SunTrust Honored by Georgia Historical Society As New Georgia Business History Initiative Inductee

Downtown Atlanta marker highlights company’s role in the economic growth of Georgia and the South in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

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Georgia Historical Society Awarded Tenth Consecutive 4-Star Rating by Charity Navigator

Atlanta, Ga., November 22, 2019 –  The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) announced today that the institution has been awarded its tenth consecutive 4-star rating…

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Georgia Historical Society Inducts Pulitzer Prize-winning Author and Historian Rick Atkinson as 2019 Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellow

Savannah, Ga., November 19, 2019 –  On Thursday, November 14, The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) inducted author and historian Rick Atkinson as the Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished…

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Author and Historian Rick Atkinson Named 2019 Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellow

Savannah, Ga., November 12, 2019 –  The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) has announced that author and historian Rick Atkinson has been named the Vincent…

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Georgia Historical Society Honors Reinhardt University Professor and Students for Best Article in the Georgia Historical Quarterly

Atlanta, Ga., October 23, 2019 –  The Georgia Historical Society announced that Dr. Kenneth H. Wheeler, professor of history at Reinhardt University, and nine of his students,…

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Georgia Historical Society and UVA Club Of Savannah Present An Evening with Dr. Sarah Milov

GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND UVA CLUB OF SAVANNAH PRESENT “We Want All There Is”: The Struggle for Women’s Rights Beyond Suffrage An Evening with Dr. Sarah Milov Savannah, Ga.,…

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Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker on the Civil Rights Trail in South Georgia

Atlanta, Ga., September 24, 2019 – The Georgia Historical Society in partnership with Lee County High School Beta Club, Lee County High School AP English Program,…

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Robert L. Brown, Jr. and Robert S. Jepson, Jr. Named 2020 Georgia Trustees

Robert L. Brown, Jr. Robert…

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Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker Recognizing the Attempted Assassination of Isaiah Lofton

Atlanta, Ga., September 12, 2019 –  The Georgia Historical Society in conjunction with the City of Hogansville will dedicate a new Georgia Civil Rights Trail historical…

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Georgia Historical Society to Celebrate Construction Launch of the Research Center Renovation and Expansion Project

Savannah, Ga., August 15, 2019 –  The Georgia Historical Society and its construction partners JTVS Builders, Inc. and Lynch Associates Architects are pleased to announce the…

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