Q: I was wondering if the Bulloch House was planning on rebuilding and reopening?
—Rebecca Noell, Woodstock
A: Peter Lampert, the owner of the Bulloch House restaurant in Warm Springs, is looking at leasing a spot temporarily until he can rebuild the restaurant, which burned June 10.
The insurance investigation won’t be complete until Aug. 10, he told Q&A on the News.
Foul play has been ruled out as the cause of the fire that destroyed the restaurant, which was in a house that was built in 1893.
“There was a lot of lightning that night,” said Lampert, who bought the restaurant in 2011. “Everything around here was hit by lightning. There was a lot of bad weather.”
The 250-seat restaurant was a favorite of locals and tourists who visit F.D. Roosevelt State Park and Roosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site.
“We’ve had a large outpouring of support through Facebook,” Lampert said.
Q: In light of the recent passing of Georgia’s last son of a Confederate veteran and reports of three sons left nationally, how many daughters of Confederate veterans are still alive?
—Dean A. Lemon, Powder Springs
A: The United Daughters of the Confederacy has documented nine living "real daughters" of Confederate veterans.
They include three in Georgia and Florida, and one each in Louisiana, Texas and North Carolina, a spokeswoman told Q&A on the News in an email.
Of the living “real daughters,” “the youngest was born in 1931 and the oldest was born in 1914,” she wrote.
Three others have died in the past year.
H.V. Booth, 96, Georgia’s last son of a Confederate soldier, died June 7. He lived in Elberton.
Andy Johnston wrote this column. Do you have a question about the news? We’ll try to get the answer. Call 404-222-2002 or email q&a@ajc.com (include name, phone and city).
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