The 1800s Southern poet and flute player Sidney Lanier is honored all across the American South, with a Lanier Street in Decatur, Alabama, a Lanier Avenue in Fayetteville, and a bridge over the South Brunswick River named after him. His childhood home, now a small museum, still stands in which Georgia city on the Ocmulgee River?

Question

Accepted Answer

Macon, Georgia. Poet Sidney Lanier was born in Macon, Georgia, where the Sidney Lanier Cottage still stands as a small museum. His name also lives on far from Macon: Lanier Street, a residential street in Decatur, Alabama, is one of many places named after Sidney Lanier.