BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20150519T103000Z DTEND:20150519T103000Z DTSTAMP:20150515T190317Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2016-georgia-history-festiva l-press-conference/ SUMMARY:2016 Georgia History Festival Press Conference DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, May 19 GHS will hold a press conference to announc e the names of the 2016 Georgia Trustees\, and to unveil plans for the 201 6 Georgia History Festival. It’s going to be an exciting day with dignit aries from the Savannah-Chatham County School Board\, representatives from major sponsors\, and the children from Hancock Day School in colonial cos tume as the 2015 banner competition winners.\n\nThe press conference will be held in Chippewa Square\, Savannah at 10:30 a.m. Chippewa Square is loc ated on Bull Street between Hull and Perry Streets. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/05/ghf-press-conference.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Chippewa Square\, Chippewa Square\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.0758654;-81.09314260000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Chippewa Square\, Savannah\ , GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Chippewa Square:geo:32.075 8654,-81.09314260000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20151001T180000Z DTEND:20151001T180000Z DTSTAMP:20151009T185653Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/birth-of-the-american-dream/ SUMMARY:The Birth of the American Dream: How the Real Mad Men Changed the W orld DESCRIPTION:Keynote Address of the 2016 Georgia History Festival\nBy Dr. St an Deaton\, Senior Historian and Dr. Elaine B. Andrews Distinguished Histo rian\n\nFree and open to the public\n\nIn the 20 years after World War II. Americans bought cars\, houses\, and televisions in record numbers. They traveled to Disneyland\, ate McDonalds hamburgers\, fell in love with Lucy and screamed madly for Elvis. They worried about the bomb\, feared and fo ught communists in Korea and Vietnam\, and mourned the assassination of th e youngest president ever elected. They began taking the Pill for the firs t time yet had record numbers of babies\, many of whom grew up to challeng e everything their parents believed in as they burned draft cards and reve led in  sex\, drugs\, and rock and roll. Americans clashed over Civil Rig hts\, idolized Brando and Dean\, and landed men on the moon. It was the mo st powerful and affluent society ever—and it changed everything about th e way Americans lived and their place in the world. How did it happen and what did it all mean? We’ll discuss the extraordinary and ordinary men a nd women—from Madison Avenue to Memphis to the Montgomery Bus Boycott— who led this revolution and changed forever America’s place on the world stage.\nSponsored by:\n\n \;\n\nSee the full list of Georgia History Festival sponsors. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/07/keynote-address.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Coastal Georgia Center\, 305 Fahm St\, Savannah\, GA\, United Stat es GEO:32.0770703;-81.10167100000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=305 Fahm St\, Savannah\, GA \, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Coastal Georgia Center:geo:32. 0770703,-81.10167100000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20151016T100000Z DTEND:20151016T170000Z DTSTAMP:20151030T153645Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/national-history-day-researc h-round-up/ SUMMARY:National History Day Research Round-Up DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn October 16 and 17\, GHS welcomes students in grades 6-12 to the GHS Research Center. Members of our Research Center and Education staff will be on hand to introduce students to the GHS collections and res ources and to guide students in their research. Get help on your National History Day project\, Georgia Social Studies Fair project\, IB History Int ernal Assessment (IA)\, or any other research assignment. The daily resear ch fee will be waived for students. Fees for copying and other services ma y still apply.\n\n\nSponsored by\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/05/research-roundup1.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Georgia Historical Society - Hodgson Hall\, 501 Whitaker Street\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.070385;-81.09668099999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=501 Whitaker Street\, Savan nah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Georgia Historical Soc iety - Hodgson Hall:geo:32.070385,-81.09668099999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20151017T100000Z DTEND:20151017T170000Z DTSTAMP:20151030T153558Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/national-history-day-researc h-round-up-2/ SUMMARY:National History Day Research Round-Up DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn October 16 and 17\, GHS welcomes students in grades 6-12 to the GHS Research Center. Members of our Research Center and Education staff will be on hand to introduce students to the GHS collections and res ources and to guide students in their research. Get help on your National History Day project\, Georgia Social Studies Fair project\, IB History Int ernal Assessment (IA)\, or any other research assignment. The daily resear ch fee will be waived for students. Fees for copying and other services ma y still apply.\n\n\nSponsored by\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/05/research-roundup1.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Georgia Historical Society - Hodgson Hall\, 501 Whitaker Street\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.070385;-81.09668099999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=501 Whitaker Street\, Savan nah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Georgia Historical Soc iety - Hodgson Hall:geo:32.070385,-81.09668099999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20151022T090000Z DTEND:20151023T170000Z DTSTAMP:20150706T150509Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/georgia-council-for-the-soci al-studies-conference/ SUMMARY:Georgia Council for the Social Studies Conference DESCRIPTION:GHS will be at the 2015 Georgia Council for the Social Studies Conference. Stop by our exhibit booth and learn about Georgia History Fes tival resources and events.\n\nMore details will be announced soon. Visit the GCSS website for information about the conference and registration.\n\ n\n\nPlease plant to attend a special session by GHS Education Coordinator Sophia Sineath:\n\n"Help! I've Been Assigned a Research Project: Supporti ng Historical Research in your Classroom"\n\n\nOlympia 1 Room\n\nFriday\, October 23\, 2015\n\n8:30 - 9:30 a.m. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/05/gcss-conference.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Classic Center\, 300 N Thomas St\, Athens\, GA\, United States GEO:33.96046510000001;-83.37302599999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=300 N Thomas St\, Athens\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Classic Center:geo:33.960465 10000001,-83.37302599999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20160128T180000Z DTEND:20160128T180000Z DTSTAMP:20151117T140009Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/the-birth-of-the-american-dr eam-how-the-real-mad-men-changed-the-world/ SUMMARY:The Birth of the American Dream: How the Real Mad Men Changed the W orld DESCRIPTION:A program by Dr. Stan Deaton\, Senior Historian and the Dr. Ela ine B. Andrews Distinguished Historian\n\nFree and open to the public\n\nI n the 20 years after World War II. Americans bought cars\, houses\, and te levisions in record numbers. They traveled to Disneyland\, ate McDonalds h amburgers\, fell in love with Lucy and screamed madly for Elvis. They worr ied about the bomb\, feared and fought communists in Korea and Vietnam\, a nd mourned the assassination of the youngest president ever elected. They began taking the Pill for the first time yet had record numbers of babies\ , many of whom grew up to challenge everything their parents believed in a s they burned draft cards and reveled in  sex\, drugs\, and rock and roll . Americans clashed over Civil Rights\, idolized Brando and Dean\, and lan ded men on the moon. It was the most powerful and affluent society ever— and it changed everything about the way Americans lived and their place in the world. How did it happen and what did it all mean? We’ll discuss th e extraordinary and ordinary men and women—from Madison Avenue to Memphi s to the Montgomery Bus Boycott—who led this revolution and changed fore ver America’s place on the world stage.\n\nLecture will be held in the P atrick Theater at the Columbus Museum in Columbus\, Georgia. Contact edu@c olumbusmuseum.com for more information.\nSponsored by:\n \n \;\n\nSee the full list of Georgia History Festival sponsors. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/07/keynote-address.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Columbus Museum\, 1251 Wynnton Rd\, Columbus\, GA\, United States GEO:32.4670934;-84.97406510000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1251 Wynnton Rd\, Columbus\ , GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Columbus Museum:geo:32.467 0934,-84.97406510000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20160206T100000Z DTEND:20160207T160000Z DTSTAMP:20160120T141925Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/georgia-history-festivals-co lonial-faire-and-muster/ SUMMARY:Georgia History Festival's Colonial Faire & Muster DESCRIPTION:Experience the everyday life of colonial times through historic al re-enactments\, cannon firings\, demonstrations of cooking and craft te chniques\, music and dance. Free and open to the public.\n\n\n\n \;\nS ponsored by\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2014/04/colonial-faire-lg.jpg LOCATION:Wormsloe State Historic Site\, 7601 Skidaway Road\, Savannah\, GA\ , United States GEO:31.9801594;-81.0692444 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7601 Skidaway Road\, Savann ah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wormsloe State Historic Site:geo:31.9801594,-81.0692444 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20160213T190000Z DTEND:20160213T190000Z DTSTAMP:20160309T152548Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2016-georgia-history-festiva l-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:The Trustees Gala is the Georgia Historical Society’s premier e annual event and the culmination of the Georgia History Festival. Each y ear\, this elegant and much-anticipated evening draws top local\, state\, and national leaders to honor and pay tribute to the best the State of Geo rgia has produced.\n\nInspired by the iconic Georgia businesses that helpe d to shape the modern world\, with a nostalgic nod to the Mad Men era\, "D are to Dream" will be a sophisticated and stylish tribute to a time when m artinis and bossa nova were de rigueur.\n\nThe 2016 Trustees Gala will fea ture Governor Nathan Deal’s induction of Muhtar Kent\, Chairman of the B oard and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company and James H. “Jimmy” Blanchard\, Retired Chairman of the Board and CEO of Synovus as the newest Georgia Tr ustees.\n\nJoin us as we honor the giants of Georgia’s business history\ , in an alluring evening with a retro twist that includes dinner\, dancing and lively conversation with the inductees. The Gala will take place Satu rday\, February 13\, 2016\, at the Hyatt Regency in Savannah.\n\nBring you r own swagger and remember\, “Only boring people are bored.”\n\n\n\n\n View the 2016 Trustees Gala Invitation\n\n\nView the 2016 Trustees Gala Sa ve-the-Date\n\nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n&nbs p\;\n\nVIP Reception sponsored by:\n\nSee the full list of Georgia History Festival sponsors.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/04/dare-to-dream1.jpg LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Savannah\, 2 West Bay St\, Savannah\, GA\, United St ates GEO:32.0815969;-81.09150160000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2 West Bay St\, Savannah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Hyatt Regency Savannah:geo:3 2.0815969,-81.09150160000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20160217T103000Z DTEND:20160217T103000Z DTSTAMP:20160210T144026Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/georgia-history-festivals-ge orgia-day-parade/ SUMMARY:Georgia History Festival’s Georgia Day Parade DESCRIPTION:As part of the annual commemoration of the founding of the Geor gia colony of February 12\, 1733 by James Edward Oglethorpe\, a tradition dating back to the earliest years of the colony’s founding\, we invite y ou to join us as students\, musicians\, local dignitaries\, and costumed h istorical figures march through Savannah’s historic squares during this beloved annual event. The 2016 Georgia Day Parade will be held on February 17th\, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Free and open to the public.\nPlease note\ , the rain date for the parade is February 19.\n\n\nThe Parade will be liv e streaming on WSAV.com starting at 10:00 a.m.\, broadcast at noon on WSAV -TV and again at 7:00 p.m. on MyLC.\n \;\nSponsored by\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/04/georgia-day-parade-lg.