January 2018 * Vol. 74, No. 1 20 NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM & SOLDIER CENTER COURTESY GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES C O N T E N T S 36 D E PA R T M E N T S 5 MAILBOX 16 20 28 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14 CURRENTS 26 GEORGIA'S ENERGY OUTLOOK Quilting is thriving in Georgia. By Laura Raines 32 EMC SPOTLIGHT The Trail of Tears Get moving at Georgia's state parks The Cherokee Nation honors its past and looks to its future. By Pamela A. Keene 36 AROUND GEORGIA Going back to school 42 GEORGIA GARDENS 34 THE FACTS OF LIFE ... IN GEORGIA Military history museums Critter-proofing the garden Adults train for better careers in Georgia. By Carolyn Crist 46 GEORGIA COOKS As seen on TV Click on the January 2018 link at 50 SNAPSHOT georgiamagazine.org Winter memories web exclusive 38A More museums of military history Georgia's competit ive cooks battle 50A 48B Georgia Grown spotlight recipe for top honors, page ON THE COVER: 46 8 201 48A Second helping: more recipes from contest winners 4 8 GEORGIA NEWS 26A THE WASHINGTON YOUTH TOUR Stitching memories into art There's MORE online! web exclusive 42 ISTOCK.COM / CREATIVENATURE 10 JEKYLL ISLAND AUTHORITY 6 PICTURE THIS? January 2018 The trip of a lifetim e: the Washington Youth Tour page 26A Stitching memories into art page 16 www.georgiamagazine .org Remembering the Trail of Tears page 20 50A More Snapshot photos 50B Plant of the month; trivia contest More online at www.georgiamagazine.org From left, Grace Wilson, of Alma, and Shawn Johnson, of Tennille, represented Georgia Electric Membership Corp. (EMC) on the 2017 Washington Youth Tour. Thirty-seven Georgia EMCs sent 113 high school delegates to Washington, D.C., in June to get a beyond-the-classroom look at our nation's history and government. (Photo by Louis Tonsmeire; photo illustration by Gayle Hartman.) GEORGIA MAGAZINEhttp://www.ISTOCK.COM http://www.georgiamagazine.org http://www.georgiamagazine.org http://www.georgiamagazine.org