Exhibit — A Documentary of Monroe, Georgia

Adventure found behind the old Monroe Area High School

Reclaimed Monroe Cotton Mill on South Madison Avenue

Heritage Day at the William Harris Homestead, circa 1825

Church on East Marable Street

A door in to the pastor or tattoo artist on North Wayne Street

Annual Civil War reenactment at the William Harris Homestead

Space for rent and car for sale on Broad Street

Monroe Area High School Homecoming Parade

Contributions on East Spring Street

George Walton Academy Mobile Photography Summer Camp students

Turning heads on Broad Street

Annual Downtown Fall Festival

Quality Foods on Spring Street still employs baggers.

Mobile advertising and meats at the corner of Highway 138 and Youth Jersey Road

GLO Atlanta traveling performance on Broad Street

Skydive Monroe skydivers someone over Monroe

Industrials on Unisia Drive

The woods behind our home

Each year on July 4th, plastic flags dot homes on Walton Street.

Vacancy on Blaine Street

Monroe’s first fire engine, a 1916 American LaFrance Fire Engine. The city of Monroe sold it to the American Legion and they’ve used it in parades ever since.

Pollock subdivision

Church on Monroe Jersey Road

Annual Monroe Christmas Parade on Broad Street

Annual Republican Barn Party and BBQ site on Nunnally Farm

Cotton Gin on Davis Street

The day the original trees were cut down on the Courthouse lawn

Old jewelry store turned bank vault anchors the downtown Pocket Park on Broad Street

Herefords on Nunnally Farm

The store before on Wayne Street

Kicking Back Stables

Walton Street is the only concrete street in the city.

Sledding fairways at the Monroe Golf and Country Club

House on "the Hill" built in 1832

There was a time when area codes didn't exist.

Classic cars exposed every Friday night in the Wendy's parking lot

Goats trim monkey grass on Walton Street

Hometown: A Documentary of Monroe, Georgia

Monroe is a small southern town mostly untouched by the suburban sprawl of Atlanta. It is a place of contrasts – old and new, white collar and blue collar. Home to more than 13,000 folks – about half black and half white. A bedroom community of proud natives, content neighbors, and hopeful newcomers seeking space. Quiet. It lacks a fancy grocery store, street art, and a place to buy liquor; but it's abundant in reclaimed cotton mills, bibles, and well-mannered folks. Conservative. Its shades of gray and democrats can be counted on one hand. A stretch of land thick with heritage and a future to be defined.