Gainesville, Georgia: Chicken Monument and Poultry Capital of the World
Gainesville revolutionized the way that we kill chickens, and honors it with a tall monument topped by a life-size chicken, safely out of reach at the top of a pillar.
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Gainesville, GA is the (self-proclaimed?) Chicken Capital Of The World. In town there is a tall obelisk topped with a statue of a chicken (or rooster). It is also noteworthy that it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork in the town of Gainesville.
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Chicken Monument and Poultry Capital of the World
- Address:
- Grove St., Gainesville, GA
- Directions:
- Monument is at corner of Jesse Jewell Pkwy and Grove St. downtown.
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