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Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker to Tabernacle Baptist Church
Savannah, Ga., August 12, 2019 – The Georgia Historical Society will dedicate a new Georgia Civil Rights Trail historical marker recognizing Tabernacle Baptist Church in Augusta …
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Marker Monday: The Appalachian Trail
Image Credit: David Seibert This week’s #MarkerMonday discusses Benton MacKaye, “forester, philosopher, dreamer,”…
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Collection Highlights: U. S. Marine Corps Combat Knife (Ka-Bar), (Unprocessed)
World War II Ka-Bar (combat knife), (Unprocessed) This week GHS is commemorating the 75th anniversary…
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Collection Highlights: Watch straps made from salvaged material during World War II, Frederick William Mingledorff, Jr. Family Papers
Two aluminum watch straps made from salvaged material from a downed Japanese plane captured during the U.S….
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Collection Highlights: Unidentified soldiers with radio equipment, Harold J. Hart Papers
Group of unidentified African American soldiers in a field with radio equipment, 1943, MS 1840-0051
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Collection Highlights: A greeting sent through V-Mail, Lila Marguerite Cabaniss Papers
Holiday Greeting 1943, Lila Marguerite Cabaniss Papers, 1848-1969, MS 116 This week GHS is commemorating the…
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Georgia Historical Quarterly Wins 2019 AASLH Award of Excellence
Atlanta, Ga., June 12, 2019 – The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has announced that the Georgia Historical Society is the…
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Collection Highlights: Liberty Ship the S.S. Crawford Long
This week GHS is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, known as D-Day or Operation Overlord. Using materials from the GHS…
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