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MIC'D¡Feliz Navidad!Send us a textNIHRA welcomes the following new members: Chelsea Cosgrove, Paychex; Victoria Plaise, Rea Magnet Wire; Kurt Briner, Indiana Air National Guard; Christine Johnson, Indiana Auto Auctions; Michael Williams & Greg Davis, Paycor; Taylor Fisher & Lisia Francisco, Brightpoint; Adam Surface, Steve Wineland, Nawmartha Htoo, Tesla Flores, Kyaw Soe, Master Spas.Ed San Inocencio, outgoing NIHRA president, shares memories of serving over his 2022 & 2023 term.Carly Buchanan, NIHRA president (2024 & 2025) and Julie Hess, President-Elect share a vision for the future and upcoming events.12 Interesting Christmas FactsMember Spotlight with Barry Bender...2023-12-191h 54
Prowling The Peach StateEpisode Seventeen--The World War II Homefront Museum, St. Simons Island, GAI hit the beach (sort of) and visit this small but neat and interactive museum focusing on the homefront experience in Georgia's coastal communities during World War Two.2023-09-0409 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Sixteen--Webb Military Museum, Savannah, GAKicking off a new season of podcasts with a trip to Savannah to see an amazing private collection of military artifacts, housed in the Webb Military Museum.2023-08-0713 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Fifteen--The Delta Flight Museum, Atlanta, GAAhead of my summer break from podcasting, I travel to the outstanding Delta Flight Museum, right next to Hartsfield-Jackson Airport...where there is something for everyone.2023-05-0125 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Fourteen--The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, Atlanta, GAI hit downtown Atlanta this month to visit an awesome museum--I really enjoyed my visit and will definitely go back.2023-04-0218 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Thirteen--The Southeastern Railway Museum, Duluth, GAI head right up the road from me this month to a place I've visited many times before...the SE Railway Museum!2023-03-0221 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Twelve--The Lunchbox Museum (and RC Cola, and more), Columbus, GAI hit Columbus again for a stop at the Lunchbox Museum, the world's largest collection of lunchboxes. Just so happens there are multiple museums in one spot, including the RC Cola Museum as well as Chero-Cola, and Tom's Snacks Museums!2023-02-0106 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Eleven--The Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum, Carrollton, GAI travel to West Georgia this month for an afternoon in Carrollton, GA, featuring a stop at the Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum.2023-01-0116 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Ten--Pin Point Heritage Museum, Pin Point, GAThis month we're outside Savannah, Georgia at the Pin Point Heritage Museum, which celebrates the history and resilience of this community rooted in the Gullah-Geechee culture. It's also the birthplace of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.2022-12-0215 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Nine--The Wren's Nest, Home of Joel Chandler Harris, Atlanta, GAI travel to Atlanta's West End neighborhood to learn more about Joel Chandler Harris, best known as the author of the Uncle Remus stories. Harris was incredibly influential, but not without controversy.2022-11-0131 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Eight--Georgia State Railroad Museum, Savannah, GAMona and I head back to Savannah to visit Georgia State Railroad Museum, located in the Frogtown district of Savannah. Central of Georgia Railroad history, and much more about old time Savannah!2022-10-0123 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Seven BONUS COVERAGE--The Longstreet Society Museum, Gainesville GAMore from our visit to the Longstreet Society Museum at the Historic Piedmont Hotel in Gainesville, GA, plus more from our interview with Cory Pfarr about General Longstreet2022-09-0124 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Seven--The Longstreet Society Museum, Gainesville, GAThis month we travel to The Longstreet Society Museum at the Historic Piedmont Hotel in Gainesville, GA, where Confederate General James Longstreet made his home near the end of his life. There's more here than meets the eye though, and so we also talk to author Cory Pfarr, author of two books on the general. Maybe another lesson in not believing everything you read? Plus chickens.2022-09-0139 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Six--The Graveface Museum, Savannah, GATrue crime, the macabre, and the weird (and fun because pinball machines) all come together at the Graveface Museum in Savannah. This sometimes creepy city is the perfect home for this museum!2022-08-0119 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Five--The Computer Museum of America, Roswell, GAI visited The Computer Museum of America in Roswell, GA, and as I discover, there's "more than you'd expect" here. There is something for everyone of every generation.2022-05-0120 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Four BONUS COVERAGE--The Loudermilk Boarding House and Elvis Museum, Listen to Episode Four first!!***More from the Loudermilk Boarding House, more from Keith Alverson, and an interview with Angela Ballard. *** First we travel to Cornelia, GA to see the Loudermilk Boarding House and (especially) Elvis Museum, where we talked to Joni Mabe. We also talk to Elvis photographer and lifelong fan Keith Alverson, exploring another Georgia connections to the King. In the bonus episode, we met with local Elvis fan club founder Angela Ballard.2022-04-0122 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Four--The Loudermilk Boarding House and Elvis Museum, Cornelia, GAFirst we travel to Cornelia, GA to see the Loudermilk Boarding House and (especially) Elvis Museum, where we talked to Joni Mabe. We also talk to Elvis photographer and lifelong fan Keith Alverson, exploring another Georgia connections to the King. In the bonus episode, we met with local Elvis fan club founder Angela Ballard.2022-04-0130 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Three--The Crawford W. Long Museum, Jefferson, GACrawford Long was the first doctor to perform a surgery using anesthesia, so we travel to Jefferson, GA, where he practiced.2022-03-0123 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode Two--The Ty Cobb Museum, Royston, GAThe truth about who Ty Cobb was has been obscured with falsehoods. The museum dedicated to the "Georgia Peach" works to set the record straight!2022-02-0122 minProwling The Peach StateEpisode One--The Ma Rainey House, Columbus, GAFor our first episode, we learn more about Georgia's connections to the Blues by visiting Columbus, GA and stopping in at the Ma Rainey House and Blues Museum.2021-12-2923 min