The Past and Future of One of Hoton's Most Historic Gay Bars – Texas Monthly

Contents:

• THE HISTORY BEHD THE MARY GAY HOE
• MARY GAY HOE
• MARY GAY HOE
• ‘LIFE DIXIE’MARY ANN HARRIS GAY WAS BORN JON COUNTY, A LTLE NORTH OF WHAT WOULD BEE MAN, 1829. SHE DIED ALONE A MILLEDGEVILLE HOSPAL 89 YEARS LATER.IN THE TERVENG YEARS, SHE’D BE RAISED ON FAY PLANTATNS VAR PARTS OF THE STATE, TABLISH HER OWN HOME DETUR, WNS THE UNN SIEGE OF ATLANTA AND, BY WRG A BOOK SCRIBG HER WARTIME EXPERIENC, BEE AN EARLY CHAMPN OF LOST CSE MYTHOLOGY AND THE CONFERATE MONUMENTS THAT REMA OBJECTS OF NTENTN MORE THAN A CENTURY LATER.GAY’S “LIFE DIXIE DURG THE WAR” WAS FIRST PUBLISHED 1892, NEARLY FOUR S BEFORE THE NTROVERSIAL BLOCKBTER ’S SAID TO HAVE HELPED SPIRE: FELLOW ATLANTAN MARGARET MCHELL’S “GONE WH THE WD.” THE EARLIER WORK PROVIS A HARROWG TALE OF GAY’S SURVIVAL DURG THE WAR, HER PLUCKS THE FACE OF THE “BEASTS” OM THE NORTH, AND HER WORK TO AID AND RE FOR CONFERATE SOLDIERS.THE ATLANTA CONSTUTN PRAISED AT THE TIME AS A “NSPICUO SUCCS.” JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, THE GEIAN THOR BT KNOWN FOR HIS “UNCLE REM” FOLKTAL, DUBBED “ONE OF THE SOURC OM WHICH HISTORY MT GET S SUPPLI.”BUT GAY’S TALE ALSO TAK GREAT PAS TO PAT SLAVERY AS A BENEVOLENT STUTN.CRED: GEORGIA ARCHIVESCRED: GEORGIA ARCHIVESRIGHT HER TRODUCTN, SHE CLAIMS THAT ENSLAVED PEOPLE “RECEIVED RETURN MORE THAN ANY OTHER PEOPLE BONDAGE HAS EVER RECEIVED — AS A UAL THG, GOOD WHOLOME FOOD, FORTABLE HOM AND [CLOTHG], AND TENR TREATMENT SICKNS.” SHE CLAIMS THAT “NO PEOPLE HELD BONDAGE EVER RECEIVED SO MANY BENEFS,” SCRIB SLAVERY AS HAVG EVILS “FAR GREATER TO THE SLAVEHOLR THAN TO THE SLAV.”THIS IS ALL FALSE A UNIVERSAL SENSE, OF URSE. BUT ALSO GAY’S LIFE SPECIFILLY.IN A BOOK PUBLISHED ENGLAND 1854, A FORMER SLAVE NAMED JOHN BROWN SCRIBED AT GREAT LENGTH HORRIFIC TREATMENT ENDURED AT THE HANDS OF GAY’S OWN GRANDFATHER AND UNCLE.IN “LIFE DIXIE,” GAY WR ABOUT A 16-YEAR-OLD ENSLAVED BOY NAMED TOBY WHO DI OF EXHSTN AND ILLNS AFTER HELPG HER SPIR SUPPLI TO CONFERATE FORC.“.. I HELD HIS SOFT BLACK HAND ME,” GAY WROTE, “I THOUGHT OF S WILLG SERVICE TO ‘OUR BOYS,’ AND WEPT TO THK I ULD DO NO MORE FOR HIM, AND THAT HIS YOUNG LIFE WAS GOG OUT BEFORE HE KNEW THE RULT OF THE CEL WAR THAT WAS WAGED BY THE ABOLNISTS!”GAY WAS STUTE AFTER THE WAR, HAVG VTED HER FAY’S FORTUN CONFERATE WAR BONDS. SHE HAWKED HER WRG — CLUDG A SET OF POETRY LATER MOCKED BY MARK TWA “THE ADVENTUR OF TOM SAWYER” — AS A MEANS OF SURVIVAL.SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE LOL CHAPTER OF THE UNED DGHTERS OF THE CONFERACY, AN ANIZATN THAT BEME PRIMARY PROPAGATORS OF A SANIZED VERSN OF THE PRE-CIVIL WAR SOUTH AND THE PERPETUATN OF WHE SUPREMACY.IN 1908, A BEFORE GAY’S ATH, THEY STALLED A 30-FOOT MONUMENT TO THE CONFERACY OUTSI OF WHAT’S NOW THE HISTORIC DEKALB COUNTY COURTHOE.IT ME DOWN JT RECENTLY.CRED: CRED: ‘THE FOL POT’
• JUNR LEAGUE RENAM HISTORIC MARY GAY HOE DEKALB COUNTY
• JUNR LEAGUE RENAM HISTORIC MARY GAY HOE DEKALB COUNTY
• SCANLON, MARY GAY
• THE MARY GAY HOE
• MARY GAY HOE
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• JUNR LEAGUE RENAM HISTORIC MARY GAY HOE DEKALB COUNTY
• MARY GAY HOE
• JUNR LEAGUE RENAM HISTORIC MARY GAY HOE DEKALB COUNTY
• THE PAST AND FUTURE OF ONE OF HOTON’S MOST HISTORIC GAY BARS

