The Inconvenient Civil War Did Cause Atlanta Trauma...

and I relive it every day down at the 

CYCLORAMA!

and it's in trouble!

All those Atlanta tourists and conventioneers are not making the trek from World O Coca Cola over to Grant Park to see it, and it is in dire need of some restoration.
Story from 11 Alive News in Atlanta :

Atlanta- Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and other city leaders will hold a meeting in September to discuss the future of the Cyclorama. Since 1922, the massive 360 degree mural depicting the Battle of Atlanta has been housed in Grant Park.The painting made it's first Atlanta appearance in the 1890's with Civil War veterans sharing their experiences from the bloody conflict.
Cyclorama isn't drawing many tourists these days.
A move to Buckhead, the Atlanta History Center or downtown Atlanta might change all that.Plus, the painting is deteriorating."'Over the last few years the cyclorama has seen a drop in attendance and revenue," says Camille Russell Love, The City of Atlanta's Director of Cultural Affairs. The study she says will take a year.
" Where the Cyclorama relocates to should it relocate at all will be the decision of the committee."
There are issues too.The painting is deteriorating All this as the nation commerates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War " There are alot of stories to be told about the Battle of Atlanta that are yet to be told. We don't really have the right facility to tell that story," said Cultural Arts Director Russell Love.  ( The Rest )

A Few Cyclorama Facts:

For 10 years- -in the 1890's - - "the Battle of Atlanta" mural traveled the country as property of a circus.

They would roll it up using telephone poles.

The circus went bankrupt.

" Mr. Coca Cola" Robert Woodruff's grandfather bought the circus at auction for 11 hundred dollars.

The animals went to what became Zoo Atlanta and next door the Cyclorama at Grant Park was born.

Or Clark Gable came to Grant Park to view the mural during The Gone With The Wind premier in 1939.

The actor is alleged to have quipped to Mayor Hartsfield, "the painting is great, the only thing that would make it better is if I were in it."

Gable was placed in the display that year and has been lying mortally wounded on his back since 1939.