ROME, Ga.

CANTON, Ga. -- A student at Cherokee High School in Canton was recently recognized for a very patriotic piece of art.

Irving Mendoza, a rising junior, won the 2010-11 Civil War Trust Postcard Contest, sponsored by HISTORY.

The drawing -- which features U.S. presidents, American and Confederate flags, and a representation of slavery -- netted Mendoza a $1,000 prize and a lifetime membership into the Civil War Trust.

ATLANTA – According to the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, “country music is a perennial Southern favorite in Atlanta and it won’t disappoint”. The music, which has its roots in the south, is known as a blend of, both, traditional and popular music. The country music genre gained widespread popularity around the mid-1900’s as music known as “hillbilly” or old-time music began to decline. Hillbilly music was a genre of music native to the people of the Ozarks. The music was usually played on acoustic instrument like a guitar or a banjo.

Over the years, old-time music changed however most of the lyrical content and instrumentation stayed the same. As it evolved, the arrangement of instruments grew to include the electronic keyboard, drums, the bass, fiddle and the harmonica.