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Schools LOCATION:Forsyth Park\, Bull and Gaston\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.0702267;-81.0952297 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bull and Gaston\, Savannah\ , GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Forsyth Park:geo:32.070226 7,-81.0952297 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160827 DTSTAMP:20160823T133619Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/school-presentation-help-ive -been-assigned-a-research-paper/ SUMMARY:School Presentation: Help! I’ve Been Assigned a Research Paper! DESCRIPTION:GHS Education Coordinator Sophia Sineath will present to a grou p of high school seniors working on historical research papers. The presen tation will discuss best practices for historical research and introduce s tudents to the resources available through the GHS Research Center. CATEGORIES:Schools LOCATION:Windsor Forest High School\, 12419 Largo Dr\, Savannah\, GA\, Unit ed States GEO:31.976029;-81.15275500000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=12419 Largo Dr\, Savannah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Windsor Forest High School: geo:31.976029,-81.15275500000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20160905T093000Z DTEND:20160905T153000Z DTSTAMP:20160823T151653Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/heritage-day-at-historic-ebe nezer/ SUMMARY:Heritage Day at Historic Ebenezer DESCRIPTION:As a new feature of the 2016-2017 Georgia History Festival\, GH S will highlight a special event coordinated by an organization within our statewide Affiliate Chapter Program. September’s highlighted affiliate chapter event Heritage Day at Historic Ebenezer is presented by The Georgi a Salzburger Society. This free event will be held on September 5 from 9:3 0 a.m – 3:30 p.m. on the grounds of Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Rincon\ , Georgia. For more information about the 2016 Heritage Day Festival at Hi storic Ebenezer and the Georgia Salzburger Society\, please visit the Hist oric Ebenezer website. CATEGORIES:Affiliate Chapter Events LOCATION:Jerusalem Lutheran Church\, 2980 Ebenezer Road\, Rincon\, GA\, Uni ted States GEO:32.37391100000001;-81.18373689999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2980 Ebenezer Road\, Rincon \, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Jerusalem Lutheran Church :geo:32.37391100000001,-81.18373689999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:24@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160917 DTSTAMP:20160823T133902Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/in-school-presentation-james -oglethorpe-and-the-vision-for-georgia/ SUMMARY:In-School Presentation “James Oglethorpe and the Vision for Georg ia” DESCRIPTION:GHS Education Coordinator Sophia Sineath will lead the eighth-g rade students at Ashworth Middle School through an engaging in-school acti vity. In this activity\, students will explore primary sources from the Ge orgia Historical Society to understand the original vision James Oglethorp e and the Trustees had for their innovative new colony and how successful or unsuccessful they were in making that vision a reality. In the end\, st udents will have a better understanding of the people and events central t o the story of Georgia’s founding and will be able to discuss the legacy of Oglethorpe’s vision for Georgia. CATEGORIES:Schools LOCATION:Ashworth Middle School\, 333 Newtown Rd NE\, Calhoun\, GA\, United States GEO:34.5178414;-84.92457769999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=333 Newtown Rd NE\, Calhoun \, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Ashworth Middle School:ge o:34.5178414,-84.92457769999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:25@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161005 DTSTAMP:20160823T134109Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/archives-month-research-roun d-up-field-trip/ SUMMARY:Archives Month Research Round-Up Field Trip DESCRIPTION:GHS welcomes school groups to the GHS Research Center for uniqu e field trip experience focused on historical research. Utilizing interact ive stations with relevant\, engaging activities\, these experiences intro duce students to the work of historical archives and demystify the process of identifying and using historical resources. CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Schools LOCATION:Georgia Historical Society's Hodgson Hall\, 501 Whitaker Street\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.070385;-81.09668099999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=501 Whitaker Street\, Savan nah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Georgia Historical Soc iety's Hodgson Hall:geo:32.070385,-81.09668099999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161013 DTSTAMP:20160823T134456Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/in-school-presentation-charl es-herty-and-the-economics-of-agriculture/ SUMMARY:In-school Presentation “Charles Herty and the Economics of Agricu lture” DESCRIPTION:GHS Education Coordinator Sophia Sineath will lead the fifth-gr ade students at Ashworth Middle School through an engaging in-school activ ity. In this activity\, students will learn about history\, economics\, an d science by exploring primary and secondary sources related to famous Geo rgia chemist Charles Herty and the impact of his innovative uses of Georgi a’s pine trees to foster economic growth during the Great Depression. CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Schools LOCATION:Washington Park Elementary School\, 721 GA-212\, Monticello\, GA\, United States GEO:33.3086682;-83.7066906 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=721 GA-212\, Monticello\, G A\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Washington Park Elementary Sc hool:geo:33.3086682,-83.7066906 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161018 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161019 DTSTAMP:20160823T134209Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/archives-month-research-roun d-up-field-trip-2/ SUMMARY:Archives Month Research Round-Up Field Trip DESCRIPTION:GHS welcomes school groups to the GHS Research Center for uniqu e field trip experience focused on historical research. Utilizing interact ive stations with relevant\, engaging activities\, these experiences intro duce students to the work of historical archives and demystify the process of identifying and using historical resources. CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Schools LOCATION:Georgia Historical Society's Hodgson Hall\, 501 Whitaker Street\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.070385;-81.09668099999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=501 Whitaker Street\, Savan nah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Georgia Historical Soc iety's Hodgson Hall:geo:32.070385,-81.09668099999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161026 DTSTAMP:20160823T134303Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/archives-month-research-roun d-up-field-trip-3/ SUMMARY:Archives Month Research Round-Up Field Trip DESCRIPTION:GHS welcomes school groups to the GHS Research Center for uniqu e field trip experience focused on historical research. Utilizing interact ive stations with relevant\, engaging activities\, these experiences intro duce students to the work of historical archives and demystify the process of identifying and using historical resources. CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Schools LOCATION:Georgia Historical Society's Hodgson Hall\, 501 Whitaker Street\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.070385;-81.09668099999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=501 Whitaker Street\, Savan nah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Georgia Historical Soc iety's Hodgson Hall:geo:32.070385,-81.09668099999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20161210T083000Z DTEND:20161210T153000Z DTSTAMP:20170105T163815Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/george-washington-innovation -and-entrepreneurship-teacher-workshop/ SUMMARY:George Washington: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Teacher Workshop DESCRIPTION:Georgia teachers are invited to register for a FREE workshop in Savannah\, Georgia hosted by George Washington’s Mount Vernon and the G eorgia Historical Society. As a surveyor\, farmer\, and investor George Wa shington constantly looked for opportunities to harness and manage natural resources and agricultural production for his own economic interest\, as well as for the nation and communities he built. Explore Washington’s bu siness acumen with experts from George Washington’s Mount Vernon and lea rn how inventions can be used as primary sources.\n\nParticipants will hav e the opportunity to tour the exhibits at the Georgia Historical Society a nd take part in a session focused on incorporating STEM into history class rooms. Return to your classroom this fall with new historic and curriculum resources to share with your students.\n\nRegister Now\nSponsored by\n CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Georgia Historical Society's Hodgson Hall\, 501 Whitaker Street\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.070385;-81.09668099999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=501 Whitaker Street\, Savan nah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Georgia Historical Soc iety's Hodgson Hall:geo:32.070385,-81.09668099999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20170204T100000Z DTEND:20170205T160000Z DTSTAMP:20170119T205620Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/colonial-faire-muster/ SUMMARY:Georgia History Festival's Colonial Faire & Muster DESCRIPTION:Audiences of all ages enjoy this popular\, family-friendly annu al living history program at Wormsloe State Historic Site. The event featu res costumed interpreters and vendors offering students and adults a taste of the excitement and adversity of life for the first settlers of colonia l Georgia. Highlights include cannon and musket firing\; blacksmithing\, c raft\, and cooking demonstrations\; Native American life interpretations\; storytelling\; and period music and dance.\n\nFree and open to the public .\nEvent sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n[video width="854" height="480" mp4="http:/ /georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/GEORGIA-HISTORY-FES TIVAL-FAIREMUSTER-30.mp4" poster="http://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-con tent/uploads/2016/08/cfm.jpg"][/video]\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorgia History Festival Sponsors\n\nView the complete list of sponsors.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2014/04/colonial-faire-lg.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Wormsloe State Historic Site\, 7601 Skidaway Road\, Savannah\, GA\ , United States GEO:31.9801627;-81.06926709999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7601 Skidaway Road\, Savann ah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wormsloe State Historic Site:geo:31.9801627,-81.06926709999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20170205T120000Z DTEND:20170205T160000Z DTSTAMP:20170130T194832Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/super-museum-sunday/ SUMMARY:Georgia History Festival's Super Museum Sunday DESCRIPTION:Multiple sites throughout Georgia\n\nGeorgians and visitors ali ke experience our state’s rich history and cultural life as historic sit es\, house museums\, art museums\, and other points of interest in Savanna h and throughout Georgia open their doors to the public\, providing an exc eptional opportunity to experience the history in our own backyard. Over s eventy cultural institutions participate in this popular annual family eve nt.\n\nFree and open to the public.\n\n[video width="854" height="480" mp4 ="http://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/GEORGIA-HIS TORY-FESTIVAL-SMS.mp4" poster="http://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2015/04/sms.jpg"][/video]\nEvent sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorg ia History Festival Sponsors\n\nView the complete list of sponsors.\n\n\n\ n\nSuper Museum Sunday Participating Site Map\nNEW! Printable 2017 Super M useum Sunday Map (PDF)\n\nUse the map's zoom controls to see all participa ting sites in any region of the state. Click here to view a full screen ve rsion of the map. The participating sites are listed below the map\, along with contact information and any alternate hours. The map and list of sit es will continue to be updated as new sites are confirmed.\n\n\n\n\n\nOrga nization\nPhysical Address\nContact\nNotes / Alternate Hours\n\n\n\nAndalu sia Farm\n2628 N. Columbia Street\nMilledgeville\, GA 31061\n478-454-4029\ n\nWebsite\n10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nAndrew Low House Museum\n329 Aberc orn Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-233-6854\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nAugusta Mu seum of History\n560 Reynolds Street\nAugusta\, GA 30901\n706-722-8454\n\n Website\n1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nBeach Institute African American Cultu ral Center\n502 East Harris Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-335-8868\n\nW ebsite\n3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.\n\n\nThe Bloody Marsh Unit\nOff of Demere Ro ad\nSt. Simons Island\, GA 31522\n912-638-3630\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nBloomingd ale History Museum and Visitors Center\n205 E. Hwy 80\nBloomingdale\, GA 3 1302\nWebsite\n\n\n\nBonaventure Historical Society\n330 Bonaventure Road\ nSavannah\, GA 31410\nWebsite\nTours at 2:00 p.m.\, 2:30 p.m.\, and 3:00 p .m.\n\n\nBurke County Museum\n536 S. Liberty Street\nWaynesboro\, GA 30830 \n706-554-4889\n\nWebsite\n1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nChickamauga &\; C hattanooga National Military Park\n3370 Lafayette Road\nFort Oglethorpe\, GA 30742\n706-866-9241\n\nWebsite\nPlease note that park entrance fee must be paid.\n\n\nChief Vann House State Historic Site\n82 Highway 225 N\nCha tsworth\, GA 30705\n706-695-2598\n\nWebsite\n1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nCo astal Georgia Botanical Gardens\n2 Canebrake Road\nSavannah\, GA 31419\n91 2-921-5460\n\nWebsite\n12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nCongregation Mickve Isr ael\n20 E Gordon Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-233-1547\n\nWebsite\n1:0 0 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nDahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site\n1 Public Squa re\nDahlonega\, GA 30533\n706-864-2251\n\nWebsite\n10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.