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The 2023 Georgia Legislative Session Kick Off At The “Wild Hog Supper”
There are a lot of peculiar political rituals in these United States and the state , But few are more colorful than the pre-legislative feast laid out for the Georgia Legislature every year for the past five decades. It takes place at the old train depot near Underground Atlanta and is attended by hundreds of folks — lawmakers, the governor, state officials, reporters, lobbyists and just about anybody else who can score a ticket.
“Since 1962 the Georgia General Assembly has opened its new legislative session each January with the ‘Wild Hog Supper,’ at which legislators enjoy such state delicacies as barbecued wild pig and Brunswick stew,” notes the New Georgia Encyclopedia in its extensive entry on hogs in Georgia history.
