An encampment of U.S. Army personnel outside of Athens around the same time an armed skirmish broke out in uptown Athens between soldiers and national guardsmen.
in 1904 and is known as the Battle of Athens.
It wasn't a battle in any traditional sense, but it was a skirmish between military units. It was late August, and 6,000 to 7,000 national guardsmen and about 1,000 U.S. Army regulars were camped just outside of town conducting maneuvers. That ended up in a riot in the streets between the Army regulars and the National Guard;
War breaks out in uptown Athens
Athens wasn't always the peacenik enclave that it is today. OK, so maybe it isn't exactly that today either, as evidenced by some much-publicized rowdy behavior around town in recent
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