Press Releases
March 11, 2021: Library of Congress Awards $20,000 to Georgia Historical Society to Develop Civil Rights Educational Program
March 2, 2021: Georgia Historical Society Honors R. Scott Hodges with Presidential Citation for Work as James Edward Oglethorpe Interpreter
February 23, 2021: Jackie Robinson Historical Marker Vandalized in South Georgia
February 11, 2021: Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia Historical Society President Dr. W. Todd Groce Appoint 2021 Georgia Trustees
February 9, 2021: Georgia Historical Society Announces Modified Georgia History Festival Schedule for 2021
January 21, 2021: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Selects Georgia Historical Society as Repository for Art from the Heart Collection
January 20, 2021: Georgia Historical Society Postpones Super Museum Sunday Until May 2, 2021
December 17, 2020: Family of Laurie and Jane Harty Abbott Donates $500,000 to Georgia Historical Society Endowment
December 16, 2020: Georgia Historical Society Presents 2020 Bell Award for the Best Book on Georgia History to Jacquelyn Dowd Hall
December 9, 2020: Georgia Historical Society Awarded Eleventh Consecutive 4-Star Rating by Charity Navigator
December 1, 2020: Former Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson Joins Georgia Historical Society Board of Curators
November 25, 2020: Bartow History Museum Honored by Georgia Historical Society as Affiliate of the Year
November 18, 2020: Georgia Historical Society Bestows Honor on Donald S. Summerlin of UGA for Best Article in the Georgia Historical Quarterly
November 12, 2020: David Abney and Juanita Baranco Named 2021 Georgia Trustees
November 5, 2020: Georgia Historical Society Virtually Dedicates New Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker for Hart County Training School
September 29, 2020: Georgia Historical Society Virtually Dedicates New Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker for Riot of May 11-12, 1970, in Augusta
September 23, 2020: Georgia Historical Society Announces Former United States Senator Sam Nunn to Keynote Georgia History Festival Series
September 14, 2020: Georgia Historical Society to Virtually Dedicate New Historical Marker for The Birthplace of Columbia Theological Seminary
August 6, 2020: Atlanta Business Leader Thomas M. Holder Elected Georgia Historical Society Board Chairman
July 14, 2020: Frank Blake, Bob Jepson, and John Schuerholz to Co-Chair 2021 Georgia History Festival
April 15, 2020: Georgia Historical Society Launches Project to Collect the Stories of Georgians during the Pandemic of 2020
March 27, 2020: Georgia Historical Society Outlines Available Resources for Parents and Educators During Coronavirus School Closures
February 27, 2020: Georgia Historical Society’s Georgia History Festival Raises Record $1.625 Million For Statewide Educational Programming
February 20, 2020: Thousands of Children March to Commemorate the Founding of Georgia in the 2020 Georgia Day Parade
February 5, 2020: Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker Recognizing Reverend C.T. Walker (1858-1921)
December 16, 2019: Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker Commemorating the History of Armstrong State University
December 10, 2019: SunTrust Honored by Georgia Historical Society As New Georgia Business History Initiative Inductee
November 22, 2019: Georgia Historical Society Awarded Tenth Consecutive 4-Star Rating by Charity Navigator
November 19, 2019: Georgia Historical Society Inducts Pulitzer Prize-winning Author and Historian Rick Atkinson as 2019 Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellow
November 12, 2019: Pulitzer Prize-winning Author and Historian Rick Atkinson Named 2019 Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellow
October 23, 2019: Georgia Historical Society Honors Reinhardt University Professor and Students for Best Article in the Georgia Historical Quarterly
October 8, 2019: Georgia Historical Society and UVA Club Of Savannah Present An Evening with Dr. Sarah Milov
September 24, 2019: Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker on the Civil Rights Trail in South Georgia
September 17, 2019: Robert L. Brown, Jr. and Robert S. Jepson, Jr. Named 2020 Georgia Trustees
September 12, 2019: Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker Recognizing the Attempted Assassination of Isaiah Lofton
August 15, 2019: Georgia Historical Society to Celebrate Construction Launch of the Research Center Renovation and Expansion Project
June 27, 2019 Shan Cooper and Frank Blake Elected to Georgia Historical Society Board of Curators
June 12, 2019 Georgia Historical Quarterly Wins 2019 AASLH Award of Excellence
