BY RENÉE MARTIN | PHOTOS BY DAPHNE WALKER
More than
a Bystander
On a path bent toward politics, Logan Lawrence is learning
what it takes to have a voice in our ever-changing world.
“For four hours, I sat in front of the White House, watching
as thousands of women, men, and children marched down
Pennsylvania Avenue. I read their signs, heard their chants,
and listened to their stories. I overwhelmingly found their
motives to be unclear, their language to be assaultive, and
ideas to be skewed.
I left the march with the sum of the day being, “We want
change, and we want it right now - but we don’t know what
we want.”
–Andrew Logan Lawrence, from “Republican Savannah Millennial goes to
Washington for Inauguration, Women’s March,” published January 28, 2017,
Savannahnow.com
The words Logan Lawrence penned following President Trump’s inauguration and the
Women’s March the following day were not exactly thoughts I expected to hear from
one so young. But, then again, those who grew up with him in this community would
expect nothing less than a sharp sense of discernment and an unbiased opinion.
When Logan came home to visit family this past Easter, he had just finished an internship
at the White House in the Office of Presidential Correspondence and graciously agreed to an
interview. I had many questions for this politically-minded millennial who had penned such
perceptive words.
The first revelation was that Logan’s interest in politics began with a discovery he made
while researching his family lineage, a surprising hobby for someone in middle school. “One
day,” he said, “I came across an article that was written in the Georgia Archives about my six
times back grandfather, Solomon Gross. He was a sheriff in Screven County in the 1700s and
served in the Georgia General Assembly. It made me want to learn more about my family’s
history of public and military service.”
118 Toombs County Magazine
/Savannahnow.com