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Marker Monday: Sumter County in the Civil Rights Movement
This week’s #MarkerMonday discusses the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia. The Sumter County Movement,…
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Marker Monday: Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights the efforts of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation to treat the crippling disease of polio. Franklin…
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Marker Monday: The Signers’ Monument
This week’s #MarkerMonday is in honor of Independence Day. In all, fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence between July…
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Marker Monday: U.S.S. Harris County
This week’s #MarkerMonday remembers the Arctic expedition of the USNS Harris County in 1955…
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Marker Monday: Johnny Mercer
The week’s #MarkerMonday focuses on Georgia’s musical history through the life of songwriter and Savannah native, Johnny Mercer. In a career spanning…
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Marker Monday: Fort Augusta-Fort Cornwallis: St. Paul’s Church
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights Fort Augusta/Fort Cornwallis and the American Revolution in Georgia. Built in 1735, at the falls of the Savannah…
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Marker Monday: Finney General Hospital
In honor of D-Day, this week’s #MarkerMonday…
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Marker Monday: The Poppy Lady
In honor of Memorial Day, today’s #MarkerMonday focuses on Moina…
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Marker Monday: SS Savannah and SS John Randolph
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights two history-making steamships associated with the Port of Savannah and recognized in a historical marker along…
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Marker Monday: Button Gwinnett
This week’s #MarkerMonday commemorates the tragic final days of an American patriot, Button Gwinnett. Gwinnett was born in Gloucestershire, England in 1735.
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