May 15, 2019 Artist Ross Rossin Honored by Georgia Historical Society with John Macpherson Berrien Award
May 3, 2019 Georgia Historical Society Awarded Ninth Consecutive 4-Star Rating by Charity Navigator
March 26, 2019 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker Commemorating Amos T. Akerman, U.S. Attorney General (1870 – 1871)
February 26, 2019 Georgia Historical Society to Commemorate “The Weeping Time,” The Largest Slave Sale in US History, with Two Events This Weekend
February 13, 2019 U.S. Senator David Perdue to Induct Frank Blake and John Schuerholz as Newest Georgia Trustees
February 7, 2019 Georgia History Festival Free Events Continue This Weekend with Colonial Faire and Muster and Super Museum Sunday
January 25, 2019 Georgia Historical Society Set to Kickoff Free Public Events of the 2019 GEORGIA HISTORY FESTIVAL
January 9, 2019 Atlanta Businessman Larry Gellerstedt Named to Georgia Historical Society Board
December 6, 2018 Georgia Historical Society Honors Thronateeska Heritage Center as Affiliate of the Year
November 27, 2018 Georgia Historical Society Honors Co-Winners for Best Books on Georgia History
November 26, 2018 Georgia Historical Society Honors Best Article In the Georgia Historical Quarterly with Award Named For Renowned Historian Dr. John Inscoe
November 19, 2018 Georgia Historical Society Dedicates New Historical Marker Recognizing Shiloh Orphanage
November 2, 2018 Georgia Historical Society Dedicates New Historical Marker to Dr. Crawford W. Long and Anesthesia for Surgery
October 30, 2018 Historian David Blight Named Inaugural Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellow
September 20, 2018 TSYS Named Newest Honoree in Georgia Business History Initiative
September 18, 2018 Frank Blake and John Schuerholz Named 2019 Georgia Trustees
September 13, 2018 TSYS is Latest Honoree to Receive Historical Marker as Part of Georgia Historical Society Business History Initiative
September 13, 2018 Celebrate Constitution Day at the Georgia Historical Society
August 30, 2018 Georgia Dome Joins Iconic Sites in Georgia with Business History Initiative Historical Marker
September 4, 2018 Distinguished Fellows Program at Georgia Historical Society will Honor Educational Legacy of Vince Dooley
August 30, 2018 Georgia Dome to Join Iconic Sites in Georgia with Business History Initiative Historical Marker
August 23, 2018 Historical Marker Commemorating the Lynching of Leo Frank Rededicated in Marietta
June 21, 2018 Georgia Historical Society Announces The Collier Family Papers Open for Research
June 5, 2018 Carver State Bank Founder Louis B. Toomer to Receive Historical Marker on the Georgia Civil Rights Trail
May 24, 2018 Ted Turner and CNN Recognized with new Historical Marker
May 17, 2018 Atlanta Business Leader Walter M. “Sonny” Deriso to Helm Georgia Historical Society Board
April 24, 2018 Albany’s Freedom Alley and City Hall to Join Georgia Civil Rights Trail with Dedication of New Historical Marker
April 23, 2018 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker for Architect Edward Vason Jones
April 17, 2018 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate Two New Historical Markers in Albany
April 3, 2018 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker for Carswell Grove Baptist Church
March 8, 2018 Slave Trader’s Letter Book Open for Research at the Georgia Historical Society
February 28, 2018 March Program to Mark the 159th Anniversary of the Weeping Time in Savannah
February 8, 2018 Georgia Historical Society Names Robert S. Jepson, Jr., Kathy Levitt, and Swann Seiler as Grand Marshals of the 2018 Georgia Day Parade
January 25, 2018 2018 Georgia History Festival Founding City Events Begin in February with Georgia Day Parade, Colonial Faire & Muster, and Super Museum Sunday
January 18, 2018 Georgia Historical Society Awarded Eighth Consecutive 4-Star Rating by Charity Navigator
November 8, 2017 Georgia Philanthropists John F. and Marilyn M. McMullan Establish Endowed Position with Gift to Georgia Historical Society
October 27, 2017 Georgia Civil Rights Trail Expands with Dedication of Alonzo Herndon Historical Marker
October 20, 2017 Gulfstream Named to Georgia Business History Initiative by Georgia Historical Society
October 5, 2017 Georgia Historical Society Announces 2018 Georgia Trustees Ed Bastian and Paul Bowers
September 26, 2017 Georgia-Pacific Honored With Historical Marker By Georgia Historical Society
September 20, 2017 Robert L. Brown, Jr. Honored by Georgia Historical Society with John Macpherson Berrien Award
July 31, 2017 Georgia Historical Society to host Vince Dooley for Discussion and Book Signing
June 13, 2017 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker to First African Baptist Church
April 27, 2017 Book Lovers: Georgia Historical Society’s Annual Book Sale is THIS SATURDAY, April 29
