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Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia was established in 1882 when one
Mr. Lemuel P. Grant, a successful engineer and businessman, donated
100 acres of a newly developed to the city of Atlanta. Grant Park
is the oldest city park in Atlanta, and is 2nd only to Piedmont
Park in size. The park receives over two million visitors per
year.
Grant Park boasts 2 major Atlanta attractions that other Atlanta
parks cannot: Zoo Atlanta (established in 1889 and originally
known as the Grant Park Zoo) and the Atlanta Cyclorama (a large
composite picture placed on the interior walls of a cylindrical
room illustrating the 1864 Battle of Atlanta from the American
Civil War).
The Grant Park neighborhood is Atlanta's largest historic neighborhood.
It includes the 88 acres of Oakland Cemetery), where 25 former
mayors of Atlanta, 6 former governors of Georgia, and many Civil
War Era military and civilian dead are buried. |
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