Past Events
Historical Marker Dedication
August 26, 2008
Robert Sengstacke Abbott Boyhood Home
Founder of the Chicago Defender
August 26, 3008
10:30 a.m.
At the corner of West Bay and Albion Streets Savannah, GA.
Marker Text:
From 1878 to 1889, Robert Sengstacke Abbott lived in the parsonage of Pilgrim Congregational Church, once located on this site. His stepfather, John H.H. Sengstacke, minister of the church, published the Woodville Times. Abbott learned the printing trade here and developed his commitment to equal rights for African Americans. In 1905, he founded the Chicago Defender, a newspaper that revolutionized African-American journalism. He fought to abolish Jim Crow laws and establish a non-discriminatory society. The Defender played a major role in initiating the Great Migration (1915-1919) of approximately 1.3 million blacks to northern cities.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and the City of Savannah
2008.7 25-33
Historical Marker Dedication
August 25, 2008
Oakland Cemetery
August 25, 2008
12:00 p.m.
At the cemetery's main entrance on 248 Oakland Avenue SE, Atlanta, GA.
Marker Text:
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society; the Garden Club of Georgia, Dogwood District; and Historic Oakland Foundation
2008.1 60-7
Georgia Historical Society Lecture Series
August 14, 2008
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Southern Storm:
Sherman’s March to the Sea
By Noah Andre Trudeau
Thursday, August 14, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Congregation Mickve Israel
20 E. Gordon St., Savannah
Monterey Square
Free and open to the public—Book signing following lecture
For more information, please call 912.651.2125
Or visit www.georgiahistory.com
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Award-winning Civil War historian Noah Andre Trudeau has written a fascinating new account of United States Army General William Tecumseh Sherman’s epic march—a targeted strategy aimed to break not only the Confederate Army but an entire society as well. In vivid detail, Trudeau explains why General Sherman’s name is still anathema below the Mason-Dixon Line, especially in Georgia.
Sherman’s swath of destruction spanned more than sixty miles in width and virtually cut the Confederacy in two, badly disabling the flow of supplies to the Rebel army. Told through the intimate and engrossing diaries and letters of Sherman’s soldiers and the civilians in their path, Southern Storm paints a vivid new picture of an event that would change the course of America.
Community College Faculty Workshop Session II
July 20, 2008 - July 25, 2008
Landmarks of American History and Culture
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Slaves labouring in a cotton field, detail of a stereograph from the GHS Collection, 1361SG-AG-Cotton-05 |
Workshops for Community College Faculty:
African-American History & Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry:
Savannah & The Coastal Islands, 1750-1950,
July 13-18 & July 20-25, 2008
The landmarks workshop for community college faculty has been designed to address broad themes of race and slavery in American history covered in a U.S. History survey course by focusing on site-specific experiences of communities in and around Savannah from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. Through course readings, scholarly lectures, landmark site visits, community presentations, guided tours, and research in primary source documents from the Georgia Historical Society collection we will examine the centrality of place in the African-American experience in Georgia's Lowcountry and the larger Atlantic world. Workshop content is intended to help facilitate classroom discussion of general topics such as American slavery, early-American and nineteenth century economies, art, and music as well as more site-specific subjects such as the impact of geography, environment, time, and place on the development of community values and cultures.
Check back for further updates throughout the coming months.
For more information on NEH Landmark Workshops for Community College Faculty contact Charles Snyder by e-mail and visit http://www.neh.gov/projects/landmarks-college.html
Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the national Endowment for the Humanities.