\ n\n\nDavenport House Museum\n324 East State Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n9 12-236-8097\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nEtowah Indian Mounds Historic Site\n813 Indi an Mound Road SE\nCartersville\, GA 30120\n770-387-3747\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\n First African Baptist Church\n23 Montgomery Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n9 12-233-2244\n\nWebsite\n1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nFirst Bryan Baptist Chu rch\n575 W. Bryan Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-232-5526\n\nWebsite\n2: 00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nFlannery O'Connor Childhood Home Foundation\, Inc .\n207 East Charlton Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-233-6014\n\nWebsite\ n1:00 p.m. - 4:00 pm\n\n\nFort Frederica National Monument\n6515 Frederica Road\nSt. Simons Island\, GA 31522\n912-638-3630\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nFort K ing George\n302 MacIntosh Road\, SE\nDarien\, GA 31305\n912-437-4770\n\nWe bsite\n9:00 a.m. - 5:00 pm\n\n\nFort McAllister Historic Park\n3894 Fort M cAllister Road\nRichmond Hill\, GA 31324\n912-727-2339\n\nWebsite\n 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 pm\n\n\nFort Morris Historic Site\n2559 Fort Morris Road\nMidw ay\, GA 31320\n912-884-5999\n\nWebsite\n 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 pm\n\n\nFort Pu laski National Monument\nUS Highway 80 E (Entrance on McQueen's Island)\nS avannah\, GA 31410\n(912) 786-5787\n\nWebsite\n9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. \n\n\ nFunk Heritage Center\n7300 Reinhardt Circle\nWaleska\, Ga 30183\n770-720- 5970\n\nWebsite\n1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nGeechee Kunda\nTake Hwy. 17 th rough Riceboro. Travel approximately 4.6 miles and turn left onto Ways Tem ple Road\, Geechee Kunda is on the right 0.2 miles.\n912-884-4440\n\nWebsi te\n\n\n\nGeorgia Historical Society\n501 Whitaker Street\nSavannah\, GA 3 1401\n912-651-2128\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nGeorgia Salzburger Society Museum and Jerusalem Lutheran Church\n2980 Ebenezer Road\nRincon 31326\n912-754-7001 \n\nWebsite\n12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nGeorgia Southern University Museu m\n2142 Southern Drive\nRosenwald Building\nStatesboro\, GA 30458\n912-478 -5444\n\nWebsite\n2:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.\n\n\nGeorgia State Railroad Museum\ n655 Louisville Road\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-651-6823\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\n Girl Scout First Headquarters Museum and Program Center\n330 Drayton Stree t (Behind the Andrew Low House)\n888-223-3883\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nGreen-Meld rim House\n14 W Macon Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-233-3845\n\nWebsite \n2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nHarper Fowlkes House\n230 Barnard Street\nSav annah\, GA 31401\n912-234-2180\n\nWebsite\n1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nHist orical Dorchester Academy\n8787 Oglethorpe Highway\nMidway\, GA 31320\n912 -884-2347\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nHistoric Effingham Society Museum and Living H istory Site\n1002 Pine Street\nSpringfield\, GA 31329\n912-754-2170\n\nWeb site\n\n\n\nHistoric Springfield Baptist Church\n114 12th Street\nAugusta\ , GA 30901\n706-724-1056 / 706-724-3576\n\nWebsite\n12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p. m.\nHosted by Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History.\nSMS experiences i ncludes light refreshments and further adventures in Springfield Village\, the Riverwalk\, and Downtown Historic District.\n\n\nHofwyl-Broadfield Pl antation Historic Site\n5556 U.S. Highway 17 N\nBrunswick\, GA 31525\n912- 264-7333\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nJarrell Plantation Historic Site\n711 Jarrell P lantation Road\nJuliette\, GA 31046\n478-986-5172\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nJuliet te Gordon Low Birthplace\, National Historic Landmark\n10 E. Oglethorpe Av enue\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-233-4501\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nKing Tisdell Cot tage\n514 E. Huntingdon Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-335-8868\n\nWebsi te\n3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.\n\n\nKolomoki Mounds State Park\n205 Indian Moun ds Road\nBlakely\, GA 39823\n877-591-5575\n\nWebsite\n8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m .\n\n\nLawton Museum at Magnolia Springs State Park\n1053 Magnolia Springs Drive\nMillen\, GA 30442\n478-982-1660\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nLiberty Hall at A.H. Stephens State Park\n456 Alexander Street NW\nCrawfordville\, GA 3063 1\n706-456-2602\n\nWebsite\n9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nLongview Farm and M useum\n161 Museum Road\nSwainsboro\, GA 30401\n478-237-6426\n\nWebsite\n9: 00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nThe Lucas Theatre\n32 Abercorn Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\nWebsite\n\n912-525-5040\n1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nMarietta Mu seum of History\n1 Depot Street\nMarietta GA 30060\n770-794-5710\n\nWebsit e\n\n\n\nMassie Heritage Center\n207 E. Gordon Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401 \n912-395-5070\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nMidway Museum\n491 N. Coastal Highway\nMi dway\, GA 31320\n912-884-5837\n\nWebsite\n1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nMille nium Gate Museum\n395 17th Street NW\nAtlanta\, 30363\n404-881-0900\n\nWeb site\n\n\n\nMoore Methodist Museum\n100 Arthur J. Moore Drive\nSt. Simons Island\, GA 31522\n912-638-4050\n\nWebsite\n10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nMu seum of History and Holocaust Education at Kennesaw State University\n3333 Busbee Drive\nKennesaw\, GA 30144\n(470)578-2083\n\nWebsite\n12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nNational Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force\n175 Bourne Avenue\nPooler\, GA 31322\n912-748-8888\n\nWebsite\n9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. \n\n\nNew Echota Historic Site\n1211 Chatsworth Hwy NE\nCalhoun\, GA 30701 \n706-624-1321\n\nWebsite\n9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nOatland Island Wildl ife Center\n711 Sandtown Road\nSavannah\, GA 31410\n912-395-1212\n\nWebsit e\n10:00 am - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nOcmulgee National Monument\n1207 Emery Highwa y\nMacon GA 31217\n478-752-8257\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nOld Fort Jackson\n1 Fort Jackson Road\nSavannah 31404\n912-232-3945\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nOld Governor 's Mansion\n120 South Clarke Street\nMilledgeville\, GA 31061\n 478-445-4 545\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nOssabaw Island\n35 Diamond Causeway\nSavannah\, GA 3 1411\n912-233-5104\n\nWebsite\nRodney J. Hall Boat Ramp\, at the foot of t he Skidaway Narrows Bridge\nDepature: 12:00 p.m.\nReturn to mainland: appr oximately 4:30 p.m.\n$30/person (cash or check)\; first come first served\ ; waiting list/line starts at 10:30 a.m.\n\n\n\nPickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site\n4432 Mount Tabor Church Road\nDallas\, GA 30157\n770-443-7 850\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nPin Point Heritage Museum\n9924 Pin Point Avenue\nSa vannah\, GA 31406\n912-355-0064\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nRalph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum\n460 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n9 12-777-6099\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nRevolutionary Battlefield Memorial Park\n303 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-651-6825\n\nWebs ite\n\n\n\nRichmond Hill Historical Society\n11460 Ford Avenue\nRichmond H ill\, GA 31324\n912-756-3697\n\nWebsite\n11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nRoose velt's Little White House Historic Site\n401 Little White House Road\nWarm Springs\, GA 31830\n706-655-5870\n\nWebsite\n9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.\n\n\nR uth Hartley Mosley Women's Center\n626 Spring Street\nMacon\, GA 31201\n47 8-742-6409\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nSavannah Area Council of Garden Clubs Botanic al Gardens\n1388 Eisenhower Drive\nSavannah\, GA 31406\n912-355-3883\n\nWe bsite\n Gardens\, All Day - House is closed\n\n\nSavannah Children's Museu m\n655 Louisville Road\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-651-4292\n\nWebsite\n\n\n \nSavannah History Museum\n303 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-651-6825\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nSavannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum &a mp\; Nature Center\n681 Fort Argyle Road (Route 204)\n2.3 miles past I-95\ nSavannah\, GA 31419\n912-748-8068\n10:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.\n\n\nSCAD FASH M useum of Fashion &\; Film\n1600 Peachtree Street NW\nAtlanta\, GA 30309 \n404-253-3132\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nSCAD Museum of Art\n601 Turner Blvd.\nSav annah\, GA 31401\n912-525-7191\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nSeven Springs Museum at t he Bodiford House\n4355 Marietta Street\nPowder Springs\, GA 30127\n678-62 6-0799\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nShips of the Sea Museum\n41 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-232-1511\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nSt. John's Church\n1 W Macon Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-232-1251\n\nWebsite\n2: 00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nSt. Simons Lighthouse Museum\n610 Beachview Drive \nSt. Simons Island\, GA 31522\n912-638-4666\n\nWebsite\n1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\; last climb at 4:30 p.m.\n\n\nThe Columbus Museum\n1251 Wynnton Road \nColumbus\, GA 31906\n706-748-2562\n\nWebsite\n1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\ nTelfair Academy of Arts and Sciences\n121 Barnard Street\nTelfair Square\ nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-790-8800\n\nWebsite\n1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n Telfair's Jepson Center for the Arts\n207 W. York Street\nSavannah\, GA 31 401\n912-790-8800\n\nWebsite\n1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nTelfair's Owens-T homas House\n124 Abercorn Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-790-8800\n\nWeb site\n1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nThomas County Historical Society\n725 N. Dawson St.\nThomasville\, Georgia 31799\n229-226-7664\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nTh underbolt Historical Society\n2702 Mechanics Avenue\nThunderbolt\, GA 3140 4\n912-351-0836\n\nWebsite\n1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nTraveler's Rest His toric Site\n4339 Riverdale Road\nToccoa\, GA 30577\n706-886-2256\n\nWebsit e\n9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nTybee Island Light Station and Museum\n30 Me ddin Drive\nTybee Island\, GA 31328\n912-786-5801\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nTybee Island Marine Science Center\n1509 Strand Street\nTybee Island\, GA 31328\ n912-786-5917\n\nWebsite\n10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nTybee Post Theater\n 10 Van Horne Avenue\nTybee Island\, GA 31328\n912-472-4790\n\nWebsite\n12: 00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.\n\n\nUGA Marine Education Center &\; Aquarium\n30 O cean Science Circle\nSavannah\, GA 31411\n912-598-2496\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nW ebb Military Museum\n411 E. York Street\nSavannah\, GA 31401\n912-663-0398 \n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nWilliam Root House Museum and Garden\n80 N Marietta Par kway\nMarietta\, GA 30064\n770-426-4982\n\nWebsite\n\n\n\nWormsloe Histori c Site\n7601 Skidaway Road\nSavannah\, GA 31406\n912-353-3023\n\nWebsite\n \n\n\n\n \;\nSuper Museum Sunday Spotlights\n[catlist id=25 numberpost s=50 after='20016/05/01'] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2014/04/super-museum-sunday.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20170210T104500Z DTEND:20170210T104500Z DTSTAMP:20170120T194814Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/ga-day-parade/ SUMMARY:Georgia History Festival’s Georgia Day Parade DESCRIPTION:As part of the annual commemoration of the founding of the Geor gia colony of February 12\, 1733 by James Edward Oglethorpe\, a tradition dating back to the earliest years of the colony’s founding\, we invite y ou to join us as students\, musicians\, local dignitaries\, and costumed h istorical figures march through Savannah’s historic squares during this beloved annual event. The 2017 Georgia Day Parade will be held on February 10\, beginning at 10:45 a.m. Free and open to the public.\n\nSpecial Geor gia Day Parade coverage by\n\n\nPlease note\, the rain date for the parade is February 13.\n[video width="854" height="480" mp4="http://georgiahisto ryfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/GHF-GEORGIA-DAY-PARADE.mp4" post er="http://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/parade.jp g"][/video]\n\n\n\n2017 Georgia Day Parade and Banner Competition Sign Up\ nGeorgia Day Parade Information Packet\nPlease submit the following form t o participate!\n\n[ninja_forms id=34]\nEvent sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeo rgia History Festival Sponsors\n\nView the complete list of sponsors.\n\n\ n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/04/georgia-day-parade-lg.