THE HISTORY BEHD THE MARY GAY HOE

Marker Text: Author, poet, historian and Conferate heroe ~ Mary Ann Harris Gay (1828-1918) lived this hoe om 1850 to 1914. It was om si that hoe that a woman named Mary Gay wnsed the civil war and s effects on civilian life the South–experienc which she would one day document an 1897 book tled, “Life Dixie durg the War.

Rather than chroniclg stori om the battlefields, as many unn and nferate veterans did  memoir published after the war, Gay sought to pture daily life durg the perd, which for her fay meant endurg an occupatn by unn forc of her town and her very home. We paid a vis to that very hoe wh a lol expert on Gay and her wrgs, Anne Earle.

MARY GAY HOE

While few have read Mary Gay’s book today, her wrg do live on thanks to Mark Twa. If you’d like to read Mary Gay’s full acunt of Southern life durg the Civil War, you n read as a PDF here.

You n also fd out more about the Mary Gay Hoe at the webse of the Junr League of Dekalb County. Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep short by simply answerg the key qutns:Can you list the top facts and stats about Mary Gay Hoe?

Summarize this article for a 10 years oldSHOW ALL QUESTIONSThe Mary Gay Hoe is a historic hoe at 716 Wt Try Place downtown Detur, Geia. It was the home of Mary Ann Harris Gay, who moved there wh her mother and sister about 1850.

MARY GAY HOE

The Mary Gay Hoe MarkerInscriptn. Author, poet, historian and Conferate heroe - Mary Ann Harris Gay (1828-1918) lived this hoe om 1850 to 1914. Mary Ann Harris Gay.

