This weekend offers a variety of public events in East Cobb that culminates with the somber observance of one of the darkest chapters in local history.
The Marietta History Center is holding its annual Rummage and Book Sale Thursday-Saturday from 10-4, with free admission for that fundraiser, with proceeds benefitting the center.
Books, photography, militaria, children’s items, home décor, and more will be priced to sell; if you want to visit the rest of the museum (1 Depot Street), regular admission prices apply except on Saturday, when it’s free.
Saturday features a new community event, the Little Brazil Foundation Community Fair. The newly formed group will be featuring products, services and Brazilian culture and raising funds for its service projects from 12-8 p.m. at the East Gate Shopping Center (1802 Lower Roswell Road). Admission is free, and there will be food, music and other festivities.
Saturday also is the final day of a month-long exhibit at the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center (2051 Lower Roswell Road). More than 50 artworks in the Roswell Fine Arts Alliance’s Flower Stories exhibit can be seen for the final time from 10-5.
If you want to learn about what the Cobb Sheriff’s Office is all about, staffers will be on hand Sunday for a Coffee Connection session from 9-11 at Duck Donuts (1281 Johnson Ferry Road). Bring your questions about law enforcement and learn about the department’s community initiatives.
As the weekend draws to a close, those working to close a saga more than a century old will gather at Temple Kol Emeth (1415 Old Canton Road) starting at 5 p.m. for the 109th Yahrzeit of Leo Frank.
Kol Emeth Rabbi Emeritus Steven Lebow has been leading efforts to get Frank exonerated for a 1913 murder of a Marietta girl; after his death sentence was commuted two years later, a Marietta mob dragged him out of a Georgia prison and lynched him from a tree near what is now Roswell Road and Frey’s Gin Road on Aug. 17, 1915.
It was the first known lynching of a Jew in American history; Frank was posthumously pardoned in 1986 but Lebow and former Gov. Roy Barnes have recently renewed efforts for exoneration.
The Atlanta Jewish Times updates the story; here’s our coverage from 2018 when a memorial was unveiled near the lynching site.
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