Community College Faculty Workshop Session I
July 13, 2008 - July 18, 2008
Landmarks of American History and Culture
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Slaves laboring in a cotton field, detail of a stereograph from the GHS Collection, 1361SG-AG-Cotton-05. |
Workshops for Community College Faculty:
African-American History & Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry:
Savannah & The Coastal Islands, 1750-1950,
July 13-18 & July 20-25, 2008
The landmarks workshop for community college faculty has been designed to address broad themes of race and slavery in American history covered in a U.S. History survey course by focusing on site-specific experiences of communities in and around Savannah from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. Through course readings, scholarly lectures, landmark site visits, community presentations, guided tours, and research in primary source documents from the Georgia Historical Society collection we will examine the centrality of place in the African-American experience in Georgia's Lowcountry and the larger Atlantic world. Workshop content is intended to help facilitate classroom discussion of general topics such as American slavery, early-American and nineteenth century economies, art, and music as well as more site-specific subjects such as the impact of geography, environment, time, and place on the development of community values and cultures.
Check back for further updates throughout the coming months.
For more information on NEH Landmark Workshops for Community College Faculty contact Charles Snyder by e-mail and visit http://www.neh.gov/projects/landmarks-college.html
Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the national Endowment for the Humanities.
Closing
July 04, 2008
The Georgia Historical Society Administrative Offices and Library and Archives will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2008. The Library and Archives will reopen at 10:00 a.m on Saturday, July 5, 2008. The Administrative Offices will reopen on Monday, July 7, at 8:30 a.m.
GHS Affiliate of the Year Award Presentation
June 29, 2008
Roger K Warlick Local History Achievement Award:
Affiliate of the Year
Presented to the
Stephens County Historical Society
On June 29, 2008
Currahee Military Museum
160 N. Alexander Street
Toccoa, GA
GHS President, Dr. Todd Groce will present the 2008 Roger K. Warlick Local History Achievement Award for Affiliate of the Year to the members of the Stephens County Historical Society on June 29, 2008, at a presentation to be held at the Currahee Military Museum in Toccoa, Georgia.
Historical Marker Dedication
June 25, 2008
U.S. Marshal Robert Forsyth
(1754-1794)
June 25, 2008
2:00 p.m.
At St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
605 Reynolds Street, Augusta, GA.
Marker Text:
Robert Forsyth was the first federal law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. Captain of Light Dragoons in Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee’s cavalry during the Revolutionary War, Forsyth had been appointed the first marshal for the District of Georgia by President Washington in 1789. Forsyth also served as justice of the peace and as a trustee of Richmond Academy. On January 11, 1794, Forsyth was shot and killed by Beverly Allen while attempting to serve civil court papers. Allen was arrested and escaped twice, finally fleeing to Kentucky. Robert Forsyth, father of Georgia Governor John Forsyth, is buried in St. Paul’s cemetery.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and the United States Marshals Service Association
2008.9 121-12
Closing
June 18, 2008 - June 19, 2008
The Georgia Historical Society Administrative Offices and Library and Archives will be closed at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June18, 2008, and will reopen on Friday, June 20, 2008.
Historical Marker Dedication
June 17, 2008
History of Emancipation: Gen. David Hunter and General Orders No. 7
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
2:00 p.m.
At Fort Pulaski National Monument, Visitors CenterUS Highway 80 East, Savannah
Free and open to the public
Marker Text:
History of Emancipation: Gen. David Hunter and General Orders No. 7
On April 13, 1862, following the Union capture of Ft. Pulaski during the Civil War, Maj. Gen. David Hunter issued General Orders No. 7 freeing those enslaved at the fort and on Cockspur Island. Hunter, an abolitionist advocating the enlistment of black soldiers in the Union Army, ordered freedmen subject to military service. Not yet committed to a comprehensive plan of emancipation, President Abraham Lincoln overturned the orders. However, Hunter’s orders were a precursor to Lincoln’s own Emancipation Proclamation, formally issued January 1, 1863, and to the establishment of the Bureau of Colored Troops on May 22, 1863. Local African-American units included the 103rd Regiment USCT, which served at Ft. Pulaski 1865-1866.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and Sam's Club and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
2008.5 25-32
Historical Marker Dedication
June 17, 2008
Savannah’s African-American Medical Pioneers
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
12:00 p.m.
