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Marker Monday: Sapelo Island
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights Thomas Spalding and his role in shaping the history…
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Ted Turner and CNN Recognized with new Historical Marker
Left to right: Tommy Hills, Georgia Historical Society Board Treasurer; Dr. W. Todd Groce, Georgia Historical Society President…
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Marker Monday: Ossabaw Island
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights Ossabaw Island, Georgia’s third-largest barrier island, which lies twenty miles south of Savannah. The known history of…
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Atlanta Business Leader Walter M. “Sonny” Deriso to Helm Georgia Historical Society Board
THOMAS M. HOLDER, DOUGLAS J. HERTZ, AND H. JEROME RUSSELL, JR. ROUND OUT OFFICERS FOR INCOMING TERM Atlanta, Ga., May 17, 2018 – The Georgia Historical Society Board of Curators…
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Marker Monday: Sandfly
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights Sandfly, a community southeast of Savannah, created by the former slaves of nearby Wormsloe and Modena Plantations and…
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Marker Monday: Pin Point Community
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights Pin Point Community, a small unincorporated rural community in the Savannah Metropolitan Area near the Moon…
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Marker Monday: Palmyra
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights the history of the town of Palmyra, Georgia. During the…
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Albany’s Freedom Alley and City Hall to Join Georgia Civil Rights Trail with Dedication of New Historical Marker
Albany, Ga., April 24, 2018 – The Georgia Historical Society will dedicate a new historical marker on Wednesday April 25, at 2:00 p.m., to Freedom Alley and City Hall, the downtown Albany…
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Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker for Architect Edward Vason Jones
Albany, Ga., April 23, 2018– The Georgia Historical Society will dedicate a new historical marker on Tuesday, April 24, at 5:00 p.m., for renowned architect Edward Vason Jones. A native…
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Marker Monday: Sterling Holloway, 1905-1992
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights Sterling Holloway, an actor best known as the voice of…
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