The City of Nahunta celebrated its history Tuesday night honoring those who came before the current generation.
Cultural Night, held July 22 at City Hall, consisted of displays of fashions from different eras from the 1920s into the 1960s.
There was also a presentation on the history of Nahunta given by Dylan Lee, history teacher for Brantley County High School.
Lee relished the opportunity to present the full history of Brantley County Nahunta to the citizens in attendance. He believes the name of Nahunta is not just the name of a town, but something deeper that resonates significantly.
“Brantley County is not just a name on a map,” Lee said. “It is the land and the people as well.”
Lee focused on the very beginnings when the Native Americans arrived and established their place and transferred over into other eras such as the American Revolution and the Civil War right up to the present day.
Certain highlights of his presentation included the birth of Brantley County, which was created November 2, 1920 by a Georgia legislature and named after Benjamin D. Brantley. The visit of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor February 20, 1950 was also a point of interest for many who viewed the presentation.
Documentary filmmakers Bae Allen screened his film, Armadillo Olympics.
Allen is a native of Brantley County. He recently graduated with his degree in Multimedia Film Production from Georgia Southern.
Allen did his thesis on the subject of Armadillo Olympics, which had an incredible resonation given its unique subject matter with him and thought it was worth making it.
“There aren't a lot of people who do documentary filmmaking around here, so there was an open niche for it,” Allen said. “Ours is the first that I can find on this subject.”
The documentary talks about how armadillos in Brantley County were collected by FFA students to alleviate the overpopulation issues they were placing on farmers. The Olympics ran from 1979 to 1982.
The documentary contained animation, which was a combination of styles between Allen and a high school freshman who was unnamed.
Allen has plans to revise the documentary in terms of including more interviews that did not make it in this particular cut. Also, there would be some tweaking of the animation used and eventually submit it to various film festivals.
There was also a display of newspapers from the 1920s onward.
