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The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History Remembers Grady Abrams and the 1970 Augusta Riot
This week the Georgia Historical Society highlights the newest Georgia Historical Marker, The Riot of May 11-12, 1970, in Augusta, Georgia. In consideration of social…
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The Goulding Table: A Nineteenth Century Tale of Twists and Turns
This week the Georgia Historical Society highlights the newest Georgia Historical Marker, The Birthplace of Columbia Theological Seminary, located in Lexington, Georgia. In consideration of…
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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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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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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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