Moultrie lights

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November 21, 2016

This is just one of many boxes of lights from the Moultrie Courthouse canopy destined to become tree ornaments. (Special Photo)

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Seventy-two years ago, W.E. Aycock, a great promoter of his hometown, took it upon himself to string four strands of lights at the Colquitt County Courthouse. Aycock took them down and put the same four strands back up faithfully through the year 1940.

The canopy of Christmas lights strung from Moultrie’s Courthouse are shown in this 2013 photo. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

From left, Blake Redding, Lilly Hill, Abigail Alvarado and Ally Johnson are some of the Colquitt County High School students working to turn old bulbs into ornaments. (Special Photo)

The canopy of Christmas lights strung from Moultrie’s Courthouse are shown in this 2013 photo. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)Lights drape from the Colquitt County Courthouse in Moultrie on Saturday. (Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Each ornament has a tag with a message “from the bulb.” (Special Photo)

An aerial view of the Moultrie Courthouse canopy of lights. (Special Photo)

An old light bulb from the Canopy of Lights in Moultrie is now a new tree ornament. (Special Photo)

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