The September 20th Access North Georgia.com had an article about a statue of a Confederate soldier that everyone calls "Old Joe" who is at least 100 years old. Plans are to move him because the square is being rearranged, but the UDC vows to fight it. Plus, the years are definitely wearing on him.
"Old Joe" is a survivor of the 1936 tornado and is one of several Confederate statues manufactured in Chicago around 1900 under the generic name "At Ready Standard Military Statue." Two other "Old Joe's" elsewhere have fallen apart as they all suffer from interior framework rust.
No one knows how he picked up the name "Old Joe."
Just Plain Old Joe. --B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
