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COMMUNITY
That group makes up the largest portion of the data with
nearly 314,000. That number is not entirely composed of
non-believers. It includes all residents who are not adherents
of any of the 236 groups included in the data.
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One of the oldest expressions of faith that originated in
Cobb County and is still being observed is the annual Campmeeting
at Marietta Campground in east Cobb, which has
been held since before the Civil War.
This weeklong event always features morning and evening
services as well as other traditional events like a watermelon
cutting and ice cream social, but the most popular event is
always the singing, which echoes from the handmade wooden
tabernacle known as the Arbor at the center of the grounds.
There, worshipers sing out of their red hymnbooks while fanning
themselves with paper fans against the summer heat just
as their predecessors did over 180 years ago.
Music Director Barry Lancaster said the Arbor has survived
Sherman’s march to Atlanta as well as every major storm
that’s come through since.
“They try to keep it pretty much the same as it was,” he
said. “They’ve had to add some new boards here and there,
and part of the roof came off in the last storm that came
through here, but yeah, it’s withstood a lot. … As far as how
the services are done, we try to keep it pretty traditional, how
they used to do it back in the day with the same music, organ,
piano, singing the same traditional hymns. … They haven’t
lost their meaning or their message. They’re still as relevant as
they were back then.”
For more information, visit www.mariettacampmeeting.org.
The Marietta Campmeet has been going on for 182 years.
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