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    • St. Simons Park Marker

      Marker Monday: St. Simons Park

      Posted by Sheila Boone

      This month’s #MarkerMonday posts celebrate the start of summer by focusing on moments in Georgia history that took place on our state’s coastline.

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    • M.E. Thompson and the Purchase of Jekyll Island

      Marker Monday: M.E. Thompson and the Purchase of Jekyll Island

      Posted by Sheila Boone

      This month’s #MarkerMonday posts celebrate the start of summer by focusing on moments in Georgia history that took place on our state’s coastline.

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    • Carver State Bank Founder Louis B. Toomer to Receive Historical Marker on the Georgia Civil Rights Trail

      Posted by Brendan Crellin

      Savannah, June 5, 2018 – The Georgia Historical Society and Carver State Bank will dedicate a new historical marker on the Georgia Civil Rights Trail commemorating the legacy of the…

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    • Marker Monday: Tybee Lighthouse

      Posted by Sheila Boone

      This month’s #MarkerMonday posts celebrate the start of summer by focusing on moments in Georgia history that took place on our state’s coastline.

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    • Marker Monday: Sapelo Island

      Posted by Sheila Boone

      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

      Posted by Brendan Crellin

      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

      Posted by Sheila Boone

      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

      Posted by Brendan Crellin

      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

      Posted by Sheila Boone

      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

      Posted by Sheila Boone

      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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