Actually a goodly number of other, unlisted, field trips occurred in the near 14 years between our founding and our visit to the McIntosh Reserve, but they were not documented very well, if at all.  No one thought the events worthy of recording.

Please accept our apologies for this lack of foresight.

July 2012: McIntosh Reserve Park

July 2014: Old Douglas County Courthouse Museum

October 2022: Old Campbell County Historical Society Museum

Our annual Christmas Dinners are held in lieu of the December meeting.  It is a tradition established very early in the Society's history, perhaps even as early as 1998 or 1999, and continues to present.  In the beginning, there was little or no consideration for documentation, and it wasn't regularly documented until the current was appointed (in 2010) and began to bring a camera - but we still have no idea why there are no records for 2011.

Initially, the dinner was a pot-luck affair held at a members home, but we soon out grew that and began holding them (still pot-luck) at local businesses conference rooms or church's fellowship halls.  At some point, as the Society grew, the set-up and clean-up became too much and we voted to hold the dinners at a local restaurant, a practice which continues to this day.  The restaurant is chosen anew each year.  Over the years, some proved unsatisfactory and were removed from consideration.  At least one that we liked went out of business, as did a couple we didn't like very much.  Beginning in 2016, we seem to have settled on Leathers 78 Cafe.  It is located in the building that was Leathers Truck Stop in the years before Interstate 20 opened and the truck stop had to move to survive - it's now over at the Liberty Road exit from I-20 and still going strong.

Sadly, Leathers 78 Cafe also appears to have fallen victim to the DCGS curse.  As of March 2021, it is definitely defunct!  And it was the FAVORITE, too!  By Christmas of 2021, the Covid Pandemic had eased and we found a new (because it's been awhile) and old (because this is not the first time - see Christmas 2004) place, Golden Corral, for our dinner outing.  Don't know if this will become a semi-permanent choice.  Personally, the Web Master isn't a fan of buffets.  He would much prefer to have a server take his order and bring him his food.

Please accept our apologies for any missing dinners.

2004
2006
2010
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

September Saturdays is an annual two week-end festival hosted by the city of Douglasville, and usually held the last two Saturdays in September.  It consists of a number of exhibitors (of which we are or rather were one) and performers (most, of course, begging for donations - we didn't do that), along with numerous vendors plying the guests with food, drink, souvenirs and other assorted merchandise (we didn't do that, either).  It is held outside, in the parking lot of the Douglas County Courthouse.  Some years you get drenched and some years you get baked (I have been both).  The in between years are pleasant fall days, and everyone has great fun.

It's official!  At the August 2022 meeting, it was decided that we would no longer participate in the September Saturday Festivities.  After more than 10 years of participation, we have found it to be of little to no benefit to the Society, so further participation was voted down.

There was always some expense involved for participants, and that expense kept increasing (to $75.00 per day booth fees in 2022, not to mention the member time, set-up/clean-up effort and personal expense - for transportation, lunch, refreshments, etc.), making for an even easier decision.

Please accept our apologies for the undocumented years.

2006
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019 - Last actual participation
2020 - Event cancelled by pandemic
2021 - The official end of an era.