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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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Chicken Monument

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.

[Daniel L. Jones, 01/07/2001]

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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