"No Place Like Home"

Darius Slay is the defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles. Considered one of the top DBs in the league, Darius has been name to the Pro Bowl twice in his career. Before entering the league, he played for Mississippi State University. An before then, yes that's right, my alma mater Brunswick High School. While here is was one of the top players not only on team, but as in region and state as well. Blessed with speed and agility, He was very hard to play against on both sides of the ball. until this day. He was a true athlete during his tenue here, and still is. He will be forever known as one of the greatest Pirates to ever put on that faithful blue and gold colors. His presence is always felt here, especially when he comes home and does his annual soccor camp for the area kids in the city.

Kwame Brown was a center in the Natiinal Basketball League for a good 8+ years. Unfortunately due to injury that clotheslined his career for awhile, he was able to have a longer lengthly carrer. Kwame is another sports prodigy from my hometown Btunswick, Georgia. Kwame was one of the biggest( literally 7ft) high school players in the region and state. His play earned him national attention, including the likes of the G.O.A.T, The Micheal Air Jordan himself. Jordan was so impress by Kwame that he signed him to the #1 draft pick in the 2001 NBA draft to the Washington Wizards right after high school graduation. During his tenue in the league hes played with different teams including one of my favorites, the Los Angeles Lakers along side one of my favorite players, Kobe Bryant(RIP). After the NBA, he joined the Big 3 League which was created by rapper/actor Ice Cube. During his time in big 3 he won a championship. Now Kwame is close back home and during that time hes opened up his own res...

The Battle of Bloody Marsh  took place July 1974 between the British  and Spanish  forces here on Saint Simons Island , which is part of Brunswick, Georgia , which ended in victory for the British. This particular battle was one of many of the War of Jenkins Ear. T he battle was for the British fortifications of Fort Federica  and Fort St. Simons, with the main goal of controlling the sea routes and inland waters in the Province. With the victory, the Province of Georgia established undisputed claim to the island. It is now part of the U.S. state of Georgia . The British also won the Battle of Gully Hole Creek , which took place on the island the same day. Atlantic Ocean, Coast of Georgia

 My home county of Glynn is one of 8 original counties in the state of Georgia. Glynn County was founded in 1777, an was named after John Glynn. For those of you that doesn't recognize the name, John Glynn was an english lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768-1779. Glynn County was named after John for his support for the cause of American Independence in Parliment. Portrait of John Glynn 1769

Hi, my name is Leonard Hicks and I'm a student currenting attending Full Sail University. One of my newest passion outside of art and design is photography. I hope to be able to use my page as a way to highlight my hometown called Brunswick, Georgia. We have so much history in this small town and I hope to bring out the history of my city through my camera lens. Thank you all for stopping by and I hope to have capture your interests.