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Public education in Linden has evolved over more than a century, reflecting broader social changes in the Piney Woods region of East Texas.

Atlanta’s high school band is a treat. It’s a question whether most people watch the band or the football game itself. Sometimes at halftime, some football players take off their shoulder pads and march with band. That’s not reversed as of yet. Band members don’t play football. They play instruments.

The bell belongs to the Atlanta Fire Department. It is in their building on South Louise Street. It is in the welcoming area of the first room and almost the first thing one sees. Here’s more of its history.