April 27, 2017 Woodward Academy/Georgia Military Archives Awarded Roger K. Warlick Local History Award
April 18, 2017 Robert Brown and Ross King among speakers at Historical Marker Dedication Commemorating Creation of the State’s Highway System
March 22, 2017 Georgia Historical Society to Commemorate World War II Rescue Boat Station in Thunderbolt with Historical Marker
March 14, 2017 Georgia Historical Society Joins Organizations around the Country Endorsing the Values of History Relevance
February 15, 2017 Georgia Historical Society Surpasses $1 Million in Contributions for K-12 Educational Programming
February 7, 2017 Georgia Historical Society Announces the Collection of Environmental Visionary Ray C. Anderson Now Open For Research
January 30, 2017 Eighty-Eight Sites Statewide Open Free of Charge on February 5 for the Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday
January 24, 2017 Georgia Historical Society Announces the Creation of the Dr. William T. Moore Distinguished Editorship of the Georgia Historical Quarterly
December 14, 2016 Georgia Historical Society Mission Statement is Focus of New “We Believe” Video
November 22, 2016 Georgia Historical Society and Critz Auto Group Remember Mercer Auto Camp and 1911 Savannah Races With New Historical Marker
November 16, 2016 National Endowment for the Humanities Awards $154,921 Grant to Georgia Historical Society
November 10, 2016 Historic Oakland Foundation Receives Roger K. Warlick Award for Excellence in Local History
November 9, 2016 Georgia Historical Society Awarded Seventh Consecutive 4-Star Rating by Charity Navigator
November 1, 2016 1996 Centennial Olympic Games Honored With Historical Marker
October 31, 2016 Ambassador Andrew Young, Billy Payne, Mayor Kasim Reed, and Vince Dooley to Dedicate Georgia Historical Marker to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games
October 25, 2016 Ambassador Andrew Young, Billy Payne, Mayor Kasim Reed, and Vince Dooley to Dedicate Georgia Historical Marker to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games
October 20, 2016 Georgia Historical Society to Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. John C. Inscoe
October 5, 2016 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker in Augusta to Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
September 28, 2016 George Washington, Leadership And Global Revolution: Are There Lessons From the First Brexit For The Modern World?
September 21, 2016 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker to Savannah Protest Movement
September 16, 2016 Georgia Historical Society and Office of the Governor to Induct A.D. “Pete” Correll and F. Duane Ackerman as the Newest Georgia Trustees
September 15, 2016 First Lady Sandra Deal, Jennifer Dickey and Catherine Lewis Honored with Presidential Citation For Memories of the Mansion
September 14, 2016 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker in Montezuma to Macon County Training School
August 31, 2016 Peyton Anderson Foundation Awards $15,000 Educational Grant to Georgia Historical Society
August 4, 2016 Massie Heritage Center to Receive Roger K. Warlick Local History Achievement Award from Georgia Historical Society
July 21, 2016 Massie Heritage Center to Receive Roger K. Warlick Local History Achievement Award from Georgia Historical Society
July 13, 2016 Georgia Teens Earn Gold Medal at National History Day Competition
June 27, 2016 Southern Company Honored with Historical Marker as the Newest Member of the Georgia Business History Initiative
June 8, 2016 Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Honored by Georgia Historical Society as Affiliate of the Year
June 2, 2016 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker to Reverend Silas Xavier Floyd
May 18, 2016 Georgia Historical Society to Recognize Albany Home of Governor George Busbee with Historical Marker Dedication
March 30, 2016 Pioneering Educator and Voorhees College Founder Elizabeth Evelyn Wright to Receive Historical Marker in Talbotton
May 11, 2016 Georgia Historical Society to Recognize Birthplace of Coca-Cola with Historical Marker Dedication
May 6, 2016 Georgia Historical Quarterly Celebrates 100th Volume, 1917 – 2016
April 27, 2016 Georgia Historical Society to Recognize South-View Cemetery with Historical Marker Dedication this Saturday
March 30, 2016 Pioneering Educator and Voorhees College Founder Elizabeth Evelyn Wright to Receive Historical Marker in Talbotton
February 11, 2016 Ernie Lee, Georgia’s Teacher of the Year, Named Grand Marshal of 2016 Georgia Day Parade
February 9, 2016 Governor Nathan Deal to Induct Muhtar Kent and James H. Blanchard as Newest Georgia Trustees