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Forsyth Park\, Bull and Gaston\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.0702267;-81.0952297 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bull and Gaston\, Savannah\ , GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Forsyth Park:geo:32.070226 7,-81.0952297 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20170213T104500Z DTEND:20170213T104500Z DTSTAMP:20161205T222218Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/rain-date-for-the-2017-georg ia-day-parade/ SUMMARY:Rain Date for the 2017 Georgia Day Parade DESCRIPTION:In the event of inclement weather\, the 2017 Georgia Day Parade will be held on Monday\, February 13\, beginning at 10:45 a.m. LOCATION:Forsyth Park\, Bull and Gaston\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.0702267;-81.0952297 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bull and Gaston\, Savannah\ , GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Forsyth Park:geo:32.070226 7,-81.0952297 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20170218T190000Z DTEND:20170218T190000Z DTSTAMP:20181205T200154Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2017-georgia-history-festiva l-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2017 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:Sold Out!\nCelebrate with Georgia’s finest at the 2017 Truste es Gala\, “Just My Imagination\,” a memorable evening of dinner\, danc ing\, and lively conversation with the 2017 Georgia Trustees\, F. Duane Ac kerman and A.D. "Pete" Correll. This elegant evening\, held annually in Sa vannah\, is your not-to-be-missed opportunity to mix and mingle with the  most prominent influencers in business\, government\, and philanthropy f rom across the state.\n\nThis year the Office of the Governor and the Geor gia Historical Society will induct A.D. “Pete” Correll\, retired Chair man of the Board and CEO of Georgia-Pacific and F. Duane Ackerman\, retire d chairman and CEO of the BellSouth Corporation as the newest Georgia Trus tees\, the highest honor the State of Georgia can bestow.\n\nIn conjunctio n with the Governor’s Office\, the Georgia Historical Society reestablis hed the Georgia Trustees in 2008 as a way of recognizing Georgians whose a ccomplishments and community service reflect the highest ideals of the fou nding body of Trustees. The original Georgia Trustees\, a governing body c hartered and appointed by His Majesty King George II of England in 1732 to establish a new colony in North America\, founded Georgia upon the princi ple of Non Sibi\, Sed Aliis\, “Not for Self but for Others.” The Gove rnor annually appoints new Trustees whose history-making accomplishments a nd service reflect the original Trustees’ ideals.\n\nThis year’s gala theme\, “Just My Imagination\,” puts a 1970’s twist on what will pro ve to be a  memorable evening of dinner and dancing.  In addition\, gues ts will enjoy a lively conversation with the 2017 Georgia Trustees.\n\nYou ’ll be transported back to the 1970s\, with retro cocktails at the Studi o 1733 Lounge\, where the Tiger Beat generation meets the era’s glamorou s and glittery disco club scene. Attendees will be dazzled by the menu ins pired by the 1970s steakhouse craze.  Make sure you bring your Boogie Sho es\, as the evening will conclude with dancing with DJ Rehab\, featuring a ll the sounds and beats of the 1970’s disco era.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView a lis t of the 2017 Georgia History Festival sponsors. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/08/gala-panorama.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Trustees Gala LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Savannah\, 2 West Bay St\, Savannah\, GA\, United St ates GEO:32.0815969;-81.09150160000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2 West Bay St\, Savannah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Hyatt Regency Savannah:geo:3 2.0815969,-81.09150160000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:40@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171014 DTSTAMP:20171010T193822Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/georgia-council-for-the-soci al-studies-conference-2/ SUMMARY:Georgia Council for the Social Studies Conference DESCRIPTION:GHS will be at the 2017 Georgia Council for the Social Studies Conference\, held in Athens on October 12 and 13. Stop by our exhibit boot h and learn about Georgia History Festival resources and events.\n\nVisit the GCSS website for information about the conference and registration. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/05/gcss-conference.jpg CATEGORIES:Education LOCATION:Classic Center\, 300 N Thomas St\, Athens\, GA\, United States GEO:33.9604706;-83.37310439999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=300 N Thomas St\, Athens\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Classic Center:geo:33.960470 6,-83.37310439999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:42@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20171013T150000Z DTEND:20171013T150000Z DTSTAMP:20171020T204159Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/historical-marker-dedication -the-berrien-house/ SUMMARY:Historical Marker Dedication: The Berrien House DESCRIPTION:Please join the Georgia Historical Society for the dedication o f a new historical marker for the Berrien House. The dedication will be he ld on Friday\, October 13\, 2017\, at 3:00 p.m.\n\nThe Berrien House\n 322 East Broughton Street\n Savannah\, GA 31401\n\nThe marker reads:\nThe Ber rien House\n (c. 1791)\nMajor John Berrien (1760-1815) was a Revolutionary War officer who served at Valley Forge and fought at the Battle of Monmou th. Berrien\, a New Jersey native who moved to Georgia in 1775\, was an or iginal member of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Georgia. Pr esident George Washington appointed Berrien as Inspector of Revenue of the Port of Savannah in 1792. Berrien\, who lived at this site\, also served as alderman and state treasurer. His son\, John Macpherson Berrien\, “Am erica’s Cicero\,” lived here from 1822 until his death in 1856\, havin g served as a US senator\, Attorney General under Andrew Jackson\, and fir st president of the Georgia Historical Society. Political ally Henry Clay stayed here during his 1844 presidential campaign.\nErected by the Georgia Historical Society\, National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century\, Adam Brinson I\, Georgia\, \n and the Berrien House Trust CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Historical Markers LOCATION:The Berrien House\, 322 East Broughton Street\, Savannah\, GA\, 31 401\, United States GEO:32.078032;-81.08776699999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=322 East Broughton Street\, Savannah\, GA\, 31401\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Berr ien House:geo:32.078032,-81.08776699999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20171026T110000Z DTEND:20171026T110000Z DTSTAMP:20171020T203455Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/historical-marker-dedication -alonzo-herndon/ SUMMARY:Historical Marker Dedication: Alonzo Herndon DESCRIPTION:The Georgia Historical Society will dedicate a new historical m arker for Alonzo Herndon in Atlanta on Thursday\, October 26\, 2017\, at 1 1:00 a.m. The historical marker will be erected in the Sweet Auburn histor ic district of Atlanta\, where Herndon's Atlanta Life Insurance Company ha d its beginnings.\n\n100 Auburn Avenue\, NE\nAtlanta\, GA 30303\n\nThe mar ker reads:\nAlonzo Herndon\n 1858-1927\nAlonzo Herndon was born into slave ry in Walton County\, Georgia\, in 1858. After moving to segregated Atlant a\, Herndon opened several barbershops\, including the upscale Crystal Pal ace in 1902. In 1905\, he purchased a small mutual aid association that ev entually became the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Headquartered here on Auburn Avenue\, it grew into one of the country’s most successful black- owned businesses. A founding member of the National Business League organi zed by Booker T. Washington in 1900\, and of the Niagara Movement (forerun ner of the NAACP) organized by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1905\, Herndon became n oted for his involvement in and support of local organizations devoted to advancing African-American business and community life. One of Atlanta’s most important twentieth-century entrepreneurs\, Herndon died in 1927 and is buried in South-View Cemetery.\nErected by the Georgia Historical Soci ety\, Georgia State University\, Atlanta Student Movement Veterans of the 1960s\, and District Two\, Atlanta City Council CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Historical Markers LOCATION:Georgia State University Honors College\, 100 Auburn Avenue\, NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30303\, United States GEO:33.75586699999999;-84.38355560000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=100 Auburn Avenue\, NE\, At lanta\, GA\, 30303\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Georgia Stat e University Honors College:geo:33.75586699999999,-84.38355560000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:35@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20171102T180000Z DTEND:20171102T180000Z DTSTAMP:20171011T150511Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/thomas-jefferson-leadership- in-a-revolutionary-world/ SUMMARY:Thomas Jefferson: Leadership in a Revolutionary World DESCRIPTION:A Conversation with Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner Dr. Alan Tay lor\nGeorgia Historical Society and UVaClub of Savannah will host an eveni ng with Dr. Alan Taylor\, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Chair at the Univers ity of Virginia\, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner\, winner of the Bancroft Prize\, and a National Book Award finalist.\n\nNovember 2\, 2017\, at 6:00 p.m. Free and open to the public\n\nChrist Church Episcopal - Savannah\nJ ohnson Square\n28 Bull Street\, Savannah\, Georgia\, 31401\n\n\nPresented by\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Dr. Alan Taylor\n\nFaculty page at the University of Virginia\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2017/07/jefferson-banner.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs LOCATION:Christ Church Episcopal\, 28 Bull Street\, Savannah\, GA\, 31401\, United States GEO:32.0795366;-81.09078299999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=28 Bull Street\, Savannah\, GA\, 31401\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Christ Church Episc opal:geo:32.0795366,-81.09078299999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:38@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20171102T193000Z DTEND:20171102T193000Z DTSTAMP:20171102T134638Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/the-culinary-thomas-jefferso n/ SUMMARY:The Culinary Thomas Jefferson DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out. Please call 912-651-2125\, ext. 110 for waitlisting.\nJoin the Olde Pink House Restaurant and the Georgia Histori cal Society for cocktails and a specially-curated menu inspired by the lav ish hospitality enjoyed at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.\nShare a toast with our honored guest Dr. Alan Taylor\, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner a nd Thomas Jefferson Foundation Chair at the University of Virginia. Dine\, as Daniel Webster observed\, in Jefferson’s “half Virginian\, half Fr ench style\, in good taste and abundance” and enjoy lively conversation throughout the evening with your fellow post-revolutionary Americans.\nFea turing period materials from the archival collections of the Georgia Histo rical Society.\n\nCost: $125 GHS and UVaClub members/$175 non-members.\n\n \n\nThe Olde Pink House Restaurant\n23 Abercorn Street\nSavannah\, GA 3140 1\n\nSpecial thanks to Doug and Lila Hertz.\n\nView the event invitation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2017/09/jefferson-banner2.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival LOCATION:The Olde Pink House\, 23 Abercorn Street\, Savannah\, GA\, 31401\, United States GEO:32.0796532;-81.0898128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=23 Abercorn Street\, Savann ah\, GA\, 31401\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Olde Pink H ouse:geo:32.0796532,-81.0898128 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:43@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171111 DTSTAMP:20171020T210303Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/georgia-educational-technolo gy-conference/ SUMMARY:Georgia Educational Technology Conference DESCRIPTION:GHS will be exhibiting and presenting at the 2017 GaETC Confere nce in Atlanta November 8-10. For more information\, visit the GaETC Confe rence website. CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Georgia International Convention Center\, 2000 Convention Center C oncourse\, Atlanta\, GA\, United States GEO:33.6456779;-84.45749810000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2000 Convention Center Conc ourse\, Atlanta\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Georgia In ternational Convention Center:geo:33.6456779,-84.45749810000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:39@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20171205T083000Z DTEND:20171205T153000Z DTSTAMP:20170928T210843Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/professional-development-wor kshop-using-primary-sources-in-the-classroom/ SUMMARY:Professional Development Workshop: Using Primary Sources in the Cla ssroom DESCRIPTION:Opening America’s Archives: Using Primary Sources in the Clas sroom\nWednesday\, December 5\, 2017 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.