Frank Blake, Bob Jepson, and John Schuerholz to Co-Chair 2021 Georgia History Festival

Savannah, Ga., July 14, 2020 – The Georgia Historical Society announced today that Frank Blake, retired Chairman and CEO of The Home Depot,…

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Georgia Historical Society Launches Project to Collect the Stories of Georgians during the Pandemic of 2020

Atlanta, Ga., April 15, 2020 – The Georgia Historical Society has announced the creation of a collection of primary sources from across Georgia relating…

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Georgia Historical Society Outlines Available Resources for Parents and Educators During Coronavirus School Closures

Atlanta, Ga., March 27, 2020 – The Georgia Historical Society, the premier independent statewide institution responsible for collecting, examining, and teaching Georgia history is focused on meeting…

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Georgia Historical Society’s Georgia History Festival Raises Record $1.625 Million For Statewide Educational Programming

Atlanta, Ga., February 26, 2020 – The Georgia Historical Society announced today that the 2020 Georgia History Festival, which culminated on February 15, 2020, with the Trustees…

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Thousands of Children March to Commemorate the Founding of Georgia in the 2020 Georgia Day Parade

Savannah, Ga., February 20, 2020– The annual Georgia Day Parade will take to the streets of Savannah this Friday, February 21, to commemorate…

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Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker Recognizing Reverend C.T. Walker (1858-1921)

Augusta, Ga., February 5, 2020– The Georgia Historical Society in conjunction with The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, Historic Augusta, Inc.,…

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Georgia Historical Society to Dedicate New Historical Marker Commemorating the History of Armstrong State University

Savannah, Ga., December 16, 2019 – The Georgia Historical Society in conjunction with the Waters Foundation, Inc. and Georgia Southern University Foundation, Inc. will…

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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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