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Marker Monday: Birthplace of Charles Holmes Herty (1867-1938)
This week’s #MarkerMonday discusses Charles Holmes Herty and the…
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Marker Monday: “Dead Town” of Hardwicke
This week’s #MarkerMonday explores the “Dead Town” of Hardwicke. The city of Hardwicke was…
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Georgia Historical Society Awarded Tenth Consecutive 4-Star Rating by Charity Navigator
Atlanta, Ga., November 22, 2019 – The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) announced today that the institution has been awarded its tenth consecutive 4-star rating…
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Georgia Historical Society Inducts Pulitzer Prize-winning Author and Historian Rick Atkinson as 2019 Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellow
Savannah, Ga., November 19, 2019 – On Thursday, November 14, The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) inducted author and historian Rick Atkinson as the Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished…
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Marker Monday: Silk Culture at Ebenezer
Image Credit: David Seibert This week’s #MarkerMonday explores…
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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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