By the late 1800s there were over 50 Florence Crittenton Homes across the U.S. The homes were established to give young women who were pregnant and unmarried a place to live until their baby was born.

The former Glenridge Hall built on 400 acres in Sandy Springs was once the location of special events in Atlanta. In October of 1930, the Atlanta Journal newspaper reported, “Glenridge Hall to be Scene of Benefit Musicale.”

Wright Bryan was managing editor for the Atlanta Journal when he went overseas to report on the war. He was a war correspondent for WSB radio in Atlanta as well as for NBC news. He gave the first live broadcast report of D-Day. Before his broadcast, pre-recorded announcements by President Roosevelt and King George VI were aired.

“On mission day we were aroused from sleep at 2 a.m. We had one hour to shower and shave. Showering you could skip, but shaving was a must to make the oxygen mask fit snugly against your face. Lack of oxygen at high altitude meant certain death.”

George E. King, son of Reverend James Lawrence King started King Hardware in 1882 with $9,500 in capital. He rented space for his first store at the southeast corner of Peachtree and Wheat Street (Auburn Avenue). King bought out some existing older hardware businesses: Clarke Hardware, Anderson Hardware, and Crumley-Sharp Hardware. (“Atlanta and Environs, Volume II,” by Franklin Garrett)

He created six giant paintings of exotic birds for Disney World and has created exhibits and murals for the Dallas Children’s Museum, the Smithsonian, Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, and the Fulton County Schools Teaching Museum, to name a few.