At the northwest corner of Liberty and Montgomery Streets, SavannahFree and open to the public
Marker Text:
Savannah’s African-American Medical Pioneers
African-American physician Cornelius McKane (1862-1912) was born in British Guiana and began medical practice in Savannah in 1892. Alice Woodby McKane (1865-1948) came to Georgia that same year – the only black female physician in the state at that time. After marrying in 1893, the couple established McKane Training School for Nurses at this location – one of the first such schools in the region. In 1895 they moved to Monrovia, Liberia, where they helped organize several healthcare facilities. There Alice McKane worked as a U.S. medical examiner for expatriate Civil War veterans. After their return to Savannah in 1896, they founded the McKane Hospital for women and children (later Charity Hospital). The McKanes permanently left Savannah in 1909, relocating to Boston.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and Sam's Club and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
2008.4 25-31
Teaching American History Workshop for Teachers
May 21, 2008
Thurgood Marshall
May 21, 2008
Open to registered teachers only
For more information on GHS's role in TAH Programs click here;
for registration information see the Savannah TAH website.
Teaching American History Workshop for Teachers
May 19, 2008
Leaps For Mankind: Cold War, Civil Rights, and Technology
May 19, 2008
Open to registered teachers only
For more information on GHS's role in TAH Programs click here;
for registration information see the Savannah TAH website.
Teaching American History Workshop for Teachers
May 14, 2008
Buffalo Soldiers
May 14, 2008
Open to registered teachers only
For more information on GHS's role in TAH Programs click here;
for registration information see the Savannah TAH website.
Historical Marker Dedication
May 10, 2008
Point Peter Battery and the War of 1812
Saturday, May 10, 2008
10:00 A.M.
Spring House Pavilion, Cumberland Harbor
Point Peter Road, St. Marys
Free and open to the public
Marker Text:
Point Peter Battery and the War of 1812
In 1795 a cannon battery constructed on the Point Peter peninsula became the southernmost fortification in the First System of U.S. coastal defenses. Vacated in 1802, it was reoccupied and strengthened in 1808 to provide support for the enforcement of the Embargo Act and the prohibition of the international slave trade. In 1812, former Georgia governor George Matthews led the unsanctioned “Patriot” invasion of Spanish Florida from Point Peter. On January 13, 1815, during the War of 1812, a British force overwhelmed 116 U.S. regulars here, destroying the fort and barracks. After the U.S. acquired Florida in 1819, the post was abandoned.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and National Society U.S. Daughters of 1812, State of Georgia
Georgia Historical Society Lecture Series
May 08, 2008
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Diehard Rebels:
The Confederate Culture of Invincibility
by Jason Phillips
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Georgia Historical Society, Savannah
Free and open to the public
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Jason Phillips persuasively answers a Civil War mystery: Why did so many Confederates doggedly keep fighting in the face of looming defeat? Much is known about what Confederate soldiers fought for; far less is understood about why they continued to fight despite long odds and terrible costs. Drawing on soldiers' letters and diary entries from 1863 to 1865, Phillips in Diehard Rebels explains why countless Confederate soldiers earnestly believed that victory lay just around the corner. Examining a most impressive array of sources, including many from the Georgia Historical Society, he finds that religious faith, cheerleading propaganda, admiration of the officer class, hatred of Yankees, military discipline, bonding in the ranks, and stubborn denial of the obvious were all factors. Phillips eloquently and poignantly recounts the deprivations and sacrifices that Confederates endured in the vain hope of eventual victory. Every Civil War student will find Diehard Rebels highly moving and tragic.
Historical Marker Dedication
May 04, 2008
Mossy Creek Campground and Rock Springs Campground
Sunday, May 4, 2008
4:00 P.M.
