This place is way out there. That was kind of the point of course, as this POW camp would have left…read moreits prisoners with few places to escape to. The site includes a museum, a cemetery, and a driving tour around the area where the camp once stood. The museum is dedicated to prisoners of war more generally, and strikes a nice balance between telling the history of this specific place (including in a harrowing movie), but also connecting the issues faced by POWs throughout history. It also clearly explains the U.S. military code with regards to how to handle being captured. It's not a huge museum, but with the film I spent the better part of an hour. A tour of the camp can be done by either walking or driving. A piece of wooden stockade has been built, which offers a striking audiovisual experience when the lively atmosphere is cut off as you enter it. The area otherwise just marks where the rest of the stockade used to me, and also includes a variety of war monuments and informational signage. The cemetery is still active, containing not just the identified remains of many former Union POWs, but also American service members who have lived and died in subsequent eras. A map of the other major POW camps spans broadly. I've been to a few of those areas, but it would be quite a project to see all of them, even just the ones that have an actual surviving site and exhibition. However, the topic is compelling, combining the mechanics of war history with a lesson in the depths of human depravity, and an issue that will unfortunately always be relevant.

What can really be said that hasn't already? Well managed, well maintained National Park that every…read morehuman being should visit at least once. The museum was my favorite part, as the video and artifact offerings are excellent. If one takes the time, they will be enlightened on the American POW experience in all its wars. Our visit took about 2.5 hours on a crowd-free Wednesday in March, with most of the time spent in the museum. We briefly walked some of the grounds afterwards. Hallowed ground for sure. Cheers! RS

It's just really hard for me to wrap my head around all this but Sarah who works there, really…read morehelped to give us information. We watched the 27 minute movie in the theater and how I withheld my tears, I don't know, it is so powerful and so sad. Here in AMERICA! Some say it will happen again. I WOULD RECOMMEND

A very well designed National Park. Both inside and outside…read moreof the visitor center is loaded with information and well marked sutras. Watch the movie first so you clone what you are going to experience. The self paced muse aim tour takes about an hour. So many examples and artifacts from every war. POW's represented from every one of them. The driving tour takes you through the Civil War camp. Take the time to drive to the cemetery.

There is a large Jimmy Carter Center in Atlanta, but this collection of exhibits may offer a more…read morepersonal picture of the man. This pastoral town was an oasis; where the surrounding countryside was waterlogged, run down, and still carries marks of the confederacy, this town was upbeat and well kept. Even the auto scrapyard was neat. The main exhibit is a schoolhouse. The schoolhouse-like the former president who once went there-is a throwback. A railhouse includes campaign materials from Carter's first presidential run, which is frankly incomprehensible in the modern political lexicon. Perhaps most touching is the farm three miles outside the town, on which I saw a rambunctious chicken returned to its coop and traded stares with some goats. It's just really difficult to try to square the experience of someone who grew up in this piece of Americana but also lived in the White House. Signage points out that even walking into the one-block downtown from where little Jimmy lived would have been a big deal. Conversely, where I used to live I once stumbled upon the White House by accident on a walk of comparable length. This place is another world, and President Carter's experience with farming and the simple life, much like the founding fathers, is likely to have been foundational to his politics as well as his own life. The park offers plenty of opportunities for contemplating such subjects.

Very interesting place to stop. The train depot was awesome. The memorial garden and grave site…read morewas fitting of a former President. He was a beloved man of Plains. A must see.

Very nice to have a fair-sized free public library in a small community…read more The building is wheelchair accessible -- though the access is a bit precarious woth a steep drop off and no railing. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable and patient. The space is clean and bright and - of. Purse - filled with books, and also other nifty things (from meeting. Rooms to copying machines to internet access and more). The stacks are closed due to COVID, but there is still ample material to explore and enjoy. Will update review once I have checked out the online services -- like ebooks and movies and music.

Accessible even though the building is old…read more Friendly and helpful staff. History on the walls.

Americus local court house and government offices…read more.. Very friendly and helpful staff.... Accessible... Clean... Ample parking...

It is a great enviroment to learn. You are not just students there, you are treated like extended…read morefamily. Since going there I find both my advisiors and myself challenging to not just to comfort zone but to beyond.SGTC is the place to enrich your academic growth.

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