I participated in the first Earth Day in April 1970. I was a high school student at Walker in DeKalb County, Georgia. Richard Nixon was president, the Vietnam War was raging, the EPA had not been invented yet, and I was just a few years away from Draft bait. My memories of that day are vague, but it seems like I took a 10 mile walk around a section of urban and suburban DeKalb County (Metro-Atlanta area) with other like-minded people.
Fast forward to 2023, my second Earth Day celebration. This one was organized by my “Helpmeet” Rita. It was located in Guyton, Georgia, which is a small town in Effingham County, just up the road from Savannah. This was likely the first Earth Day celebration in the county, which lags behind DeKalb in some aspects. Like 53 YEARS BEHIND!
Tomorrow is the 2nd Earth Day Festival in Guyton (April 20, 2024), and I am on the hook for that one too. I hope you can come out to Guyton on the Trail to rescue me! It lasts from 8 AM to 2 PM. I will be a Carney hawking the Light Pollution Tent and the Sound Pollution Tent. I operated the Sound tent last year, but the Light Pollution tent is new this year. I have not seen the whole thing yet, but from the photos, it reminds me of Batman and Gotham City in the 1960s. A Retro-feel.
Several of us were mulling over the prospects of having a 2025 Earth Day celebration at Ebenezer, Georgia. It is a “Dead Town” where we have spent a lot of blood, sweat, brain cells, and toil. A wonderful setting for an Earth Day event I should say. Who is with me?
UPDATE- Sunday, April 21, 2024:
Yesterday’s Earth Day Festival on the Trail in Guyton was a real success. Congratulations to Rita and her EGG-Heads! Below are a few images from the event.
Mister Soapstone 
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