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Georgia Historical Society Launches Project to Collect the Stories of Georgians during the Pandemic of 2020
Atlanta, Ga., April 15, 2020 – The Georgia Historical Society has announced the creation of a collection of primary sources from across Georgia relating…
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Digital Resources for Georgia’s Students: Hidden Histories and Historical Markers
The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is dedicated to offering trustworthy resources that support K-12 teachers’ digital classrooms. Over the coming weeks GHS will be working diligently to provide educators and…
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Marker Monday: Benjamin Hawkins
This week’s #MarkerMonday looks at the Benjamin Hawkins historical marker in Heard County. Benjamin Hawkins was born in Warren County, North Carolina in 1754, and later served…
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Online Georgia Historical Marker Scavenger Hunt: FDR in Georgia
Georgia Postcard Folder – Georgia Hall, Warm Springs Foundation at Warm…
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Digital Resources for Georgia’s Students: GHS Schoolhouse
The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is dedicated to offering trustworthy resources that support K-12 teachers’ digital classrooms. Over the coming weeks GHS will be working diligently to provide educators and parents valuable…
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Digital Resources for Georgia’s Students: GHS Digital Image Catalog
The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is dedicated to offering trustworthy resources that support K-12 teachers’ digital classrooms. Over the coming weeks GHS will be working diligently to provide educators and parents valuable…
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Collection Highlights: WPA Nutritional Lunch Program
W.P.A. Nutritional Lunch Program, Kitchen, 1939. From the collection Foltz Photography Studio (Savannah, Ga.), photographs,…
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Collection Highlights: WPA Library Extension programs
In October 1929, a massive stock market crash sent the country into the Great Depression, a period of exceedingly high unemployment rates and widespread poverty. Newly inaugurated…
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Marker Monday: Cooper Pants Factory and the Gainesville Tornado
This week GHS will highlight President Franklin Roosevelt’s impact on the state of Georgia in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of his death on April 12, 1945, at the Little…
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Online Georgia Historical Marker Scavenger Hunt: History of Medicine in Georgia
Georgia Infirmary Operating Room. From the Foltz Photography Studio collection of…
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