\n Okefenokee RESA\n 1450 N. Augusta Avenue\n Waycross\, GA 31503\n\n\n\nPresented by th e Georgia Historical Society\, this one-day course will explore the value of using primary sources across disciplines and will introduce participant s to the library and archival collections of the Georgia Historical Societ y\, Library of Congress\, and other repositories across Georgia and the co untry. Participants will also learn tips\, tools\, and techniques for enga ging students in exploration and study of primary sources in the classroom with a focus on historical inquiry.\n\nTopics covered will include:\n\n What are primary sources and why should I use them in the classroom?\n Wh ere can I find primary sources?\n What are the best practices for searchi ng online databases for primary sources?\n How do I design lessons and ac tivities with primary sources?\n\nRegistration required. Please visit http ://www.ciclt.net/sn/resa/recl_application.aspx?ClientCode=okresa&\;CL_I D=102010. CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Okefenokee RESA\, 1450 N. Augusta Avenue\, Waycross\, GA\, United States GEO:31.2354033;-82.38256150000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1450 N. Augusta Avenue\, Wa ycross\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Okefenokee RESA:geo :31.2354033,-82.38256150000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20180209T104500Z DTEND:20180209T104500Z DTSTAMP:20180208T213509Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2018-georgia-day-parade/ SUMMARY:2018 Georgia Day Parade DESCRIPTION:As part of the annual commemoration of the founding of the Geor gia colony of February 12\, 1733 by James Edward Oglethorpe\, a tradition dating back to the earliest years of the colony’s founding\, we invite y ou to join us as students\, musicians\, local dignitaries\, and costumed h istorical figures march through Savannah’s historic squares during this beloved annual event. The 2018 Georgia Day Parade will be held on February 9\, beginning at 10:45 a.m. Free and open to the public.\n\nIf you can’ t make it down to the parade\, you can tune in to watch on WSAV on-air or online from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.\nEvent sponsored by\n\n\nEducators\, please click here to sign your students up to participate!\nPlease note\, the rain date for the parade is February 12.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2016/03/ghsp_43.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs,Schools LOCATION:Forsyth Park\, Bull and Gaston\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.0702267;-81.0952297 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bull and Gaston\, Savannah\ , GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Forsyth Park:geo:32.070226 7,-81.0952297 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20180210T100000Z DTEND:20180211T160000Z DTSTAMP:20180116T185225Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2018-colonial-faire-muster/ SUMMARY:2018 Colonial Faire & Muster DESCRIPTION:The 2018 Colonial Faire &\; Muster will be held on Saturday and Sunday\, February 10 and 11\, at Wormsloe Historic Site in Savannah. T he event will run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on both days. Free and open to the public.\n\nAudiences of all ages enjoy this popular\, family-frien dly annual living history program at Wormsloe State Historic Site. The eve nt features costumed interpreters and vendors offering students and adults a taste of the excitement and adversity of life for the first settlers of colonial Georgia.\nSponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2014/04/colonial-faire-lg.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs LOCATION:Wormsloe State Historic Site\, 7601 Skidaway Road\, Savannah\, GA\ , United States GEO:31.9801594;-81.0692444 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7601 Skidaway Road\, Savann ah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wormsloe State Historic Site:geo:31.9801594,-81.0692444 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:33@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20180211T120000Z DTEND:20180211T160000Z DTSTAMP:20180201T192447Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2018-super-museum-sunday/ SUMMARY:2018 Super Museum Sunday DESCRIPTION:The Georgia History Festival's Super Museum Sunday will be held on Sunday\, February 11\, 2018\, at participating sites throughout Georgi a.\n\nGeorgians and visitors alike experience our state’s rich history a nd cultural life as historic sites\, house museums\, art museums\, and oth er points of interest in Savannah and throughout Georgia open their doors to the public\, providing an exceptional opportunity to experience the his tory in our own backyard.\n\nFree and open to the public. Sites offer free admission from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. unless alternate hours are noted.\ n\nDownload the Super Museum Sunday map and site list. \n\nEvent sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipating 2018 Super Museum Sunday Sites\n\n\n\n\nAnd alusia Farm\n\n2628 N. Columbia St.\, Milledgeville\n\n478-454-4029 | Hour s: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.\, tours on the hour with last tour at 4 p.m.\n\n\nAndre w Low House Museum\n\n329 Abercorn St.\, Savannah\n\n912-233-1828\n\n\nAug usta Museum of History\n\n560 Reynolds St.\, Augusta\n\n706-722-8454\n\n\n Beach Institute African American Cultural Center\n\n502 East Harris St.\, Savannah\n\n912-335-8868 | Hours: 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.\n\n\nBloomingdale Histor y Museum &\; Visitors Center\n\n205 E. Hwy 80\, Bloomingdale\n\n912-748 -0970\n\n\nBlunt House\n\n506 S. Thornton Ave.\, Dalton\n\n706-278-0217\n\ n\nBonaventure Historical Society\n\n330 Bonaventure Rd.\, Savannah\n\n912 -412-4687 | Hours: Visitor center at\n10 a.m. - 4 p.m.\; tours at 2\, 2:30 \, and 3.\n\n\nBurke County Archives\n\n403 Old Herndon Rd.\, Waynesboro\n Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\nBurke County Museum\n\n536 S. Liberty St.\, Wa ynesboro\n\n706-554-4889\n\n\nCalvary Episcopal Church\n\n408 S. Lee St.\, Americus\n\n229-924-3908\n\n\nChatsworth Depot\n\n500 N. 1st Ave.\, Chats worth\n\n706-278-0217\n\n\nChickamauga &\; Chattanooga National Militar y Park\n\n3370 Lafayette Rd.\, Fort Oglethorpe\n\n706-866-9241 | $5/person (ages 16+) to enter Point Park on Lookout Mountain\n\n\nChief Vann House State Historic Site\n\n82 Hwy 225 N\, Chatsworth\n\n706-695-2598 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nCoastal Georgia Botanical Gardens\n\n2 Canebrake Rd.\ , Savannah\n\n912-921-5460\n\n\nCongregation Mickve Israel\n\n20 E Gordon St.\, Savannah\n\n912-233-1547 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\nCrown Gardens &\; Archives\n\n715 Chattanooga Ave.\, Dalton\n\n706-278-0217\n\n\nDah lonega Gold Museum Historic Site\n\n1 Public Square\, Dahlonega\n\n706-864 -2257 | Hours: 10 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.\n\n\nDavenport House Museum\n\n324 East State St.\, Savannah\n\n912-236-8097\n\n\nEtowah Indian Mounds Historic S ite\n\n813 Indian Mound Rd. SE\, Cartersville\n\n770-387-3747\n\n\nFirst A frican Baptist Church\n\n23 Montgomery St.\, Savannah\n\n912-233-2244 | Ho urs: 1 p.m. - 4 p..m.\n\n\nFirst Bryan Baptist Church\n\n575 W. Bryan St.\ , Savannah\n\n912-232-5526 | Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\nFlannery O’C onnor Childhood Home Foundation\, Inc.\n\n207 East Charlton St.\, Savannah \n\n912-233-6014 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 pm\n\n\nFort Frederica National Mon ument\n\n6515 Frederica Rd.\, St. Simons Island\n\n912-638-3639 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nFort King George\n\n302 MacIntosh Rd.\, SE\, Darien\n\ n912-437-4770 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nFort McAllister Historic Park\ n\n3894 Fort McAllister Rd.\, Richmond Hill\n\n912-727-2339 | Hours: 9 a.m . - 5 p.m.\n\n\nFort Morris Historic Site\n\n2559 Fort Morris Rd.\, Midway \n\n912-884-5999 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nFort Pulaski National Monum ent\n\nUS Highway 80 E\, Savannah\n(Entrance on McQueen’s Island)\n\n912 -786-8182 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nFunk Heritage Center\n\n7300 Reinh ardt Circle\, Waleska\n\n770-720-5970 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nGirl S cout First Headquarters Museum and Program Center\n330 Drayton St.\, Sava nnah(Behind the Andrew Low House)\n\n888-223-3883\n\n\nGeorgia Historical Society\n\n501 Whitaker St.\, Savannah\n\n912-651-2125\n\n\nGeorgia Salzbu rger Society Museum and Jerusalem Lutheran Church\n\n2980 Ebenezer Rd.\, Rincon\n\n912-754-7001\n\n\nGeorgia Southern University Museum\n\n2142 Sou thern Dr.\, Rosenwald Building\, Statesboro\n\n912-478-5444\n\n\nGeorgia S tate Railroad Museum\n\n655 Louisville Rd.\, Savannah\n\n912-651-6823\n\n\ nGeorgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion\n\n120 South Clarke St.\, Milledgevi lle\n\n478-445-4545 | Hours: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.\, all tours on the hour and t he last tour at 4 p.m.\n\n\nGreen-Meldrim House\n\n14 W. Macon St.\, Savan nah\n\n912-233-3845 | Hours: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\nHamilton House\n\n701 Ch attanooga Ave.\, Dalton\n\n706-278-0217\n\n\nHarper Fowlkes House\n\n230 B arnard St.\, Savannah\n\n912-234-2180 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\nHistor ic Effingham Society Museum and Living History Site\n\n1009 Pine St. N.\, Springfield\n\n912-754-2170\n\n\nHofwyl-Broadfield Plantation Historic Sit e\n\n5556 U.S. Hwy 17 N\, Brunswick\n\n912-264-7333 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p. m.\n\n\nHuff House\n\n314 N. Selvidge St.\, Dalton\n\n706-278-0217\n\n\nIT PA Telephone Museum\n\n438 W. Oglethorpe Hwy.\, Hinesville\n\n912-408-4872 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.\n\n\nJarrell Plantation Historic Site\n\n711 Jar rell Plantation Rd.\, Juliette\n\n478-986-5172\n\n\nJuliette Gordon Low Bi rthplace\, National Historic Landmark\n\n10 E. Oglethorpe Ave.\, Savannah\ n\n912-233-4501\n\n\nKing Tisdell Cottage\n\n514 E. Huntingdon St.\, Savan nah\n\n912-335-8868 | Hours: 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.\n\n\nKolomoki Mounds State Pa rk\n\n205 Indian Mounds Rd.\, Blakely\n\n877-591-5575 | Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nLawton Museum at Magnolia Springs State Park\n\n1053 Magnolia Sp rings Dr.\, Millen\n\n478-982-1660 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nLiberty H all at A.H. Stephens State Park\n\n456 Alexander St. NW\, Crawfordville\n\ n706-456-2602 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nLongview Farm and Museum\n\n16 1 Museum Rd.\, Swainsboro\n\n478-237-6426\n\n\nLookout Mountain Battlefiel d Visitor Center &\; Museum\n\n110 Point Park Rd.\, Lookout Mountain\, TN\n\n706-866-9241 | $5/person (ages 16+) to enter Point Park on Lookout M ountain\n\n\nLucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History\n\n1116 Phillips St. \, Augusta\n\n706-724-3576 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\nMarietta Museum o f History\n\n1 Depot St.\, Marietta\n\n770-794-5710\n\n\nMassie Heritage C enter\n\n207 E. Gordon St.\, Savannah\n\n912-395-5070\n\n\nMidway Museum\n \n491 N. Coastal Hwy\, Midway\n\n912-884-5837\n\n\nMillennium Gate Museum\ n\n395 17th St NW\, Atlanta\n\n404-881-0900\n\n\nMother Mathilda Beasley C ottage\n\n500 East Broad St\, Savannah\n\n912-652-6780\n\n\nMuseum of Hist ory and Holocaust Education at Kennesaw State University\n\n3333 Busbee D r.\, Kennesaw\n\n470-578-2083\n\n\nNational Museum of the Mighty Eighth Ai r Force\n\n175 Bourne Avenue\, Pooler\n\n912-748-8888 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nNew Echota Historic Site\n\n1211 Chatsworth Hwy NE\, Calhoun\n\n 706-624-1321 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nOatland Island Wildlife Center\ n\n711 Sandtown Rd.\, Savannah\n\n912-395-1500 | Hours: 10 am - 4 p.m.\n\n \nOcmulgee National Monument\n\n1207 Emery Hwy\, Macon\n\n478-752-8257 | H ours: 9 a.m. -5 p.m.\n\n\nOld Fort Jackson\n\n1 Fort Jackson Rd.\, Savanna h\n\n912-232-3945\n\n\nOld Liberty County Jail\n\n302 South Main Street\, Hinesville\n\n912-877-4332 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.\n\n\nOld Spring Place Methodist Church\n\n237 Elm St.\, Chatsworth\n\n706-278-0217\n\n\nOssabaw Island\n\nFerry from 35 Diamond Causeway\, Savannah\n\n912-233-5104 | Hour s: 12 p.m. departure\; return to mainland approx. 4:30 p.m.\n\n$30/person (cash or check). \n\nTICKETS ARE SOLD OUT\n\n\nPickett’s Mill Battlefiel d Historic Site\n\n4432 Mt Tabor Church Rd.\, Dallas\n\n770-443-7850\n\n\n Pin Point Heritage Museum\n\n9924 Pin Point Ave.\, Savannah\n\n912-355-006 4\n\n\nRalph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum\n\n460 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\, Savannah\n\n912-777-6099\n\n\nRevolutionary Battlefield Memori al Park\n\n303 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\, Savannah\n\n912-651-6825\n \n\nRichmond Hill Historical Society\n\n11460 Ford Ave.\, Richmond Hill\n\ n912-756-3697\n\n\nRoosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site\n\n401 L ittle White House Rd.\, Warm Springs\n\n706-655-5870 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 4:4 5 p.m.\n\n\nSallie Ellis Davis House\n\n301 S. Clarke St.\, Milledgeville\ n\n478-445-5889 | Hours: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\nSavannah Area Council of Ga rden Clubs Botanical Gardens\n\n1388 Eisenhower Dr.\, Savannah\n\n912-355- 3883 | Hours (grounds): 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nSavannah Children’s Museum\ n\n655 Louisville Rd.\, Savannah\n\n912-651-4292\n\n\nSavannah History Mus eum\n\n303 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\n\n912-651-6825\n\n\nSavannah-Og eechee Canal Museum &\; Nature Center\n\n681 Fort Argyle Rd. (Rte. 204) 2.3 miles past I-95\n\n912-748-8068 | Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nSCAD F ASH Museum of Fashion &\; Film\n\n1600 Peachtree St. NW\, Atlanta\n\n40 4-253-3132 | Hours: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nSCAD Museum of Art\n\n601 Turner Blvd.