: Raw Wool - Now What?

FEB

6

1:00 PM

Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St NE, Gainesville, GA

Heritage Craft Class: Inkle Loom Weaving

MAR

6

10:00 AM

Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St NE, Gainesville, GA