Mossy Creek Campground
GA Hwy 254 South, two miles north of US 129
Cleveland, Georgia
Marker Text:
Mossy Creek and Rock Springs Campgrounds
Mossy Creek Campground was established in 1833 and has continued as a site of yearly religious revival meetings since that time. Rock Springs Campground was established in 1887 and is one of the few remaining camp-meeting sites organized by black congregations in Georgia. Similar sites developed throughout the region during and after the Second Great Awakening of the early nineteenth century. In addition to religious teaching, camp meetings provided social opportunities for isolated rural communities. Brush arbors, or open-air shelters, like the ones at Mossy Creek and Rock Springs, are typical of southern camp-meeting sites.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society, Mossy Creek Tentholders, Rock Springs Campground Association, and White County Historical Society
Georgia Historical Society's Annual Book Sale
April 25, 2008 - April 26, 2008
Friday, April, 25th
Member preview and purchase
Proof of membership is required
9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Open to the public
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday April 26th
Open to the public
10 a.m - 6 p.m.
Please note that the library and archives will not be open for research on the days of the Book Sale.
Join us for this popular annual event that raises funds to purchase books for the Georgia Historical Society's library and archives. This sale of donated books will include a wide range of titles covering history, biography, fiction, and much more!
Book donations for the book sale will be accepted through Friday, April 18th. Donations can include rare and non-rare: fiction, poetry, children's, and all non-fiction subjects including history, biography, current events, how-to, religion, business, self-help, cooking, gardening, etc.
Magazines/journals, audio/video, and games will not be accepted for use in the Book Sale.
Donations are tax deductible charitable donations.
169th Annual Membership Meeting & Garden Party
April 17, 2008
The Chairman and Board of Curators
invite you to attend
The 169th Annual Membership Meeting
& Garden Party
April 17, 2008
Savannah
Click here to view a PDF of the invitation.
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169th Annual Meeting
of the members of the Georgia Historical Society
Thursday, April 17, 2008
5:30 p.m.
Hodgson Hall
501 Whitaker Street, Savannah
Members Only
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Garden Party
Please Join GHS members and friends for a Garden Party reception
to follow the 169th Annual Meeting of the membership
Thursday, April 17, 2008
6:30 p.m.
509 Whitaker Street, Savannah
Built right after the Civil War and overlooking beautiful Forsyth Park, the John Williamson House has been impeccably restored by the current owners, Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Smith.
Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres; Susan Mason Catering
$25 per person
For more information please call 912.651.2125, ext. 20.
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Hotel Accommodations
601 East Bay Street, Savannah 201 East Bay Street, Savannah
877.468.1200 912.231.9700
Teaching American History Workshop for Teachers
March 17, 2008
Alexander Hamilton
March 17, 2008
Open to registered teachers only
For more information on GHS's role in TAH Programs click here;
for registration information see the Savannah TAH website.
CLOSING
March 14, 2008
The Georgia Historical Society Administrative Offices and Library and Archives will be closed Friday, March 14, 2008.
Teaching American History Workshop for Teachers
March 07, 2008
Nation Among Nations: World Wars and After
March 7, 2008
Open to registered teachers only
For more information on GHS's role in TAH Programs click here;
for registration information see the Savannah TAH website.
Historical Marker Dedication: Leo Frank Lynching
March 07, 2008
Leo Frank Lynching
Friday, March 7, 2008
2:00 P.M.
The marker text will read as follows:
Near this location on August 17, 1915, Leo M. Frank, the Jewish superintendent of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta, was lynched for the murder of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory employee. A highly controversial trial fueled by societal tensions and anti-Semitism resulted in a guilty verdict in 1913. After Governor John M. Slaton commuted his sentence from death to life in prison, Frank was kidnapped from the state prison in Milledgeville and taken to Phagan's hometown of Marietta where he was hanged before a local crowd. Without addressing guilt or innocence, and in recognition of the state's failure to either protect Frank or bring his killers to justice, he was granted a posthumous pardon in 1986.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society, the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, and Temple Kol Emeth
Historical Marker Dedication
March 03, 2008
Largest Slave Sale in Georgia History:
The Weeping Time
Monday, March 3, 2008
10:30 A.M.
