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Marker Monday: Lindbergh’s Solo Flight
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights the role Georgia played in the career…
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Marker Monday: George Washington’s Southern Tour
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights Georgia’s Washington’s Southern Tour after his inauguration as the first President of the United States. In…
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Marker Monday: George Whitefield
This week’s #MarkerMonday shines a spotlight on the life and work of George Whitefield….
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Marker Monday: The Rev. Mr. John Osgood
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights the Rev. Mr. John Osgood, one of the first settlers to Midway, Georgia. Born in 1710 in Dorchester,…
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Marker Monday: The Little White House
This week’s #MarkerMonday shines a light on the Little White House, the Georgia…
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Robert Brown and Ross King among speakers at Historical Marker Dedication Commemorating Creation of the State’s Highway System
Atlanta, Ga., April 18, 2017 – The Georgia Historical Society will dedicate a new historical marker, Wednesday, April 19, to the Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) and the…
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Lucy Craft Laney (1854-1933)
This week’s #MarkerMonday highlights Augusta educator, Lucy Craft Laney. Laney was born April 13, 1854, in Macon, Georgia, to the formerly enslaved…
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Mary Willis Library
This week’s #MarkerMonday shines a spotlight on the Mary Willis Library, Georgia’s first free public library. Founded by Dr. Francis…
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Marker Monday: SS Oklahoma and Esso Baton Rouge Attacked by U-123
This week’s #MarkerMonday discusses Georgia’s reaction to the threat on its coastline by German U-boats…
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Marker Monday: Fannin County
This week’s #MarkerMonday recognizes Colonel James Walker Fannin, Jr. who, along with 350 Georgia volunteers, was captured and massacred at…
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