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March 27, 2017

Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn: The Hero Who Changed Athens, Georgia, and the Nation

March 27, 2017/ Nicole Taylor
Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn: The Hero Who Changed Athens, Georgia, and the Nation

To kick off our Southern Food column, Georgia-born food writer Nicole Taylor takes us to her hometown of Athens, Georgia, with a story about a hungry traveler and the violence he encountered.

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