[Rebels1972] Emma Sansom Marker

[machen2081 at bellsouth.net]

Fred,
Thanks for the info on Emma.
There is a small mention of the band mostly by former Mayor Steve Means 
during his opening remarks at the Block Party.    There's also a couple of 
photos the first bands and a mention of the very first band director.   No 
interviews by any directors or mention of the titles that the band won over 
the many years.

Tony---- your name is mentioned as to the music choreography and the 
fireworks.   Your name is also run in the credits.

Susan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fatkinson at mishmash.com>
To: "Sansom Class of 1972" <rebels1972 at mishmash.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Rebels1972] Emma Sansom Marker


> Susan,
>
>     Emma Sansom was born in Social Circle, Georgia.  Her family moved to
> Gadsden before the Civil War erupted.  I've got a book about her life
> and I read it.
>
>     Did you know that her hero was Joan of Arc?  She learned about Joan
> of Arc while she went into Gadsden and saw a used book about Joan of
> Arc on sale at a local store.  Her mother had made a present of fifty
> cents for her to spend.  The book cost forty and she kept reading it.
> From then on she kept saying that some day she was going to do
> something great.  And (as all of us Rebels know) she did.
>
>     Did you also know that the Confederate Congress awarded her a gold
> medal before the end of the war?  Did you know that the state of
> Alabama awarded her a plot of land after the war?  Is it any wonder
> that the people of her birthplace erected a stone marker in her
> honor?
>
>     I met a woman at our local church in Marietta whose name was Sansom
> before she was married.  She was also from Social Circle, Georgia and
> told me that she is a blood relative of Emma Sansom.
>
>     Regards,
>
>
>
>                                          Fred Atkinson
>
>
>> Fred,
>> I've never heard of Social Cir, Ga.   The marker is puzzling to me and
>> doesn't make sense. I'm sure there is history behind it.
>> I just received my Sansom Block Party DVD. It was nearly 1-1/2yrs in the
>> making and I really don't know why.
>>   It covered the Ala City and Emma Sansom history quite well.  I was very
>> disappointed that the band history was not covered at all. A few
>> statements
>> were made and that was it.    The sports history was covered and coaches
>> were interviewed.
>> Being a band member, I felt somewhat "let down."
>>
>> Susan
>
>
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