\, Savannah\n\n912-525-7191\n\n\nSeven Springs Museum at the Bodifor d House\n\n4355 Marietta St.\, Powder Springs\n\n678-626-0799\n\n\nShips o f the Sea Museum\n\n41 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\, Savannah\n\n912-23 2-1511\n\n\nSt. John’s Church\n\n1 West Macon St.\, Savannah\n\n912-232- 1251 | Hours: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\nSt. Simons Lighthouse Museum\n\n610 Bea chview Drive\, St. Simons Island\n\n912-638-4666 | Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 5 p. m.\; last ticket given out at 4:30 p.m.\n\n\nTaliaferro County Historical Society\n\n126 and 128 Broad St.\, Crawfordville\n\n706-817-3655\n\n\nTelf air Museums’ Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences\n\n121 Barnard St.\, T elfair Square\, Savannah\n\n912-790-8800\n\n\nTelfair Museums’ Jepson Ce nter for the Arts\n\n207 W. York St.\, Savannah\n\n912-790-8800\n\n\nTelfa ir Museums’ Owens-Thomas House\n\n124 Abercorn St.\, Savannah\n\n912-790 -8800\n\n\nThe Bloody Marsh Unit\n\nOff of Demere Rd.\, St. Simons Island\ n\n\nThe Columbus Museum\n\n1251 Wynnton Rd.\, Columbus\n\n706-748-2562 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nThe Lucas Theatre\n\n32 Abercorn St.\, Savanna h\n\n912-525-5040 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\nThomas County Historical S ociety &\; Museum\n\n725 N. Dawson St.\, Thomasville\n\n229-226-7664.\n \n\nThunderbolt Historical Society\n\n2702 Mechanics Ave. at Victory Dr.\, Thunderbolt\n\n912-351-0836 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\nTraveler’s Re st Historic Site\n\n4339 Riverdale Rd.\, Toccoa\n\n706-886-2256 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nTybee Island Light Station and Museum\n\n30 Meddin Dri ve\, Tybee Island\n\n912-786-5801 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n\nTybee I sland Marine Science Center\n\n1509 Strand St\, Tybee Island\n\n912-786-59 17\n\n\nTybee Post Theater\n\n10 Van Horne Avenue\, Tybee Island\n\n912-47 2-4790 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\nUGA Marine Education Center &\; Aq uarium\n\n30 Ocean Science Circle\, Savannah\n\n912-598-2496\n\n\nWebb Mil itary Museum\n\n411 E. York St.\, Savannah\n\n912-663-0398\n\n\nWilliam Ro ot House Museum and Garden\n\n80 N Marietta Pkwy NW\, Marietta\n\n770-426- 4982\n\n\nWormsloe State Historic Site\n\n7601 Skidaway Rd.\, Savannah\n\n 912-353-3023 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\nWright Hotel\n\n201 E. Market S t.\, Chatsworth\n\n706-278-0217\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2014/04/super-museum-sunday.jpg CATEGORIES:Affiliate Chapter Events,Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20180217T190000Z DTEND:20180217T190000Z DTSTAMP:20180129T192534Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2018-georgia-history-festiva l-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2018 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:Join the Georgia Historical Society and leaders from across the state as Governor Nathan Deal and the Georgia Historical Society induct t he 2018 Georgia Trustees\, Ed Bastian and Paul Bowers. GHS presents “A R oyal Intent\,” an event inspired by King George II’s 1732 Charter of G eorgia. It is our will and pleasure to celebrate the newest Georgia Truste es in deed and in name\, as well as their heirs and successors\, with an e vening of dinner\, dancing\, and lively conversation with the newest Trust ees.\n\nThe Trustees Gala is the Georgia Historical Society’s premiere a nnual event and the culmination of the Georgia History Festival. Each year \, this elegant and much-anticipated evening draws top local\, state\, and national leaders to honor and pay tribute to the best the State of Georgi a has produced.\n\nThe Trustees Gala will take place on February 17\, 2018 in Savannah.\n\n\n\nLimited seats for the Trustees Gala are available for purchase. Please call 912-651-2125\, ext. 110.\n\n\n\n[video width="960" height="720" mp4="http://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/201 5/08/2018-Trustees-Gala-invitation-1-9.mp4" poster="http://georgiahistoryf estival.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gala-invitation.jpg"][/video]\n\nLe arn more about the Georgia Trustees\n\nView the 2018 Trustees Gala Save th e Date\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\nView the full list of Georgia History Festival sponsors. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/08/2018-Trustees-Gala.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Trustees Gala END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:48@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180913T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180913T180000 DTSTAMP:20180816T164248Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/an-evening-with-john-ferling / SUMMARY:A Conversation with John Ferling DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, September 13\, the Georgia Historical Society wil l present a special evening with John Ferling\, historian and author of th e new book\, Apostles of Revolution: Jefferson\, Paine\, Monroe and The St ruggle Against the Old Order in America and Europe.\n\nDr. Ferling will jo in us for a conversation with Dr. Stan Deaton\, the Dr. Elaine B. Andrews Distinguished Historian at the Georgia Historical Society. They’ll discu ss his new book and explore the Founders’ legacy in our own time. Dr. Fe rling\, professor emeritus of history at the University of West Georgia\, is one of the leading historians of the American Revolution\, having writt en thirteen other books on the Revolutionary era.\n\nThe program will be h eld at Christ Church Episcopal in Savannah and will begin at 6:00 p.m. Pre ceding the program\, from 5:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.\, guests will have an opp ortunity to meet Dr. Ferling and purchase books for signing. Free and open to the public.\n\n\n\n\n[caption id="attachment_5504" align="alignleft" w idth="208"] Photo courtesy of Catherine Hendricks[/caption]\n\nA Conversat ion with John Ferling\nThursday\, September 13\, 2018\nChrist Church Episc opal\n28 Bull Street\, Savannah\, Georgia 31401\nProgram: 6:00 p.m.\nBook signing: 5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.\n\n\n\nSponsored by\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2018/06/ferling.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:47@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180917T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180917T180000 DTSTAMP:20180816T163713Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/constitution-day/ SUMMARY:Constitution Day DESCRIPTION:Abraham Baldwin’s draft copy of the United States Constitutio n is one of the national treasures of the Georgia Historical Society colle ction. One of only a few still in existence\, the draft includes the handw ritten margin notes of Baldwin\, one of Georgia’s signers of the Constit ution of 1787.\n\nIn celebration of Constitution Day\, GHS invites you to experience this piece of American history firsthand! Stop by the GHS Resea rch Center on September 17 for a self-guided tour featuring a public showi ng of this unique document\, along with other one-of-a-kind materials that tell the story of Georgia’s role in the founding of our nation.\n\nVisi t our Featured Historical Figure pages to learn more about Abraham Baldwin . View a digital copy of Abraham Baldwin’s Draft Copy of the U.S. Consti tution on the Georgia Historical Society Image Catalog.\n\n\nSponsored by\ n   ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2018/06/constitution-Day.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs LOCATION:GHS Research Center\, 501 Whitaker Street\, Savannah\, GA\, 31401\ , United States GEO:32.070385;-81.09668099999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=501 Whitaker Street\, Savan nah\, GA\, 31401\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=GHS Research C enter:geo:32.070385,-81.09668099999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:50@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190201T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190201T104500 DTSTAMP:20190125T163327Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2019-georgia-day-parade/ SUMMARY:2019 Georgia Day Parade DESCRIPTION:As part of the annual commemoration of the founding of the Geor gia colony of February 12\, 1733 by James Edward Oglethorpe\, a tradition dating back to the earliest years of the colony’s founding\, we invite y ou to join us as students\, musicians\, local dignitaries\, and costumed h istorical figures march through Savannah’s historic squares during this beloved annual event. The 2019 Georgia Day Parade will be held on February 1\, beginning at 10:45 a.m. Free and open to the public.\n\nFor those who can't attend the Georgia Day Parade in person\, WSAV will broadcast the p arade in its entirety beginning at 11:30 a.m. Please consult your local li stings for the station in your area. A replay of the Georgia Day Parade wi ll be made available shortly following on the web. Please follow GHS on Fa cebook\, Twitter\, and Instagram for notification.\nSponsored by\n\n\n\n\n \nRegistration for the parade is now closed.\nWe look forward to seeing yo u on Friday\, February 1!\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2018/08/parade.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs,Schools LOCATION:Forsyth Park\, Bull and Gaston\, Savannah\, GA\, United States GEO:32.0702267;-81.0952297 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bull and Gaston\, Savannah\ , GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Forsyth Park:geo:32.070226 7,-81.0952297 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:46@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20190209T100000Z DTEND:20190210T160000Z DTSTAMP:20190111T143048Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2019-colonial-faire-muster/ SUMMARY:2019 Colonial Faire & Muster DESCRIPTION:Audiences of all ages enjoy this popular\, family-friendly annu al living history program at Wormsloe State Historic Site. The event featu res costumed interpreters and vendors offering students and adults a taste of the excitement and adversity of life for the first settlers of colonia l Georgia. Highlights include cannon and musket firing\; blacksmithing\, c raft\, and cooking demonstrations\; Native American life interpretations\; storytelling\; and period music and dance.\n\nFree and open to the public .\nSponsored by\n\nand the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgi a ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2014/04/colonial-faire-lg.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival LOCATION:Wormsloe State Historic Site\, 7601 Skidaway Road\, Savannah\, GA\ , United States GEO:31.9801594;-81.0692444 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7601 Skidaway Road\, Savann ah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wormsloe State Historic Site:geo:31.9801594,-81.0692444 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:45@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20190210T120000Z DTEND:20190210T160000Z DTSTAMP:20190207T163748Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2019-super-museum-sunday/ SUMMARY:2019 Super Museum Sunday DESCRIPTION:The Georgia History Festival's Super Museum Sunday will be held on Sunday\, February 10\, 2019\, at participating sites throughout Georgi a.\n\nGeorgians and visitors alike experience our state’s rich history a nd cultural life as historic sites\, house museums\, art museums\, and oth er points of interest in Savannah and throughout Georgia open their doors to the public\, providing an exceptional opportunity to experience the his tory in our own backyard.\n\nFree and open to the public. Sites offer free admission from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. unless alternate hours are noted.\ nSponsored by\n\n\n\n\nParticipating Sites\nClick to view participating si tes by county.\n[su_accordion][su_spoiler title="Baldwin County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAndalusia Farm: The Home of Flannery O'Connor\n2628 N. Columbia St.\, Milledgeville\n478-454-4029 | Hours: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Tours on the hour.\n\n\n\nBrown-Stetson-Sanford H ouse\n601 W. Hancock St.\, Milledgeville\n478-453-1803 | Hours: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeorgia’s Old Capital Museum\n201 E. Greene St.\, Milledgev ille\n478-453-1803 | Hours: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeorgia’s Old Governo r’s Mansion\n120 South Clarke St.\, Milledgeville\n478-445-4545 | All to urs on the hour and the last tour at 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nSallie Ellis Davis Hous e\n301 S. Clarke St.\, Milledgeville\n478-445-5889\n\n[/su_spoiler] [su_sp oiler title="Bartow County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nEtowah Indian Mounds Historic Site\n813 Indian Mound Rd. SE\, Cartersville\n770-387-3747 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.[/su_spoiler] [su_spoi ler title="Bryan County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" cla ss=""]\n\nFort McAllister Historic Park\n3894 Fort McAllister Rd.\, Richmo nd Hill\n912-727-2339  |  Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\nRichmond Hill Histor ical Society\n11460 Ford Ave.\, Richmond Hill\n912-756-3697\n\n[/su_spoile r]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Burke County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nBurke County Museum\n536 S. Liberty St.\, Waynesbo ro\n706-554-4889 | Hours: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler tit le="Camden County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""] \n\nSt. Marys Submarine Museum\n102 St. Marys Street West\, St. Marys\n912 -882-2782 | Hours: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Can dler County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nCa ndler County Historical Society\n245 W Vertia St.