‘LIFE DIXIE’MARY ANN HARRIS GAY WAS BORN JON COUNTY, A LTLE NORTH OF WHAT WOULD BEE MAN, 1829. SHE DIED ALONE A MILLEDGEVILLE HOSPAL 89 YEARS LATER.IN THE TERVENG YEARS, SHE’D BE RAISED ON FAY PLANTATNS VAR PARTS OF THE STATE, TABLISH HER OWN HOME DETUR, WNS THE UNN SIEGE OF ATLANTA AND, BY WRG A BOOK SCRIBG HER WARTIME EXPERIENC, BEE AN EARLY CHAMPN OF LOST CSE MYTHOLOGY AND THE CONFERATE MONUMENTS THAT REMA OBJECTS OF NTENTN MORE THAN A CENTURY LATER.GAY’S “LIFE DIXIE DURG THE WAR” WAS FIRST PUBLISHED 1892, NEARLY FOUR S BEFORE THE NTROVERSIAL BLOCKBTER ’S SAID TO HAVE HELPED SPIRE: FELLOW ATLANTAN MARGARET MCHELL’S “GONE WH THE WD.” THE EARLIER WORK PROVIS A HARROWG TALE OF GAY’S SURVIVAL DURG THE WAR, HER PLUCKS THE FACE OF THE “BEASTS” OM THE NORTH, AND HER WORK TO AID AND RE FOR CONFERATE SOLDIERS.THE ATLANTA CONSTUTN PRAISED AT THE TIME AS A “NSPICUO SUCCS.” JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, THE GEIAN THOR BT KNOWN FOR HIS “UNCLE REM” FOLKTAL, DUBBED “ONE OF THE SOURC OM WHICH HISTORY MT GET S SUPPLI.”BUT GAY’S TALE ALSO TAK GREAT PAS TO PAT SLAVERY AS A BENEVOLENT STUTN.CRED: GEORGIA ARCHIVESCRED: GEORGIA ARCHIVESRIGHT HER TRODUCTN, SHE CLAIMS THAT ENSLAVED PEOPLE “RECEIVED RETURN MORE THAN ANY OTHER PEOPLE BONDAGE HAS EVER RECEIVED — AS A UAL THG, GOOD WHOLOME FOOD, FORTABLE HOM AND [CLOTHG], AND TENR TREATMENT SICKNS.” SHE CLAIMS THAT “NO PEOPLE HELD BONDAGE EVER RECEIVED SO MANY BENEFS,” SCRIB SLAVERY AS HAVG EVILS “FAR GREATER TO THE SLAVEHOLR THAN TO THE SLAV.”THIS IS ALL FALSE A UNIVERSAL SENSE, OF URSE. BUT ALSO GAY’S LIFE SPECIFILLY.IN A BOOK PUBLISHED ENGLAND 1854, A FORMER SLAVE NAMED JOHN BROWN SCRIBED AT GREAT LENGTH HORRIFIC TREATMENT ENDURED AT THE HANDS OF GAY’S OWN GRANDFATHER AND UNCLE.IN “LIFE DIXIE,” GAY WR ABOUT A 16-YEAR-OLD ENSLAVED BOY NAMED TOBY WHO DI OF EXHSTN AND ILLNS AFTER HELPG HER SPIR SUPPLI TO CONFERATE FORC.“.. I HELD HIS SOFT BLACK HAND ME,” GAY WROTE, “I THOUGHT OF S WILLG SERVICE TO ‘OUR BOYS,’ AND WEPT TO THK I ULD DO NO MORE FOR HIM, AND THAT HIS YOUNG LIFE WAS GOG OUT BEFORE HE KNEW THE RULT OF THE CEL WAR THAT WAS WAGED BY THE ABOLNISTS!”GAY WAS STUTE AFTER THE WAR, HAVG VTED HER FAY’S FORTUN CONFERATE WAR BONDS. SHE HAWKED HER WRG — CLUDG A SET OF POETRY LATER MOCKED BY MARK TWA “THE ADVENTUR OF TOM SAWYER” — AS A MEANS OF SURVIVAL.SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE LOL CHAPTER OF THE UNED DGHTERS OF THE CONFERACY, AN ANIZATN THAT BEME PRIMARY PROPAGATORS OF A SANIZED VERSN OF THE PRE-CIVIL WAR SOUTH AND THE PERPETUATN OF WHE SUPREMACY.IN 1908, A BEFORE GAY’S ATH, THEY STALLED A 30-FOOT MONUMENT TO THE CONFERACY OUTSI OF WHAT’S NOW THE HISTORIC DEKALB COUNTY COURTHOE.IT ME DOWN JT RECENTLY.CRED: CRED: ‘THE FOL POT’

Gay's acunt of the siege of Atlanta spired some of the scen Margret Mchell's "Gone wh the Wd.

The Mary Gay Hoe MarkerPhotographed By Felch Dumas, July 19, 2008 3.

The Mary Gay and Swanton HoThe Swanton Hoe is the foreground. It will no longer bear the name of Mary Gay — the slave-owng, so-lled “Conferate heroe” who once lived there.

JUNR LEAGUE RENAM HISTORIC MARY GAY HOE DEKALB COUNTY

”Cred: ‘Life Dixie’Mary Ann Harris Gay was born Jon County, a ltle north of what would bee Man, 1829. ” The earlier work provis a harrowg tale of Gay’s survival durg the war, her plucks the face of the “beasts” om the North, and her work to aid and re for Conferate Atlanta Constutn praised at the time as a “nspicuo succs. ”But Gay’s tale also tak great pas to pat slavery as a benevolent her troductn, she claims that enslaved people “received return more than any other people bondage has ever received — as a ual thg, good wholome food, fortable hom and [clothg], and tenr treatment sickns.

But also Gay’s life a book published England 1854, a former slave named John Brown scribed at great length horrific treatment endured at the hands of Gay’s own grandfather and “Life Dixie, ” Gay wr about a 16-year-old enslaved boy named Toby who di of exhstn and illns after helpg her spir suppli to Conferate forc. I held his soft black hand me, ” Gay wrote, “I thought of s willg service to ‘our boys, ’ and wept to thk I uld do no more for him, and that his young life was gog out before he knew the rult of the cel war that was waged by the Abolnists!

