Cultural Heritages of a Community

Cultural Heritages of a Community

Cultural heritage refers to the legacy obtained from the intangible characteristics of a particular group of people or their physical artifacts. Most often, the legacy is inherited from past generations. Cultural heritage can be in the form of artefacts (documents or books), built environment (landscape, agricultural heritage), natural environment (buildings). Therefore, people in the given community identify with the given elements and attain some level of pride being part of them. Cultural heritages are often protected as a show of gratefulness to past generations, which did their best to ensure that they survive to date (Barthel-Bouchier, 2016). Furthermore, the protection is often aimed at enabling future generations as well to benefit from cultural heritage. In the end, a positive chain is developed around the elements which give people in the community something to be happy about. In my home community of Cobb County, Georgia, I identify the following cultural heritage; William Root House Museum & Garden, Green Plantation, Leonidas Polk Monument and the Museum of History and Holocaust Education. The narrative aims to describe cultural heritage and to show how they make to make the community unique.

Discussion

William Root House Museum & Garden

William Root House Museum & Garden specifically entails a house that was constructed in circa 1845 for Hannah and William Root. These were among the early settlers to Marietta. William had moved to Marietta from Philadelphia in 1839. He later married Hannah, and they bought a piece of land where they established the home. They became merchants and on arriving at the community, established drug stores. In 1893, two years after the death of William, the land where the house stood

was divided into two. In one section, a library was constructed. The house was moved on another section of the land (Root House Museum, 2020). The home is a cultural heritage as it offers people the opportunity to look into the lives which the Root family-led and how they treated the four slaves they had in their home. Additionally, it enables people to have a lot of the various antiques correctly displayed adequately on multiple parts of the home. The vintage nature of the antiques also adds to their beauty and enables people to establish how valuable they are.

Green Plantation

Green Plantation was established in the 1840s as the Green-Bullard House. At the time, it served as a field hospital for the Confederate forces during the Civil War. It is currently owned by Cobb County on which it is used as a multipurpose park and community garden. The heritage offers significant value to people of the community as it shows the general nature of hospitality that the people within the stand to offer. Generally, it reminds them of the value that lies in having the ability to care for one another. Essentially, people must show that they have a concern for the affairs of one another. It is through the process that they are more likely to treat each other in ways that show that they care (Cobb Landmarks, 2020). The park offered within site also provides people with the chance to relax and experience the happiness which lies in being part of the community. Mainly, people can identify more with the various opportunities offered within it. Since the services offered within are free, they are meant to make all people in the county feel attached to it and ensure that it is preserved for future generations.

The Leonidas Polk Monument

The Leonidas Polk Monument is located on the side of a road on top of Pine Mountain. It is a 20-foot marble erected to commemorate Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk. He fell on the very spot where the monument was erected on June 14, 1864. Lieut. Gen. Polk was also an Episcopal Bishop, as well as being an inspiration to his juniors during the Civil War, and his death in 1864 was a massive blow to them as he had been significantly instrumental to them (History.net, 2020). The people had looked upon him as a pillar of strength and the motivation to continue fighting. Erecting the pillar was deemed necessary as a way of commemorating the impact which Polk had borne on his community.

Generally, the cultural heritage is of great importance in that it reminds people of the community of the value which they need to put on resilience. People generally, must be interested in being of excellent service to their communities, in just the same way that Lieut. Gen. Polk had served during the Civil War, as it is also necessary for them to consider being of great service to their community (History.net, 2020). The concept will serve as a great indicator of the fact that they are aware of the significant roles which they stand to play within their communities. Primarily, they can consider the effects which they stand to bear within their communities. The monument reminds people that they must be more focused on looking into ways in which they could be of value to their community.

The Museum of History and Holocaust Education

The Museum of History and Holocaust Education is a facility that offers information about the Holocaust and the general effects which it had on Georgia. Although the Holocaust was not experienced in the US, a significant number of Jews escaping it during WWII from Europe moved into the country to seek refuge (Kennesaw University, 2020). The cultural heritage in the county is crucial as it reminds people of the ills that can occur in society, and the reason people need to be keen on avoiding them.

As people visit the museum, they can establish the extent of harm that can occur where they allow bigotry to come in their way and fail to identify with the necessity to be considerate of one another. The museum is, therefore, instrumental in showing that people need to be interested in determining what connects them. They establish the specific mechanisms through which they could learn from the museum and the different undertakings which occur within. It is through the process that they learn about the value that lies in treating all people in society as being important (Kennesaw University, 2020). Rising above the problem of bigotry is highly appropriate in enabling people to focus on building better relationships with one another. They determined that they can focus more on the idea of better treatment of one another in a way that will improve upon their levels of success in society. Furthermore, they can aim to address the various challenges which they face in society and come up with better solutions to the problems.

Conclusion

The four cultural heritages in Cobb County, GA, are important in enabling people in the community to have something which they can quickly identify with. For instance, as for the William Root House Museum & Garden, people need to establish how good it might have felt being a wealthy merchant in the 1800s. Further, the Green Plantation helps to remind the people of Cobb County of the value that lies in being hospitable, and therefore, it is essential for them to show others that they care about them. The Leonidas Polk Monument is vital in reminding the people of the strong need which they should bear in terms of being of service to their community. The Museum of History and Holocaust Education helps to show that people need to shy away from acts of bigotry. The cultural heritage sites have amazing views and history in which tourists can come to visit and enjoy. Generally, these four sites serve an important role within the Cobb County community.

References

Barthel-Bouchier, D. (2016). Cultural heritage and the challenge of sustainability. Routledge.

Cobb Landmarks. (2020). Green Plantation https://www.cobblandmarks.com/heritagesites.html

History.net. (2020). Leonidas Polk: Southern Civil War General https://www.historynet.com/leonidas-polk-southern-civil-war-general.htm

Kennesaw University. (2020). Museum of History and Holocaust Education https://historymuseum.kennesaw.edu

Root House Museum. (2020). History of the  Root House https://www.roothousemuseum.com/history.html