Dunn Street and Augusta Avenue, Savannah
The marker text will read as follows:
One of the largest sales of enslaved persons in U.S. history took place on March 2-3, 1859, at the Ten Broeck Race Course ¼ mile southwest of here. To satisfy his creditors, Pierce M. Butler sold 436 men, women, and children from his Butler Island and Hampton plantations near Darien, Georgia. The breakup of families and the loss of home became part of African-American heritage remembered as "the weeping time." The event was reported extensively in the northern press and reaction to the sale deepened the nation's growing sectional divide in the years immediately preceding the Civil War.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and the City of Savannah
Click here to listen to Dr. Todd Groce's interview about this event on Georgia Gazette.
The Atlantic World And African American Life And Culture In The Georgia Lowcountry: 18th To The 20th Century
February 27, 2008 - February 29, 2008
Symposium February 27-29, 2008
Savannah, Georgia
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Untitled, James S. Silva Collection, 1888 - 1910s, VM2126 |
The role of African-Americans in the history of Georgia's barrier islands and Georgia's place in the larger Black Atlantic world has been significant but largely overlooked by scholars who have traditionally focused on South Carolina. This symposium, featuring ten of the leading voices in the field, will provide a much-needed forum for new directions and new scholarship.
Speakers include David Brion Davis (Yale University), Philip D. Morgan (Johns Hopkins University), Michael Gomez (New York University), Jacqueline Jones (Brandeis University), Emory Campbell (Penn Center), Erskine Clarke (Columbia Theological Seminary), Allison Dorsey (Swathmore College), Timothy B. Powell (University of Pennsylvania), Theresa A. Singleton (Syracuse University), and Betty Wood (Cambridge University).
The seminar will take place in the center of historic Savannah, Georgia, where participants will be able to experience firsthand many of the sites discussed through exciting events and pre- and post-conference tours.
In addition, Symposium sponsors will also conduct two workshops for teachers, geared towards using local resources to teach history and culture.
For more information, or to register for the symposium, visit The Ossabaw Island Foundation website.
The Georgia Historical Society is proud to lend its support to this exciting educational event.
Sponsors:
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Historical Marker Dedication
February 25, 2008
Savannah: Colonial Capital and
Birthplace of Representative Government in Georgia
February 25, 2008
1:45 P.M.
Reynolds Square, Savannah
Abercorn Street at Congress Street
Join us for the dedication this historical marker highlighting the significance of the city of Savannah in the development of Georgia's state government. This marker is part of an initiative, sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of State, to mark the colonial capitals of Georgia. Secretary of State Karen Handel is scheduled to attend.
The marker text will read as follows:
In March 1750, the Georgia Trustees in London resolved to allow colonists to elect a representative assembly to meet in Savannah, Georgia's colonial capital. Sixteen delegates met on January 15, 1751, for a twenty-four-day session. Representative government continued in 1755 in the Commons House of Assembly, which by 1770 began meeting in a building on the southeast trust lot of Reynolds Square. In 1777, the new state constitution provided for an elected House of Assembly. The Georgia constitution of 1789 expanded the legislature to two houses, known and the General Assembly.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and the Office of the Secretary of State
Free and Open to the Public
Scottish Highland Dinner
February 23, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Fort King George State Historic Site, Fort King George Drive, Darien
This annual event features a Scottish dinner, hosted by Oglethorpe himself, at the Fort King George barracks. This event is organized by Fort King George and the Lower Altamaha Historical Society. For more information, please call 912.437.4770.
Reservations required
Teaching American History Workshop for Teachers
February 22, 2008
Little Big Horn
February 22, 2008
Open to registered teachers only
For more information on GHS's role in TAH Programs click here;
for registration information see the Savannah TAH website.
Teaching American History Workshop for Teachers
February 20, 2008
Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order
February 20, 2008
Open to registered teachers only
For more information on GHS's role in TAH Programs click here;
for registration information see the Savannah TAH website.
