Atlanta's best fall history events

Discover the stories behind the people that lived in the city of Atlanta and the tales of the nation during this fall's history events around town.

Festivals

Marietta StreetFest (Sept. 19-20; Marietta, Ga.)

Fall Folklife Festival (Sept. 26; Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.)

Sunday in the Park (Oct. 4; Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.)

Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos (Nov. 1; Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.)

Tours

Atlanta Preservation Center's Guided Walking Tours (Year-Round; Atlanta, Ga.)

New Manchester History Hikes (Year-Round; Sweetwater Creek State Park, Lithia Springs, Ga.)

Special Topic Tours (March-Oct.; Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.)

Guided Overview Tours (March-Dec.; Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.)

Civil War Walking Tour (Sept. 12, October 3; Marietta, Ga.)

Curators Gallery Tour (Sept. 18; The Bremen Museum, Atlanta, Ga.)

Restless in Resthaven (Sept. 26-27; Alpharetta, Ga.)

Touchstones to the Past: City Cemetery Tours (Sept. 26, Oct. 17, Nov. 21; Marietta, Ga.)

The Georgia Trust Expedition to Decatur: Mid-Century to Mid-Century (Sept. 26; Decatur, Ga.)

Historic Jewish Atlanta Tours: Grant Park (Sept. 27; Grant Park, Atlanta, Ga.)

Historic Jewish Atlanta Tour: Oakland Cemetery (Oct. 28; Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.)

Alpharetta History Tour (On Demand; Alpharetta, Ga.)

Literary Events

Aiken Lecture: Todd Brewster, "Lincoln's Gamble: The Tumultuous Six Months that Gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and Changed the Course of the Civil War" (Sept. 10; Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.)

MMH Lecture: Karen Abbott, "Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy" (Sept. 17; Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta, Ga.)

Livingston Lecture: Wil Haygood, "Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America" (Sept. 18; Atlanta, Ga.)

Rick Bragg, "My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South"(Sept. 28; Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, Atlanta, Ga.)

Sandra D. Deal, Jennifer Dickey, and Catherine Lewis, "Memories of the Mansion: The Story of Georgia's Governor's Mansion"(Sept. 28; Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.)

"The Jefferson Rule: How We Started Fighting over the Founding Fathers" (Sept. 28; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.)

Eric Lichtblau, "The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men" (Oct. 1; Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.)

MMH Lecture: Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, "Dr. Mutter's Marvels" (Oct. 6; Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta, Ga.)

David Beasley, "A Life in Red: A Story of Forbidden Love, the Great Depression, and the Communist Fight for a Black Nation in the Deep South" (Oct. 6, Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, Atlanta, Ga.)

Dr. Donald L. Miller, "From Page to Screen: Bringing Masters of the Air to Life" (Oct. 7; Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.)

Evening with History: "From the Darkside" (Oct. 8; Marietta Museum of History, Marietta, Ga.)

MMH Lecture: Paul Theroux in conversation with Chuck Reece of The Bitter Southerner, "Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads" (Oct. 8; Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta, Ga.)

MMH Lecture: "Women of the Civil War with Carolyn Curry and Heath Lee" (Oct. 22; Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta, Ga.)

Livingston Lecture: Jay Winik, "1944: FDR and the Year that Changed History" (Oct. 26, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.)

Dan Jones, "The Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty" (Oct. 26, Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, Atlanta, Ga.)

Ari Berman, "Give Us The Ballot" (Oct. 28, Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, Atlanta, Ga.)

Performances

"An Eerie Evening with History" (Oct. 2; Marietta Museum of History, Marietta, Ga.)

"It Makes Me Think: Our Stories About Reentry" (Oct. 5; Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.)