Fatness of the Palm Tree. The figure of the palm tree, then, is appropriate as an illustration of a spiritual believer, and it is appropriate as an illustration (listen carefully now) of what every Christian ought to be.
Fort McPherson was a U.S. Army military base located in East Point, Georgia, on the southwest edge of Atlanta, Georgia. It was the headquarters for the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, Southeast Region; the U.S. Army Forces Command; the U.S. Army Reserve Command; the U.S. Army Central.
On Nov. 11 Sherman cut the telegraph wires that connected Atlanta with Washington, and his army became an isolated column in the heart of an enemy's country. It began its march for the sea on the morning of the 14th, when the entire city of Atlantaâexcepting its courthouse, churches, and dwellingsâwas committed to the flames.