2008 Fort Frederica Living History Festival
February 16, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Fort Frederica National Monument,
6515 Frederica Road, St. Simon's Island, GA
This annual event commemorates the founding of Frederica in 1736. Activities throughout the day will immerse visitors into the history of Frederica and the struggle for empire between Great Britain and Spain in the 18th century. Programs include tabby making, hands-on musket drills, colonial children's games, journal making, and archeology programs. For more information, please contact the Fort Frederica Visitor's Center at 912.638.3639.
Free and open to the public
275th Birthday Bash and Annual Awards Gala
February 16, 2008
This event has been SOLD OUT!
Click to view PDF of invitation
Saturday, February 16, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency, Savannah
On the Occasion of the 275th Anniversary
of the Founding of the Colony of Georgia
Awards:
Archie Davis, Volunteer of the Year
Bradley Hale, Lifetime Achievement
Keynote:
Michael Beschloss, NBC's Presidential Historian
Keynote address sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Jepson, Jr.
For a list of all Georgia Days 2008 sponsors, click here
Join the Georgia Historical Society and national, state, and local leaders in honoring the 275th Anniversary of the founding of the Colony of Georgia. This gala evening will feature acclaimed author and NBC's Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss as Keynote Speaker. The evening will begin with cocktails at the site of Oglethorpe's landing; dinner will follow in a seating plan designed to evoke Savannah's famous historic squares. The program will feature greetings from Her Majesty's government, the presentation of the Society's three major awards, and Mr. Beschloss' address on great moments of leadership in American history. A book signing and dancing will roundout the 275th Birthday Bash.
This event has been SOLD OUT!
Georgia Day Dignitaries' Coffee
February 12, 2008
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Savannah Mayor Otis Johnson (right) and Oglethorpe re-enactor Scott Hodges (left) were among the celebrants at the 2007 Georgia Day Dignitaries' Coffee |
Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m.
Sponsored by: The Savannah Bank
Georgia Day begins with a coffee for dignitaries, sponsors, and special guests. The event features greetings from dignitaries, introductions of historical characters, and a continental breakfast. The Georgia Day Dignitaries' Coffee will also feature the unveiling of new plaques honoring the creators of named endowment funds at the Georgia Historical Society and recognition of student award winners. Attendees are invited to join the Georgia Day Parade, which begins at the conclusion of the Coffee just steps away from the Georgia Historical Society at the north end of Forsyth Park.
Invitation only
2008 GHS's Georgia Day Parade
February 12, 2008
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Thousands of elementary school students participate in the annual Georgia Day Parade |
Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
Bull Street from Forsyth Park to City Hall, Savannah
Sponsored by: The Savannah Bank
with additional support from the City of Savannah
The GHS library and archives will be closed to researchers from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for this event. GHS will be open for research from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Elementary school students join dignitaries, costumed characters, and local citizens in a colorful parade through the squares of Bull Street in a Georgia Day tradition. The parade begins at Forsyth Park and continues north on Bull Street, ending at City Hall with greetings from the Mayor and other dignitaries as well as Banner Competition awards presentations to the students. Thousands of elementary school children participate annually.
Free and open to the public
Click here to view WTOC's broadcast of the 2008 Georgia Day Parade!
Black History Month Essay and Public Speaking Contest
February 11, 2008
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Monday, February 11, 2008, 5:00 p.m.
Georgia Historical Society, 501 Whitaker St., Savannah
Sponsored by: Cumulus Savannah, Savannah Morning News, WSAV
The five finalists of the Georgia Historical Society's annual Black History Month Essay and Public Speaking Contest will present their essays publicly at the Georgia Historical Society's Hodgson Hall Library. The public presentations will be judged and three winners selected by a panel representing Savannah's academic and media communities. Prizes to be awarded. A reception will follow the event.
To view contest guidelines, click here; to download a copy of the entry form, click here.
Free and open to the public
Super Museum Sunday
February 10, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008, 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
Savannah-area museums (click here for listing)
Sponsored by: Richmond Hill Plantation
Georgians and visitors alike will experience our first city's rich history and cultural life as historic house museums, art museums, and other points of interest open their doors to the public at no charge during this Georgia Historical Society's Georgia Days tradition. More than 40 cultural institutions in and around Savannah participate in this popular annual family event.
