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    • Beyond the Text: Using Historical Markers to Explore Georgia History

      The Georgia Historical Marker Program consists of over 2,100 historical markers across the state. You can explore all markers in the Georgia Historical Marker Program through GHS’s…

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    • Digital Education for Georgia’s Students: Newspapers in Education

      Each year the Georgia Historical Society (GHS) partners with the Georgia Press Association (GPA) to publish relevant, standards-based educational resources for schools across Georgia called Newspapers in…

      Education, Georgia History Festival, Uncategorized, Women's History

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    • Marker Monday: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church

      Image Credit: David Seibert This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church historical marker in…

      Marker Monday

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    • Marker Monday: Wheeler County

      Image Credit: David Seibert This week’s #MarkerMonday looks at the Wheeler County historical marker…

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    • Marker Monday: Meson Academy

      Image Credit: David Seibert This week’s #MarkerMonday looks at the Meson Academy historical marker…

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    • Georgia Historical Society’s Georgia History Festival Raises Record $1.625 Million For Statewide Educational Programming

      Atlanta, Ga., February 26, 2020 – The Georgia Historical Society announced today that the 2020 Georgia History Festival, which culminated on February 15, 2020, with the Trustees…

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    • Thousands of Children March to Commemorate the Founding of Georgia in the 2020 Georgia Day Parade

      Savannah, Ga., February 20, 2020– The annual Georgia Day Parade will take to the streets of Savannah this Friday, February 21, to commemorate…

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    • Marker Monday: Reed Bingham State Park Bridge

      Image Credit: David Seibert In observance of Presidents’ Day, this week’s #MarkerMonday looks at…

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    • Marker Monday: Atlanta Student Movement

      This week’s #MarkerMonday discusses the Atlanta Student Movement historical marker in commemoration of Black History Month. This marker can be found between Morehouse College, Spellman College, and…

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    • Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker Recognizing Reverend C.T. Walker (1858-1921)

      Augusta, Ga., February 5, 2020– The Georgia Historical Society in conjunction with The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, Historic Augusta, Inc.,…

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