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    • Digital Resources for Georgia’s Students: Georgia’s Business History Initiative

      The Georgia Business History Initiative Each year the Georgia Historical Society (GHS) selects iconic companies in our state to be honored through the Georgia Business History Initiative (BHI). By…

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    • SunTrust

      SunTrust

      GHS welcomes SunTrust as an honoree of the Georgia Business History Initiative. A Georgia historical marker for SunTrust was dedicated…

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    • CNN

      CNN – Cable News Network

      GHS is pleased to include CNN as a Business History Initiative honoree. A Georgia historical marker for CNN was dedicated on May 24,…

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    • Genuine Parts

      Genuine Parts Company

      GHS welcomes Genuine Parts Company (GPC) as an honoree of the Georgia Business History Initiative. Founded in 1928 in Atlanta,…

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    • Today in Georgia History: CNN

      In keeping with this month’s theme, we are featuring some Today in Georgia History segments on the history of business in Georgia. Detractors…

      Business History, Today in Georgia History

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    • Today in Georgia History: Home Depot

      In keeping with this month’s theme, we are featuring some Today in Georgia History segments on the history of business in Georgia. Getting…

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    • Today in Georgia History: Alonzo Herndon

      In keeping with this month’s theme, we are featuring some Today in Georgia History segments on the history of business in Georgia. He…

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    • Powering the American Dream

      Download a PDF of the 2016 Georgia History Festival Newspapers in Education insert “Powering the American Dream.”  

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    • A State of Innovation: Delta Air Lines

      Delta Air Lines A Story of Innovation In 1924, Huff Daland Dusters, a small crop-dusting operation, started operations in Macon, Georgia. That small company would grow into Delta Air Lines. This…

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    • A State of Innovation: Home Depot

      Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank founded The Home Depot in 1978. Their dream of one-stop shopping for the “do-it-yourselfer” was fulfilled when they opened the first two Home Depot…

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