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Marker Monday: Byron Herbert Reece

Posted by Elizabeth Wrozek

This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights Georgia poet Byron Herbert Reece. Reece was born on September 14, 1917, in the Blue…

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Marker Monday: Roland Hayes: June 3, 1887-January 1, 1977

Posted by Elizabeth Wrozek

Photo courtesy of David Seibert This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights internationally famous concert singer Roland Hayes. Roland Hayes,…

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Marker Monday: Okefenokee Swamp

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Photo courtesy of David Seibert This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights the…

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Marker Monday: The Gutzon Borglum House

Posted by Elizabeth Wrozek

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA This week’s #MarkerMonday discusses world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum and the ways in which…

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Collection Highlights: A pin from the 75th Anniversary of Tallulah Falls School, from the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs

Posted by Lisa Landers

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Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker Commemorating Amos T. Akerman, U.S. Attorney General (1870 – 1871)

Posted by Brendan Crellin

Atlanta, Ga., March 26, 2019 – The Georgia Historical Society in conjunction with the Waters Foundation, Inc., and the Bartow History Museum…

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Marker Monday: Spelman College Women Who Serve

Posted by Elizabeth Wrozek

Inspired by the theme presented by the National Women’s History Alliance, for National Women’s History Month (NWHM) 2019, “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence,” and in partnership with…

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Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker Recognizing Susie King Taylor – African-American Educator, Nurse, and Author

Posted by Brendan Crellin

Savannah, Ga., March 21, 2019 – The Georgia Historical Society, in conjunction with the Waters Foundation, Inc., and the Susie King Taylor Women’s Institute &…

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Collection Highlights: Letter from Helen Dortch Longstreet encouraging Frances Perkins, United States Secretary of Labor

Posted by Lisa Landers

Letter from Helen Dortch Longstreet to Frances Perkins, United States Secretary of Labor under FDR, 1934, Helen Dortch Longstreet papers…

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Marker Monday: Home of Alice Harrell Strickland — Georgia’s First Woman Mayor

Posted by Elizabeth Wrozek

Inspired by the theme presented by the National Women’s History Alliance, for National Women’s History Month (NWHM) 2019, “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence,” and in partnership with…

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