February 8, 2016 Georgia Historical Society Surpasses $1 Million in Contributions for Annual Georgia History Festival and K-12 Educational Programming
February 2, 2016 2016 Georgia History Festival Founding City Events Begin this Weekend with Colonial Faire and Muster and Super Museum Sunday
January 27, 2016 Georgia Historical Society to Bring “The Real Mad Men” to Columbus
January 7, 2016 GHS to Dedicate Historical Marker to the Introduction of the Soybean to North America
November 12, 2015 Georgia Historical Society Receives Sixth Consecutive 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
November 6, 2015 Leo Frank lynching at 100 discussed in November 17 talk
November 5, 2015 Georgia Historical Society to Present Local History Achievement Honor to Augusta and the Civil War Symposium Series
November 4, 2015 Clyde Tuggle and H. Jerome Russell Named to Georgia Historical Society Board of Curators
October 22, 2015 Georgia Historical Society Announces 2016 Trustees Gala Theme – Dare To Dream
October 20, 2015 Digital Collection of Civil War Materials Receives Georgia Historical Records Award
September 30, 2015 The Birth of the American Dream: How the Real Mad Men Changed the World
September 15, 2015 Rare Opportunity to View Original Draft of the United States Constitution this Thursday at the Georgia Historical Society
September 2, 2015 Collection of Late Visionary Environmentalist and Interface Founder Ray C. Anderson Finds Permanent Home at the Georgia Historical Society
September 1, 2015 Georgia Historical Society Honors Georgia Power as a 2015 Georgia Business History Initiative Designee
August 12, 2015 The Ghosts of Leo Frank: Reckoning With Georgia’s Most Infamous Murders 100 Years Later
June 18, 2015 Georgia Historical Society Presents Local History Achievement Award to Thronateeska Heritage Foundation, Inc.
June 18, 2015 Georgia Historical Society Presents Local History Achievement Award to Bulloch County Historical Society
June 11, 2015 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate Historical Marker to Governor John Marshall Slaton
May 29, 2015 New Members Elected to the Georgia Historical Society Board of Curators
May 26, 2015 Dr. Gary Gallagher Named Distinguished Fellow By Georgia Historical Society
April 23, 2015 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker to Admiral John Henry Towers
April 8, 2015 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker to Sumter County and the Civil Rights Movement
April 8, 2015 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker to Primus King and the Civil Rights Movement
April 7, 2015 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker to Vienna High and Industrial School
April 7, 2015 Georgia Historical Society to add Three New Historical Markers to the Georgia Civil Rights Trail
March 19, 2015 Georgia Historical Society Seeks Book Donations For Annual Book Sale
February 11, 2015 Georgia Historical Society and Governor Nathan Deal to Honor Alana Shepherd and Paula Wallace as 2015 Georgia Trustees
February 4, 2015 Georgia Historical Society Set to Kick Off 2015 GEORGIA HISTORY FESTIVAL
February 2, 2015 Georgia Power Trustee Level Sponsor of 2015 Georgia History Festival and Trustees Gala
January 27, 2015 Georgia Historical Society Announces 2015 Trustees Gala Honorary Co-Chairs
January 22, 2015 Georgia Historical Society’s Dr. W. Todd Groce and Robert S. Jepson, Jr. Named to Georgia Trend 100 Most Influential Georgians
December 10, 2014 GHS to cap off Civil War 150 commemoration with two Historical Markers: March to the Sea (Savannah) and the CSS Georgia
November 26, 2014 GHS Board Chair Robert S. Jepson, Jr. Receives J.W. Fanning award from Leadership Georgia
November 19, 2014 Georgia Historical Society Opens Jepson House Education Center
November 17, 2014 Media Advisory: Jepson House Education Center Historical Marker
November 12, 2014 Georgia Historical Society to commemorate Historic Carnegie Library
November 7, 2014 Georgia Historical Society to Commemorate Beginning of Sherman’s March to the Sea
November 4, 2014 Georgia Historical Society Receives Coveted Four Star Charity Navigator Rating 5th Year in a Row
October 29, 2014 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate Historical Marker for Cooper Pants Factory and the Gainesville Tornado
October 16, 2014 Georgia Historical Society Launches Georgia Civil Rights Trail
October 15, 2014 Media Advisory: Atlanta Student Movement Dedication
September 25, 2014 Media Advisory: Georgia History Festival Press Conference
September 24, 2014 GHS increases accessibility to Archival Collections through NHPRC Grant
September 22, 2014 Georgia Historical Society to dedicate Historical Marker for the Old Governor’s Mansion in Milledgeville
