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State GEORGIA RINGGOLD (tourism) (regional info) Ringgold is a city in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,422 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Catoosa County. The city was named after Samuel Ringgold, a hero of the Battle of Palo Alto in the U.S.-Mexican War. Ringgold is where the locomotive General stopped during the great locomotive chase on April 12, 1862. Ringgold is also home to the historic Ringgold Depot which still contains bullet marks from the Civil War. The city also gained some notoriety for erecting a display that included the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and a third blank frame. The stated purpose of the third frame was to include alternate beliefs, but the city agreed to remove the display as part of a settlement of complaints. The city has traditionally been a "marriage center" because of the short waiting time after blood tests; one testing laboratory in the community offers a combination test/wedding package and sells clocks with the inscription "I got married in Ringgold, Ga." read full wikipedia reference about Ringgold, Georgia OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN GEORGIAAcworth Adel Albany Alpharetta Americus Ashburn Athens Atlanta Augusta Austell Bainbridge Brunswick Buford Byron Calhoun Cartersville College Park Columbus Commerce Conyers Cordele Covington Dahlonega Dalton Decatur Douglasville Dublin Duluth Forest Park Forsyth Gainesville Griffin Helen Jekyll Island Kennesaw Kingsland La Grange Lawrenceville Macon Madison Marietta McDonough Milledgeville Morrow Newnan Norcross Peachtree City Perry Pooler Port Wentworth Richmond Hill Ringgold Rome Savannah Smyrna Statesboro Stockbridge Stone Mountain Suwanee Thomasville Tifton Tucker Union City Valdosta Warner Robins Waycross |
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