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J. Garland Pollard

WRITING, EDITING, BRANDING, WEB CMS


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Work stuff here including brands, corporate history and content, architecture, history and historic preservation, the outdoors.

Samples:
Southern Cross Magazine
A 50th History Display

FXVA Fairfax Book

History is today, and yesterday.

Some recent writing and research for America’s most historic county, Fairfax, Virginia

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Telling the story of a region

For almost ten years, I served as communications director for an Episcopal Church diocese. The Southern Cross has told that story since 1970 in print, and now electronically.

READ THE MAGAZINE HERE

Guide to the Episcopal Brand

My new manual for Episcopal Churches, helping them, step-by-step, to show their members how to improve their marketing, from website to follow-up, in easy, easy steps. Published for the Diocese of Southwest Florida, it is available free to all Episcopal Churches. As the nation’s oldest church denomination, the Episcopal Church has a historic legacy, yet also has modern appeal. Take a read by a free PDF , or printed version below.

OR BUY THE PRINTED BOOK


Personal Posts

Personal thoughts; read my branding news on BrandlandUSA.com.

Part 1 Book Excerpt: Marine, the Life of Chesty Puller

The book Marine: The Life of Chesty Puller, tells the story of the most decorated Marine in American history. Chesty Puller. Book…

READ MORE HERE Part 1 Book Excerpt: Marine, the Life of Chesty Puller

History by the Decades

For the 50th Anniversary of the Diocese of Southwest Florida, we scoured our archives for images that showed the story of Southwest…

READ MORE HERE History by the Decades

Adrienne Arsht Resilience, Strong Towns and Disasters

WASHINGTON, D.C. – We all like to be prepared. It’s the Boy Scout motto, Be Prepared. And what does that mean? The…

READ MORE HERE Adrienne Arsht Resilience, Strong Towns and Disasters

Living History at Virginia’s Mattaponi Church

KING AND QUEEN COUNTY – Mattaponi Church hardly looks like the typical rural historic Southern Baptist church. The cruciform-shaped church, with a…

READ MORE HERE Living History at Virginia’s Mattaponi Church

The Atom-Age Chip & Joanna, Henry & Ottalie Williams

One of my favorite architectural books isĀ Old American Houses, 1700-1850 by Henry Lionel and Ottalie K. Williams. Henry and Ottalie Williams were…

READ MORE HERE The Atom-Age Chip & Joanna, Henry & Ottalie Williams

Singapore’s Raffles, Another Once Threatened Lee Statue

SINGAPORE – If a body politic is looking at how to move a struggling city from poverty to riches in a short…

READ MORE HERE Singapore’s Raffles, Another Once Threatened Lee Statue

Modern Crooners: Some 7 Top Standards Singers

Last year, I put together a list of often-overlooked singers of American standards. It was such a joy to find new interpretations,…

READ MORE HERE Modern Crooners: Some 7 Top Standards Singers

Williamsburg’s 150 Years of Fighting Off Fenced off Streets

WILLIAMSBURG – Colonial Williamsburg is at it again with the notion that somehow it can cordon off a public street, charge admission,…

READ MORE HERE Williamsburg’s 150 Years of Fighting Off Fenced off Streets

The Useful Rural Economics of Dr. Wilson Gee of UVA

My father’s discussions of life at the University of Virginia in the mid 1950s often involved parties and social life, and the…

READ MORE HERE The Useful Rural Economics of Dr. Wilson Gee of UVA

Radio Orange, Time Travel, and Great Radio

ORANGE – Back in the early 1980s, I went to boarding school in the Virginia country. As typical of so many 14-year-olds,…

READ MORE HERE Radio Orange, Time Travel, and Great Radio

Ivan Illich’s Convivial Legacy

Austrian thinker and Catholic priest Ivan Illich, largely forgotten today, predicted and legitimized a critique of capitalism and socialism that is still relevant.…

READ MORE HERE Ivan Illich’s Convivial Legacy

Texas History With the Thaddeus Bell Family Scrapbook

My window into the history of Texas in the late 19th century and early 20th century is a scrapbook from my my…

READ MORE HERE Texas History With the Thaddeus Bell Family Scrapbook

A visit to Gainesville’s Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, and other stuff.

Photos By Garland Pollard


Misc. Posts and Stories

History, Historic Preservation and Time

Little Switzerland Celebrates Centennial

Continue Reading Little Switzerland Celebrates Centennial

In Support of On Street Parking

Continue Reading In Support of On Street Parking

Views of Atlanta

Continue Reading Views of Atlanta

Frank Lloyd Wright in Florida

Continue Reading Frank Lloyd Wright in Florida

Kanapali Gardens

Continue Reading Kanapali Gardens

Prak Sisters & The Killing Fields

Continue Reading Prak Sisters & The Killing Fields


Photography: Holy Land Views

St. George’s College

Two decades before Britain passed the Balfour Declaration, the Church of England built St. George’s.

    Pilgrims in Jerusalem

    At the Mount of Olives, pilgrims from around the world converges at the famous site.

      Past and Present

      At Capernaeum on the Sea of Galilee, step into the daily life of a Roman city, uncovered today.

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