September 19, 2014 Emmy Award Winning Host of Today in Georgia History to Live Stream from Coastal Middle School
September 18, 2014 Georgia Historical Society to dedicate Historical Marker to Calvary Episcopal Church
September 15, 2014 Georgia Historical Society to dedicate Historical Marker to commemorate the Albany movement
September 8, 2014 Georgia Historical Society Statement on the Passing of S. Truett Cathy
August 5, 2014 GHS Board Chair Robert S. Jepson, Jr. to Receive J.W. Fanning award from Leadership Georgia
June 25, 2014 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate Historical Marker at First Bryan Baptist Church
May 20, 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winning WWII Author Rick Atkinson Tonight in Savannah
May 15, 2014 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate Marker for Historic E.D. Stroud School
April 22, 2014 Celebrated Historian Edward Ayers to Keynote 175th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Historical Society
March 25, 2014 Georgia Historical Society Awarded $1,000 Century Service Grant by Rotary Club of Savannah
March 20, 2014 Georgia Historical Society Announces 175th Anniversary Logo
February 11, 2014 GEORGIA DAY PARADE POSTPONED… New Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2014
February 3, 2014 Flannery O’Connor in Spotlight at 2014 Georgia History Festival
January 27, 2014 First Lady Sandra Deal to Welcome Hundreds of Atlanta Area School Children to Celebrate 2014 Georgia History Festival Kickoff at the Capitol
January 14, 2014 Georgia Historical Society Announces 2014 Trustees Gala Honorary Co-Chairs
January 7, 2014 Georgia Historical Society President and CEO Named to 100 Most Influential Georgians for Third Consecutive Year
January 3, 2014 Georgia Historical Society and Rotary Club of Savannah To Commemorate Club Centennial with Historical Marker
December 5, 2013 Barney Colored Elementary School Recognized with Historical Marker
November 12, 2013 Georgia Historical Society Board of Curators Announces Redesignation of
the Georgia Historical Society Research Center
October 28, 2013 Georgia Historical Society and Athens Historical Society to Commemorate University of Georgia Botanical Garden
October 17, 2013 Georgia Historical Society and Live Oak Public Libraries Present
Jefferson and Hamilton: A Conversation with John Ferling
September 25, 2013 Arthur Blank and Billy Payne Named 2014 Georgia Trustees
Flannery O’Connor to be History Festival Historical Figure
September 20, 2013 Media Advisory for Georgia History Festival Press Conference
September 5, 2013 Georgia Historical Society Receives 4-Star Charity Navigator Rating for Fourth Consecutive Year
August 28, 2013 Georgia Historical Society to present UGA Press and Authors with Bell and Hawes Awards
August 20, 2013 Georgia Historical Society Chosen as Home to the W.W. Law Collection
July 30, 2013 Renovation Underway at Georgia Historical Society’s Jepson House Education Center
July 18, 2013 Georgia Historical Society Presents Thomaston-Upson Archives With Local History Achievement Honor
June 26, 2013 Jepson House Benefactors to be Honored
June 17, 2013 Emmy Win “Times Two” for Georgia Historical Society’s Own Stan Deaton
June 12, 2013 Georgia Historical Society Presents Georgia Battlefields Association with Affiliate of the Year Honors
June 04, 2013 Georgia Historical Society Hosts NEH Summer Institute
May 29, 2013 Georgia Historical Society Announces New Hires
May 21, 2013 Today in Georgia History Receives Two Emmy Nominations
May 15, 2013 Savannah Liberty Ship Receives New Historical Marker
May 07, 2013 Georgia Historical Society Elects New Board Members at 174th Annual Meeting
April 22, 2013 Georgia Historical Society to Present Service Awards at 174th Annual Meeting
April 10, 2013 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate “Lord’s Acre” Historical Marker
April 10, 2013 Paul Pressly to Deliver Keynote Address at the Georgia Historical Society’s Annual Meeting
March 13, 2013 Georgia Historical Society Awarded $150,000 Grant from The Frances and Beverly DuBose Foundation
March 13, 2013 Book Lovers: Georgia Historical Society’s Annual Book Sale Is Coming April 26-27
January 28, 2013 Georgia History Festival’s Colonial Faire & Muster at Wormsloe Brings History to Life
January 23, 2013 Georgia Historical Society’s 2013 Georgia History Festival to Kickoff in Atlanta at the Capitol
January 14, 2013 Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate Civil War 150 Marker in Savannah, Ga., at birthplace of John C. Frémont
January 03, 2013 Georgia Historical Society President Named One of the 100 Most Influential Georgians Second Year Running
December 17, 2012 Major Sponsors for 2013 Georgia History Festival Announced: Georgia Power serves as Trustee Sponsor
