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Milledgeville past and present was represented at last weekend's Super Bowl, which topped out at around 119 million viewers.
During the national anthem, the telecast cut to the USS Carl Vinson, the supersized aircraft carrier stationed in the Pacific Ocean. The USS Carl Vinson, which kids around here learn in school growing up, was named after Carl Vinson, the late Milledgeville man who was one of the most influential Congressmen of the 20th century. Vinson represented Baldwin County in Congress for more than 50 years, and few ever dared to run against him.
He's perhaps most known for helping to modernize the United States Navy, which is how he earned the monicker "The Father of the Two Ocean Navy." Vinson lived on a sprawling 600-acre farm in south Baldwin County, not far from the drivers license place and the intersection of the Vinson Highway and the Fall Line Freeway.
The Super Bowl clip of the USS Carl Vinson, which is where the body of Osama bin Laden was flown following his death and subsequently dumped in the ocean, can be seen in the video below at roughly the 1:20 mark.
Meanwhile, Alecea Housworth, Georgia College & State University Class of 2021, was one of the white-clad dancers during Sunday's halftime performance.
Houseworth, who was born roughly 120 years after Vinson, was a rhetoric major and dance minor at GCSU, according to the university's Facebook page. Added the post: "As a student, she worked in the Learning Center and also choreographed and produced a dance video titled 'Now is the Time,' which brought to light hard topics in society such as race and inequality."
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Everything sounded so lovely until the end.
“We tried”
If that’s not disheartening idk what is. I feel the need to quote my mom here. “I can’t have nothin nice”. Wiser words were never said.
Oh! And for gods sake STAY HYDRATED if you want to save on hospital bills. I hate summer.
Member when the river was fun and didn’t get angry and take lives? You could float down hopefully by sunset with only burnt skin that was a problem for later you? Member when your biggest fear were all the scary gar lingering about?
Patchy rain nearby, with a high of 89 and low of 72 degrees. Don't forget your umbrella! Mist in the morning, light rain shower during the afternoon, patchy rain nearby in the evening, cloudy overnight.
loving that suit! That hippie has style and wears it well.
I member hearing about this. So incredibly sad. The lady I spoke with couldn’t have spoken higher of the man he was.
"unless someone wishes to make some sort of far-flung statement about their dissatisfaction with both major political parties" omg! YES PLEASE! There's no choices, and they will never allow an independent a fighting chance. Other countries have multiple candidates to choose from.
Any reason why the sheriff rarely makes a statements its alway another Deputy isn’t the sheriff, the elected official in our county?