For a listing of 2008 participants, click here or contact individual sites of interest.
For a map of the participating venues, click here.
Free and open to the public
Oglethorpe Arrives at Darien
February 08, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Fort King George State Historic Site, Fort King George Drive, Darien
Darien was founded by Scottish Highlanders, who arrived at the site of Fort King George on January 19, 1736. James Oglethorpe visited the site a month later. School children will witness a re-enactment of this historic landing and will hear Oglethorpe's speech to the new Highland settlement. This event is organized by Fort King George and the Lower Altamaha Historical Society. For more information please call 912.437.4770.
Free and open to the public
Georgia Days Kickoff Event
February 05, 2008
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Scott Hodges portrays Georgia founder James Edward Oglethorpe |
An Evening with James Edward Oglethorpe
A Dramatic Historical Presentation by Scott Hodges
Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
Georgia Historical Society, 501 Whitaker St., Savannah
Sponsored by: British Gas
The GHS library and archives will close to researchers at 4 p.m. for this event.
The Kickoff Event for Georgia Days 2008 explores the life and legacy of Georgia's founder and the 2008 Honoree General James Edward Oglethorpe. Professional interpreter Scott Hodges brings thirty years of experience as a re-enactor to the role of Georgia's founder. Hodges draws upon the journals, diaries, and letters of the time period to vividly bring to life the first years of the "Georgia Experiment." A little history, a little humor, and a lot of first-person character! An extensive display of English trade items, along with maps, accompany this "hands-on" program suitable for all ages.
GHS will also display that evening a nationally recognized and award-winning collection of rare Oglethorpe stamps from the private collection of Mr. Charles J. O'Brien III of Alpharetta, Georgia. The "Georgia Bicentennial" exhibit celebrates the Oglethorpe stamp released in Savannah on February 12, 1933, to honor the 200th anniversary of the founding of Georgia. Reception to follow.
Free and open to the public
Colonial Faire and Muster
February 02, 2008 - February 03, 2008
Saturday (Family Day) and Sunday, February 2-3, 2008, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wormsloe State Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Road, Savannah
Sponsored by: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia
Bring your family back in time to the site of one of the earliest and most beautiful colonial-era plantations of the Georgia coast. The ruins of the plantation house, costumed interpreters, colonial-era musicians, and a host of demonstrations evoke the spirit of colonial Georgia for friends and families of all ages. Schedule of events is available upon arrival at the Faire and Muster or by clicking here.
Free and open to the public
Savannah Book Festival sponsored in part by the Georgia Historical Society
February 02, 2008
The Georgia Historical Society
is proud to be a sponsor of the:
Saturday, February 2, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Locations:
History & Biography - Telfair Museum
Fiction - Trinity Church
Poetry & Songwriting - Telfair Square
Contemporary Issues - First African Baptist Church
(Business, Economics, Science, Technology, Public & Foreign Affairs)
Lifestyle - Jepson Center for the Arts
(Art, Architecture, Food, Travel, Leisure)
Teaching American History Workshop for Teachers
January 11, 2008
Rousing Conscience: The Growth of Democracy
January 11, 2008
Open to registered teachers only
For more information on GHS's role in TAH Programs click here;
for registration information see the Savannah TAH website.
Holiday Closings
January 01, 2008
The administrative offices and the library and archives reading room of the Georgia Historical Society will be closed on Tuesday, January 1st in observation of New Year's Day.
Holiday Closing
January 01, 2008
The administrative offices and the library and archives reading room of the Georgia Historical Society will be closed on Tuesday, January 1st in observation of New Year's Day.
Holiday Closings
December 25, 2007
The library and archives reading room of the Georgia Historical Society will be closed on Tuesday, December 25th in observation of the Christmas holiday.
