At Evening on the Banks of the Chattahoochee

' At Evening on the Banks of the Chattahoochee' is a poem by Mirabeau B. Lamar.

"The cottage of the Lamars was so near the Chattahoochee River that the spring floods of 1829 inundated the floors. Their favorite evening stroll was the quarter mile of river bank only three blocks from their home,for which Lamar predicted a future as a promenade. Two years after his wife's death. Lamar wrote "At Evening on the Banks of the Chattahoochee," as he sat here at the spot made dear by its association with her..."

Excerpted from: Columbus Ledger - Enquirer 1978 Poem Extols Editor's Grief