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Pulitzer Prize-winning Author and Historian Rick Atkinson Named 2019 Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellow
Savannah, Ga., November 12, 2019 – The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) has announced that author and historian Rick Atkinson has been named the Vincent…
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Marker Monday: Finney General Hospital
This week’s #MarkerMonday celebrates Veterans Day by looking at the Finney General Hospital historical marker. One of sixty hospitals built in the United States during World War…
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Marker Monday: The Bridge House
This week’s #MarkerMonday explores The Bridge House historical marker in Dougherty County and its builder, Horace King of Columbus. Although he was born into slavery, Horace King…
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Marker Monday: Trahlyta’s Grave
This week’s #MarkerMonday explores the legend of Trahlyta and the history of the “magic…
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Georgia Historical Society Honors Reinhardt University Professor and Students for Best Article in the Georgia Historical Quarterly
Atlanta, Ga., October 23, 2019 – The Georgia Historical Society announced that Dr. Kenneth H. Wheeler, professor of history at Reinhardt University, and nine of his students,…
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Marker Monday: Old Stagecoach Road
Image Credit: David Seibert This week’s #MarkerMonday looks at the Old Stagecoach Road…
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Marker Monday: Okefenokee Swamp
Image Credit: David Seibert This week’s #MarkerMonday discusses the history of the…
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Georgia Historical Society and UVA Club Of Savannah Present An Evening with Dr. Sarah Milov
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND UVA CLUB OF SAVANNAH PRESENT “We Want All There Is”: The Struggle for Women’s Rights Beyond Suffrage An Evening with Dr. Sarah Milov Savannah, Ga.,…
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Marker Monday: Nancy Hart
Drawing of Nancy Hart.From the Foltz Photography Studio (Savannah, Ga.), photographs, 1899-1960, MS 1360.
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Marker Monday: Big Spring Park
Image Credit: David Seibert On May 17, 1838, Major General Scott of the…
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