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GA SR991
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/22/2012
Primary Sponsor
Earl Carter
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AI Summary
- Recognizes the 15th annual Collard Green Festival held on the first Saturday in March at The Promised Land Farm in the Monteith community of Port Wentworth, Georgia
- The festival features a collard green giveaway providing free collards to senior citizens, the disabled, and military families, along with a parade
- The Promised Land Farm is a 33-acre farm owned by Willie and Robert Johnson, who originally purchased six acres of empty land in 1997 and filled it with collard greens
- Robert Johnson served in the United States Army as a helicopter flight engineer for over 21 years before retiring in 1987; the farm was purchased from descendants of Roderick Steele, a Civil War-era slave recognized as a hero in battles around Monteith
- More than 1,200 people attended the 2010 festival, and the Georgia Senate extends best wishes for a successful event to the organizers and attendees
Legislative Description
15th Annual Collard Green Festival; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
2/22/2012
Full Bill Text
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