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Happy 200th! DeKalb County’s bicentennial celebration is underway

A yearlong celebration of DeKalb County’s 200-year history is underway.  Formed on Dec. 9, 1822,  on land once home to Creek and Cherokee Nations, the county was named for a German-born American Revolutionary War hero, Baron Johann de Kalb.  “DeKalb’s bicentennial gives us the opportunity to literally tell our story in a more inclusive and […]