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National Parks waive fees for National Park Week

April 19, 2012 The Travel Trolley

The National Park Service is waiving entrance fees at national parks April 21-29 for National Park Week.

South Georgia excursion train kicks off 2012 season

April 18, 2012 The Travel Trolley

The SAM Shortline Excursion Train has kicked off its 2012 excursion season.

AAA: Gas prices drop slightly

April 18, 2012 The Travel Trolley

According to AAA, gas prices nationwide dropped 2 cents over the last week to $3.907 per gallon, down from $3.929 per gallon a week ago.

NPS launches Civil War site

April 15, 2012 The Travel Trolley

The National Park Service has launched a new website aimed at highlighting Civil War stories and sites.

Andrews Raid sesquicentennial commemoration continues

April 15, 2012 The Travel Trolley

Kennesaw continued its celebration of the Great Locomotive Chase sesquicentennial with a reenactment of Camp McDonald.

The Andrews Raid: A timeline of events

April 10, 2012 The Travel Trolley

Thursday marks the 150th anniversary of the Andrews Raid. Here’s a timeline of events 150 years ago.

Pilot’s wife: Husband ‘was not intentionally violent toward anyone’

April 3, 2012 The Travel Trolley

The wife of a JetBlue pilot from Georgia who faces a federal charge of interference with a flight crew today said that while her husband “was clearly distressed, he was not intentionally violent toward anyone.”

Pinnacle Airlines files for Chapter 11

April 3, 2012 The Travel Trolley

The parent company of regional airlines that fly on behalf of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and other carriers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

150 years later, Andrews Raid still resonates

April 1, 2012 The Travel Trolley

Since the end of the Civil War, the raid was memorialized in film and books, but the best way to learn about the events of April 12, 1862, is by following the tracks of the raiders themselves.

Civil War Medal of Honor Donated to Kennesaw Museum

April 1, 2012 The Travel Trolley

In a ceremony on Thursday, April 12, an Ohio family will donate a rare Civil War-era Medal of Honor to Kennesaw’s Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History.