”Gay was stute after the war, havg vted her fay’s fortun Conferate war bonds.

JUNR LEAGUE RENAM HISTORIC MARY GAY HOE DEKALB COUNTY

She hawked her wrg — cludg a set of poetry later mocked by Mark Twa “The Adventur of Tom Sawyer” — as a means of was a charter member of the lol chapter of the Uned Dghters of the Conferacy, an anizatn that beme primary propagators of a sanized versn of the pre-Civil War South and the perpetuatn of whe 1908, a before Gay’s ath, they stalled a 30-foot monument to the Conferacy outsi of what’s now the Historic DeKalb County me down jt ‘The fol pot’The Junr League of DeKalb County purchased Gay’s hoe the late 1970s, savg om stctn by movg om s origal se along downtown Detur’s Marshall Street. They rtored the home and add rooms on the back to host muny ’s listed on the Natnal Register of Historic Plac and, until very recently, has been known simply as “the Mary Gay Hoe.

”While chang to the Mary Gay home’s public brandg is a step away om honorg one of the unty’s most famo slaveowners, there may be more work to ’s still a historic marker out ont that pays homage to Gay as a “Conferate heroe.

SCANLON, MARY GAY

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After a vote by the Junr League of DeKalb County membership, the Mary Gay Hoe has been renamed 716 Wt. The Junr League announced November that has renamed s historic Mary Gay Hoe.

THE MARY GAY HOE

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It has now been changed to 716 hoe was origally named after Mary Ann Harris Gay, a wrer and poet who documented and prerved the history of the Conferacy the years followg the Civil anizatn stat the new name reprents the place and purpose of the anizatn’s permanent home, reflectg that missn to muny. SCANLON, Mary Gay, a Reprentative om Pennsylvania; born Syrace, Onondaga County, N. The Mary Gay Hoe.

MARY GAY HOE

The Mary Gay Hoe is a weddg venue loted Detur, Geia.

You'll fall love wh the many unique spac of The Mary Gay Hoe, and proceeds om s rental directly benef the work of the Junr League of DeKalb County.

The Mary Gay Hoe offers venue rental for weddgs and other social events. The Mary Gay Hoe is an ial lotn for hostg private parti of varyg siz.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

What n I say about the Mary Gay Hoe..

JUNR LEAGUE RENAM HISTORIC MARY GAY HOE DEKALB COUNTY

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Reviewed On 6/14/2019 by Sarah WI got married at the Mary Gay Hoe earlier this month and had an absolutely wonrful experience! Reviewed On 4/16/2019 by Elae RWe chose Mary Gay for our receptn bee was across the street om the church where our weddg ceremony was loted. The Mary Gay Hoe was the perfect settg for our Sunday bnch weddg and receptn.

Reviewed On 10/30/2017 by Christa NOur weddg at the Mary Gay Hoe was amazg!!! Missy is awome to work wh and we absolutely loved gettg married at the Mary Gay Hoe!

MARY GAY HOE

Reviewed On 10/27/2015 by Lydia SWe had a 100 person weddg at the Mary Gay Hoe, and was jt perfect for .

I loved our weddg at the Mary Gay Hoe and would remend this to anyone lookg for a betiful, yet simply elegant place for an timate weddg. Reviewed On 7/23/2015 by Knottie43011549The Mary Gay Hoe is a hidn gem the Detur area. If you are lookg for a venue for a weddg or even a receptn, The Mary Gay Hoe will exceed your standards.

JUNR LEAGUE RENAM HISTORIC MARY GAY HOE DEKALB COUNTY

Reviewed On 7/19/2010 by Virgia BThe Mary Gay hoe is a lovely place to have a receptn. ) Regardls of the mishaps I thk the Mary Gay hoe is a very elegant place to hold a weddg receptn. Homosexualy is legal, although a vaguely-word 2013 law prohibs the promotn of ‘non-tradnal’ relatnships.

As such, gay travellers are advised agast overt displays of their sexualy.

THE PAST AND FUTURE OF ONE OF HOTON’S MOST HISTORIC GAY BARS

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1994-08-12T21:17:43-04:00 Hunter, Print of the DeKalb County County Junr League talked about the life and tim of Mary Gay, whose hoe is one of the few remag pre-Civil War hom remag the Atlanta area.