Forgotten National Parks

Nature on My Mind

Learn about former units of the National Park Service, like New Echota Marker National Historic Site, Mackinac Island National Park, and Oklahoma City National Memorial, from local historian Andrew Bramlett. 

About Andrew Bramlett

Andrew Bramlett is a local historian living in Kennesaw, Georgia. He is a member of the Historic Preservation Commission for the City of Kennesaw the Kennesaw Cemetery Foundation. He volunteers with the Kennesaw Parks & Recreation Dept. and as a tour guide at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. He is also the Social Media Administrator for the Friends of Kennesaw Mountain and the publicity coordinator for the Cobb County Genealogical Society. Lastly, he is the archivist for the Save Acworth History Foundation.

In 2018 he won a Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council award for Local History Advocacy because of his work on presentations he gives about the history of the City of Kennesaw, Kennesaw Mountain, and his Kennesaw City Cemetery Walking Tour.

Andrew was named the Honorary City Historian for the City of Kennesaw in 2023. He has previously served as the Vice President of the Kennesaw Historical Society. He is a student at Kennesaw State University and a researcher in the Kennesaw area. Last year, Andrew and his father were named the Citizens of the Year for Kennesaw.

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