\, Metter\n912-685-2450[/ su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Catoosa County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nChickamauga &\; Chattanooga National Military Park\n3370 Lafayette Rd.\, Fort Oglethorpe\n706-866-9241  |  $ 5/person (ages 16+) to enter Point Park on Lookout Mountain\n\n\n\nLookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center &\; Museum\n110 Point Park Rd.\, L ookout Mountain\, TN\n706-866-9241  |  $5/person (ages 16+) to enter Poi nt Park on Lookout Mountain[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Chatham Cou nty" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAmerican P rohibition Museum\n209 W. Julian Street\, Savannah\n912-551-4054\n\n\n\nAn drew Low House Museum\n329 Abercorn St.\, Savannah\n912-233-1828\n\n\n\nBe ach Institute African American Cultural Center\n502 East Harris St.\, Sava nnah\n912-335-8868 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nBloomingdale History Museum &\; Visitors Center\n205 E. Hwy 80\, Bloomingdale\n912-748-0970\ n\n\n\nBonaventure Historical Society\n330 Bonaventure Rd.\, Savannah\n912 -412-4687  |  Hours: Visitor center at\n10 a.m. - 4 p.m.\; tours at 2\, 2:30\, and 3.\n\n\n\nCoastal Georgia Botanical Gardens\n2 Canebrake Rd.\, Savannah\n912-921-5460 | Hours: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nCongregation Mickv e Israel\n20 E Gordon St.\, Savannah\n912-233-1547  | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p .m.\n\n\n\nDavenport House Museum\n324 East State St.\, Savannah\n912-236- 8097 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nFirst African Baptist Church\n23 Mont gomery St.\, Savannah\n912-233-2244  |  Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nFi rst Bryan Baptist Church\n575 W. Bryan St.\, Savannah\n912-232-5526  |  Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nFlannery O'Connor Childhood Home\n207 Eas t Charlton St.\, Savannah\n912-233-6014  |  Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n \nFort Pulaski National Monument\nUS Highway 80 E\, Savannah\n(Entrance on McQueen’s Island)\n912-786-8182  |  Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeo rgia State RailRoad Museum\n655 Louisville Rd.\, Savannah\n912-651-6823 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nGirl Scout First Headquarters Museum and\nPr ogram Center\n330 Drayton St.\, Savannah\n(Behind the Andrew Low House)\n8 88-223-3883\n\n\n\nGreen-Meldrim House\n14 W. Macon St.\, Savannah\n912-23 3-3845  |  Hours: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. \n\n\n\nHarper Fowlkes House\n230 Bar nard St.\, Savannah\n912-234-2180 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.\n\n\n\nJuliette Gordon Low Birthplace\, National Historic Landmark\n10 E. Oglethorpe Ave. \, Savannah\n912-233-4501 \n\n\n\nKing-Tisdell Cottage\n514 E. Huntingdon St.\, Savannah\n912-335-8868 | Hours: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nMassie Her itage Center\n207 E. Gordon St.\, Savannah\n912-395-5070\n\n\n\nMother Mat hilda Beasley Cottage\n500 E. Broad Street\, Savannah\n912-433-4512\n\n\n\ nNational Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force\n175 Bourne Avenue\, Poole r\n912-748-8888 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nOatland Island Wildlife Center\n711 Sandtown Rd.\, Savannah\n912-395-1500  |  Hours: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Fort Jackson\n1 Fort Jackson Rd.\, Savannah\n912-232-3945 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nOssabaw Island\nBoat from 35 Diamond Caus eway\, Savannah\n912-233-5104  |  Hours: 12 p.m. departure\; return to m ainland approx. 4:30 p.m.  $30/ person\n(cash or check). Call Ossabaw Isl and for ticket/wait list information.\n\n\n\nPin Point Heritage Museum\n99 24 Pin Point Ave.\, Savannah\n912-355-0064  |  Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\ n\n\nRalph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum\n460 Martin Luther King Jr Blv d\, Savannah\n912-777-6099\n\n\n\nSavannah Children’s Museum\n655 Louisv ille Rd.\, Savannah\n912-651-4292  |  Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nSava nnah History Museum and Battlefield Memorial Park\n303 Martin Luther King\ , Jr. Blvd.\n912-651-6825  |  Hours: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nSavannah- Ogeechee Canal Museum &\; Nature Center\n681 Fort Argyle Rd. (Rte. 204) 2.3 miles past I-95\n912-748-8068  |  Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nSh ips of the Sea Maritime Museum\n41 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\, Savann ah\n912-232-1511\n\n\n\nSt. John’s Church\n1 West Macon St.\, Savannah\n 912-232-1251  |  Hours: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nTelfair Museums’ Jepson Center for the Arts\n207 W. York St.\, Savannah\n912-790-8802  |  Hours : 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nTelfair Museums’ Owens-Thomas House &\; Sla ve Quarters\n124 Abercorn St.\, Savannah\n912-790-8802  |  Hours: 12 p.m . - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nTelfair Museums’ Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences\ n121 Barnard St.\, Telfair Square\, Savannah\n912-790-8802  |  Hours: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nThunderbolt Museum\n2702 Mechanics Ave. at Victory D r.\, Thunderbolt\n912-351-0836  |  Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nTybee I sland Light Station and Museum\n30 Meddin Drive\, Tybee Island\n912-786-58 01  |  Hours: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nUGA Marine Education Center & \; Aquarium\n30 Ocean Science Circle\, Savannah\n912-598-2496\n\n\n\nWebb Military Museum\n411 E. York St.\, Savannah\n912-663-0398\n\n\n\nWormsloe State Historic Site\n7601 Skidaway Rd.\, Savannah\n912-353-3023  |  Hour s: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Cherokee County" ope n="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nFunk Heritage Cent er of Reinhardt University\n7300 Reinhardt Circle\, Waleska\n770-720-5970   |  Hours: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Cobb Coun ty" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nMarietta Mu seum of History\n1 Depot St.\, Marietta\n770-794-5710\n\n\n\nMuseum of His tory and Holocaust Education at\nKennesaw State University\n3333 Busbee Dr .\, Kennesaw\n470-578-2083\n\n\n\nSeven Springs Museum at the Bodiford Hou se\n4355 Marietta St.\, Powder Springs\n678-626-0799\n\n\n\nWilliam Root H ouse Museum and Garden\n80 N Marietta Pkwy NW\, Marietta\n770-426-4982[/su _spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Crisp County" open="no" style="fancy" icon ="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nGeorgia Veterans State Park\n2459-A US Hwy 280 W.\, Cordele\n229-276-2371 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (tours every half hour)\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Early County" open="no" style=" fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nKolomoki Mounds State Park\n205 Indian Mounds Rd.\, Blakely\n877-591-5575  |  Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.[/su _spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Effingham County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nHistoric Effingham Society Museum and L iving History Site\n1002 N. Pine St.\, Springfield\n912-754-2170 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeorgia Salzburger Society Museum and\nJerusalem Lu theran Church\n2980 Ebenezer Rd.\, Rincon\n912-754-7001 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Emanuel County" open="no" style= "fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nLongview Farm and Museum\n161 M useum Rd.\, Swainsboro\n478-763-3631 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.[/su_spoiler] \n\n[su_spoiler title="Floyd County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" a nchor="" class=""]\n\nCave Spring Welcome Center and Museum\n4 Rome Rd.\, Cave Spring\n706-331-3005\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Fulton Coun ty" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nHigh Museum of Art\n1280\, Peachtree Street NE\, Atlanta\n404-733-5000  |  Hours: 1 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nBarrington Hall\n535 Barrington Drive\, Roswell\n77 0-640-3855 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nBulloch Hall\n180 Bulloch Avenu e\, Roswell\n770-992-1731 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nHistoric Oakland Cemetery\n248 Oakland Avenue SE\, Atlanta\n404-688-2107 | Hours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nMillennium Gate Museum\n395 17th St NW\, Atlanta\n404-88 1-0900\n\n\n\nSCAD FASH Museum of Fashion &\; Film\n1600 Peachtree St. NW\, Atlanta\n404-253-3132\n\n\n\nSmith Plantation\n935 Alpharetta Street\ , Roswell\n770-641-3978 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoil er title="Glynn County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" clas s=""]\n\nThe Bloody Marsh Unit\nOff of Demere Rd.\, St. Simons Island\nHou rs: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nFort Frederica National Monument\n6515 Freder ica Rd.\, St. Simons Island\n912-638-3639  |  Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n \n\nHofwyl-Broadfield Plantation Historic Site\n5556 U.S. Hwy 17 N\, Bruns wick\n912-264-7333  |  Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nMoore Methodist Mus eum\n100 Arthur J. Moore Drive\, St. Simons Island\n912-638-4050\n\n\n\nSt . Simons Lighthouse Museum\n610 Beachview Drive\, St. Simons Island\n912-6 38-4666  |  Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.\; last ticket given out at 4:30 p. m.\n\n\n\nWorld War II Home Front Museum\n4201 1st Street\, St. Simons Isl and\n912-638-4666  |  Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoi ler title="Gordon County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" cl ass=""]\n\nNew Echota Historic Site\n1211 Chatsworth Hwy NE\, Calhoun\n706 -624-1321  |  Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title=" Habersham County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\ n\nThe Cornelia Historic Train Depot Museum\n102 Grant Place\, Cornelia\n7 06-779-8585 ext. 224 |  Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nRegional Africa n American Museum of Northeast Georgia\n353 Chattahoochee Street\, Corneli a\n404-271-2468\n\n\n\nStandard Telephone Museum\n353 Chattahoochee Street \, Cornelia\n706-499-8842[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Jenkins Count y" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nLawton Museu m at Magnolia Springs State Park\n1053 Magnolia Springs Dr.\, Millen\n478- 982-1660  |  Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="L iberty County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\n ITPA Telephone Museum\n438 W. Oglethorpe Hwy\, Hinesville\n912-408-4872  |  Hours: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Liberty County Jail\n302 South Main Street\, Hinesville\n912-877-4332  |  Hours: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nFort Morris Historic Site\n2559 Fort Morris Rd.\, Midway\n912-884-5999  |  H ours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nMidway Museum\n491 N. Coastal Hwy\, Midway\n9 12-884-5837[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Lumpkin County" open="no" s tyle="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nDahlonega Gold Museum Hist oric Site\n1 Public Square\, Dahlonega\n706-864-2257 | Hours: 9 a.m. - 4:4 5 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="McIntosh County" open="no" style ="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nFort King George\n302 MacIntos h Rd.\, SE\, Darien\n912-437-4770  |  Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.[/su_spoiler ]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Meriwether County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="p lus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nRoosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site \n401 Little White House Rd.\, Warm Springs\n706-655-5870  |  Hours: 9 a .m. - 4:45 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Monroe County" open="no " style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nJarrell Plantation Hist oric Site\n711 Jarrell Plantation Rd.\, Juliette\n478-986-5172  |  Hours : 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Murray County" open=" no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nChatsworth Depot\n500 N. 1st Ave.\, Chatsworth\n706-278-0217 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nCh ief Vann House State Historic Site\n82 Hwy 225 N\, Chatsworth\n706-695-259 8  |  Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Spring Place Methodist Church\n2 37 Elm St.\, Chatsworth\n706-278-0217 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nWrig ht Hotel\n201 E. Market  St.\, Chatsworth\n706-278-0217  |  Hours: 1 p. m. - 4 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Muscogee County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nThe Columbus Museum\n1251 Wynnton Rd.\, Columbus\n706-748-2562  |  Hours: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.\n\n[/su _spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Paulding County" open="no" style="fancy" i con="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nPickett’s Mill Battlefield Historic Si te\n4432 Mt Tabor Church Rd.\, Dallas\n770-443-7850\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[s u_spoiler title="Polk County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor=" " class=""]\n\nPolk County Historical Society Museum\n117 West Avenue\, Ce dartown\n770-749-0073 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nRockmart Histo ry Museum\n133 South Marble Street\, Rockmart\n678-764-5201 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Richmond County" o pen="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAugusta Museum o f History\n560 Reynolds St.