Holiday Closing
December 24, 2007 - December 25, 2007
The Administrative offices of the Georgia Historical Society will be closed on Monday, December 24th and Tuesday, December 25th in observation of the Christmas holiday.
Holiday Closing
December 24, 2007 - December 25, 2007
The administrative offices of the Georgia Historical Society will be closed Monday, December 24th and Tuesday, December 25th in observation of the Christmas holiday.
The library and archives reading room of the Georgia Historical Society will be closed Tuesday, December 25th in observation of the Christmas holiday.
Teaching American History Workshop for Teachers
December 14, 2007
California Gold Rush & the Coming of the Civil War
Leonard L. Richards, University of Massachusetts, AmherstDecember 14, 2007
Open to registered teachers only
For more information on GHS's role in TAH Programs click here;
for registration information see the Savannah TAH website.
Teaching American History Workshop for Teachers
December 07, 2007
Olaudah Equiano, The African
Alex Byrd, Rice UniversityDecember 7, 2007
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Press Conference
December 04, 2007
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Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters
November 15, 2007
Lecture by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 7:00 P.M.
First Baptist Church, Chippewa Square
223 Bull Street, Savannah
Book signing to follow lecture
Free and open to the public
The Genetic Strand - Exploring a Family History Through DNA
November 08, 2007
The Genetic Strand - Exploring a Family History Through DNA by Edward Ball
November 8, 2007, at 7 p.m.
Congregation Mickve Israel, Savannah
Free and open to the public
Reading the Man
November 05, 2007
A portrait of Robert E. Lee through his private letters
by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Profiles in Leadership - Presidential Leadership in Post-War America
October 04, 2007
Georgia Historical Society presents
Profiles in Leadership
- Presidential Leadership in Post-War America
A Conversation with Robert Dallek
October 4 at 6 p.m.
Georgia Public Broadcasting, Studio C, Atlanta
With Support from
John and Mary Franklin Foundation
Free and open to the public
Click here to watch this event.
About Robert Dallek:
Robert Dallek has been a Professor of History at Boston University, Columbia University, the University of California Los Angeles, and Oxford University. He is the author of numerous books on American political history including Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy 1932-1945 for which he won the Bancroft Prize in 1980, and the best-selling, An Unfinished Life - John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Dallek is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Society of American Historians, for which he served as president in 2004-2005. His most recent book, Nixon and Kissinger - Partners in Power, has gathered critical acclaim and has been described as a "classic of modern history."
Dallek stands at the forefront of contemporary American historians. His works examine the nature of leadership and provide important historical context for any discussion of our current domestic and international challenges.
Equiano, The African - Biography of a Self-Made Man
August 29, 2007
Georgia Historical Society's
GHS Lecture Series
Equiano, The African - Biography of a Self-Made Man
by Vincent Carretta, University of Maryland
Wednesday, August 29 at 7 p.m.
The Coastal Georgia Center , Savannah
Project funding provided in part by the City of Savannah
Free and open to the public
For more information, please call the Georgia Historical Society at 912-651-2125
Member Reception
April 19, 2007
cordially invites you to join
The 168th Annual Meeting
Keynote Speaker
Steve Thomas
and formerly of This Old House
For Dessert and Drinks
Thursday, April 19, 2007
28 Abercorn Street, Savannah
Reynolds Square
$75 per person
To RSVP, call 912.651.2125 ext . 20
GHS's 168th Annual Meeting Keynote Address
April 19, 2007
GHS's 168th Annual Meeting
Keynote Address
7:00 p.m.
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
32 Abercorn Street, Savannah
Doors open at 6 p.m. Please arrive early as seating is limited.
Signer available for the hearing impaired
Emmy-award winning Steve Thomas hosted This Old House, television's most popular home improvement series, for 14 years, and during his tenure it became PBS's most-watched ongoing series of all time. Author of the critically acclaimed book, The Last Navigator, published in 1987, Thomas is the current host and co-producer of the Save Our History series on The History Channel, and consults on residential building, renovation, and historic preservation for clients across the United States.
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