\, Augusta\n706-722-8454  |  Hours: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Stephens County" open="no" style ="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nTraveler’s Rest Historic Sit e\n4339 Riverdale Rd.\, Toccoa\n706-886-2256  |  Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.[ /su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Taliaferro County" open="no" style="fan cy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nLiberty Hall at A.H. Stephens State Park\n456 Alexander St. NW\, Crawfordville\n706-456-2602  |  Hours: 9 a .m. - 5 p.m.\n\n\n\nTaliaferro County Historical Society\n126 and 128 Broa d St.\, Crawfordville\n706-817-3655  |  Hours: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n[/su_s poiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Thomas County" open="no" style="fancy" icon= "plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nLapham-Patterson House\n626 N Dawson Street\ , Thomasville\n229-226-7664\n\n\n\nThomasville History Center\n725 N. Daws on Street\, Thomasville\n229-226-7664[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="W hite County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]Hardma n Farm State Historic Site\n143 Highway 17\, Sautee Nacoochee\n706-878-107 7  |  Hours: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Whitfie ld County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nBlun t House\n506 S. Thornton Ave.\, Dalton\n706-278-0217 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p .m.\n\n\n\nEmery Center\n110 W. Emery Street\, Dalton\n706-277-7633\n\n\n\ nHamilton House\n701 Chattanooga Ave.\, Dalton\n706-278-0217 | Hours: 1 p. m. - 4 p.m.\n\n\n\nHuff House\n314 N. Selvidge Street\, Dalton\, GA\n706-2 78-0217 | Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[/su_accordion]\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2017/01/super-museum-sunday.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20190216T190000Z DTEND:20190216T190000Z DTSTAMP:20190110T142010Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2019-georgia-history-festiva l-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2019 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:The DeSoto\n15 East Liberty Street\, Savannah\n\nJoin the Georg ia Historical Society and leaders from across the state as United States S enator David Perdue and the Georgia Historical Society induct the 2019 Geo rgia Trustees: John Schuerholz\, Vice Chairman Emeritus of the Atlanta Bra ves and Frank Blake\, Retired Chairman &\; CEO of The Home Depot. GHS p resents "The Sapientia Society\," an evening of dinner\, dancing\, and liv ely conversation with the inductees. Only those who are "wise and discerni ng" dare to join in this memorable affair!\n\nThe Trustees Gala is the Geo rgia Historical Society’s premier annual event and the culmination of th e Georgia History Festival. Each year\, this elegant and much-anticipated evening draws top local\, state\, and national leaders to honor and pay tr ibute to the best the State of Georgia has produced.\n\nThe Trustees Gala will take place on February 16\, 2019\, at the DeSoto in Savannah.\n\nSeat s for the 2019 Trustees Gala can be purchased by calling 912.651.2125\, ex t. 114.\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees\n\n\n\n2019 Gala Seat/Table Pricing\n\nMembers \n$275/person\n\nNon-members \n$375/person\n \nReserved Table for 10 -- General Seating\n$5\,000\n\nVIP Reserved Table for 10 -- VIP Seating\n$10\,000\n\n\n\nTrustees Gala Accommodations\nThe G eorgia Historical Society is pleased to offer our guests a choice of outst anding accommodations for the 2019 Trustees Gala. Please use the links bel ow to receive our specially negotiated room rates or ask for them when cal ling to make reservations.\n\nThe DeSoto Hotel\n\nOverlooking Madison Squa re in the heart of Savannah’s Historic District\, and host property for the 2019 Trustees Gala\, The DeSoto is a treasured landmark blending the e legance\, history\, and charm of one of America's oldest cities with a gen erous dash of modern Southern hospitality. Attendees can make reservations at the DeSoto Hotel by calling 1-844-257-3520 or by visiting www.thedesot osavannah.com and entering the Group/Convention Code: TGS. For the Trustee s Gala rate\, please make your reservations by January 15\, 2019.\n\nThe P erry Lane Hotel\n\nWe are pleased to add Savannah’s newest boutique hote l to our portfolio for the 2019 Trustees Gala. Stationed in the midst of t he city just steps away from the iconic Forsyth Park\, Perry Lane Hotel in vites guests to come and immerse themselves in all that is Savannah. Reser vations can be made by calling 912-415-9000 or on the web at https://www.s tarwoodmeeting.com/Book/georgiahistorical \n\n*Please note that The Perry Lane Hotel charges a daily Destination Amenity Fee of $30 plus tax per roo m per day. This fee is posted to each guest room\, to provide guests of th e hotel with an excellent selection of amenities and services to further t heir Savannah experience. Click here for a complete list of Perry Lane ame nities.\n\n\n\n\nView the full list of Georgia History Festival sponsors. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/08/gala3.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:52@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T180000 DTSTAMP:20191008T194121Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/womens-suffrage-at-100/ SUMMARY:"We Want All There Is": The Struggle for Women's Rights Beyond Suff rage DESCRIPTION:A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Milov\n\nGeorgia Historical Socie ty and UVaClub of Savannah will host an evening with Dr. Sarah Milov\, Ass istant Professor of History at the University of Virginia. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2019/03/suffrage-banner.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:54@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200208T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200209T160000 DTSTAMP:20191009T155325Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2020-colonial-faire-muster/ SUMMARY:2020 Colonial Faire & Muster DESCRIPTION:Audiences of all ages enjoy this popular\, family-friendly annu al living history program at Wormsloe State Historic Site. The event featu res costumed interpreters and vendors offering students and adults a taste of the excitement and adversity of life for the first settlers of colonia l Georgia. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2014/04/colonial-faire-lg.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs,Schools END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200209T160000 DTSTAMP:20200207T134954Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2020-super-museum-sunday/ SUMMARY:2020 Super Museum Sunday DESCRIPTION:Georgians and visitors alike experience our state’s rich hist ory and cultural life as historic sites\, house museums\, art museums\, an d other points of interest in Savannah and throughout Georgia open their d oors to the public\, providing an exceptional opportunity to experience th e history in our own backyard. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2014/04/super-museum-sunday.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20200215T190000Z DTEND:20200215T190000Z DTSTAMP:20200129T222703Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2020-georgia-history-festiva l-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2020 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:\n\nSaturday\, February 15\, 2020\n7:00 p.m.\nThe Savannah Conv ention Center\, Ballrooms A and B\n1 International Drive\, Savannah\n\nThe 2020 Trustees Gala is the Georgia Historical Society’s premier annual e vent and the culmination of the 2019-2020 Georgia History Festival.  The Trustees Gala reigns as one of Georgia’s most successful non-political black-tie events\, bringing together business\, philanthropic\, and commun ity leaders from across the state and nation as Governor Brian Kemp and th e Georgia Historical Society induct the 2020 Georgia Trustees: Robert L. B rown\, Jr.\, President and CEO of R.L. Brown &\; Associates\, Inc.\, re nowned architect and civic leader\; and Robert S. Jepson\, Jr.\, Founder a nd CEO of Jepson Associates\, Inc.\, philanthropist and visionary entrepre neur.\n\nFrom Georgia with love: presenting\, for your eyes only\, an elit e gathering of special agents honoring two of Georgia’s greatest assets —the 2020 Georgia Trustees.  In this ever-changing world in which we l ive in\, you used to say you would never miss a Gala like this—you know you did\, you know you did\, you know you did.  Join us as we dance into the fire and chase the morning light at “Nobody Does It Better\,” an evening of dinner\, dancing\, and lively conversation with the inductees.\ n\nPlease call 912.651.2125\, ext. 156 to reserve your seats.\n\n\n\nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees\n\nSee the full list of Georgia History F estival sponsors.\n\n\n\nTrustees Gala Accommodations\nThe Georgia Histori cal Society is pleased to offer our guests outstanding accommodations for the 2020 Trustees Gala. Please use the link below to receive our specially negotiated room rates or ask for them when calling to make reservations.\ n\n\nThe Marshall House\n\nBuilt in 1851 and beautifully restored\, The Ma rshall House is one of the most unique hotels in Savannah. The hotel is lo cated on Broughton Street in the heart of Savannah’s famed Landmark Hist oric District and steps to great shopping and dining.\n\nAmenities include enhanced WiFi\, wine and cheese receptions\, and nightly entertainment. T he hotel's 68 guest rooms offer an authentic historic Savannah experience with modern conveniences. Coastal Living magazine named The Marshall House among its top 20 favorite lodgings and featured on the Travel Channel’s "Great Hotels" program.\n\nVisit Marshall House Reservations and enter pr omo code Trustees Gala\, or call  800.589.6304 and request the Trustees G ala room block.\n\n\n\nThe Drayton Hotel\n\nSituated in the center of Sava nnah’s Historic District\, the newly opened Drayton Hotel reinvents one of Savannah’s oldest buildings dating from the 1890s. Carefully restored to embrace the building’s 19th century exterior\, The Drayton Hotel cre ates a luxury experience while staying true to its historic roots\, paying homage to the building’s traditional Victorian architecture and neighbo rhood charm.\n\nEnjoy The Drayton’s 50 rooms and suites with dramatic vi ews of City Hall\, the Savannah River\, and surrounding historic neighborh ood. Amenities include complimentary Wi-Fi\, Bluetooth speakers\, Luxury l inens\, quilted bathrobe and slippers\, mini-bar\, and twice daily houseke eping\, including turndown service.\n\nAccommodations are available Friday \, February 14 through Sunday\, February 16\, 2020. Visit the Drayton Hote l's Trustees Gala guest link to make your reservation.\n\n\n\n\nView the 2 020 Georgia History Festival sponsors. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/04/trustees-gala.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:57@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200221T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200221T104500 DTSTAMP:20200206T160050Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2020-georgia-day-parade/ SUMMARY:2020 Georgia Day Parade DESCRIPTION:As part of the annual commemoration of the founding of the Geor gia colony of February 12\, 1733 by James Edward Oglethorpe\, a tradition dating back to the earliest years of the colony’s founding\, we invite y ou to join us as students\, musicians\, local dignitaries\, and costumed h istorical figures march through Savannah’s historic squares during this beloved annual event. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2018/08/parade.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs,Schools END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:62@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201029T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201029T160000 DTSTAMP:20201028T132900Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/webinar-historical-inquiry-w ith-ghs/ SUMMARY:Webinar: Historical Inquiry with GHS DESCRIPTION:Learn inquiry-based strategies for teaching with primary source s from the Georgia Historical Society.\nAbout this Event\nWant to learn mo re about historical inquiry and how to implement it into your classroom? J oin GHS Education Coordinator Lisa Landers in a one-hour\, interactive web inar where she will illustrate inquiry-based strategies from the new "'And That's the Way It Is': Television and the Cold War" Inquiry Kit.\n\nThis professional development webinar will take a deep dive into how to utilize the "'And That's the Way It Is': Television and the Cold War" Inquiry Kit in your classroom. Learn about the Inquiry Design Model\, including inqui ry-based strategies and activities designed to help students explore uniqu ely curated primary source sets from late-20th-century Georgia and United States history.\n\nParticipants will take away valuable information regard ing effective primary source exploration strategies for teaching in remote or in-person classroom settings. Access and explore the materials for the "'And That's the Way It Is': Television and the Cold War" Inquiry Kit onl ine at the GHS website for free.\n\nParticipation in this professional dev elopment program is free but requires registration.\n[su_button url="https ://www.eventbrite.com/e/historical-inquiry-with-ghs-tickets-124604259695" background="#2db3ef"]REGISTER[/su_button]\n\n\n\nSponsored by\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2020/10/webinar-historical-inquiry.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:63@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201103T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201103T160000 DTSTAMP:20201026T205947Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/webinar-history-and-art-teac hing-women-and-girls-of-the-civil-rights-movement-through-childrens-books- and-primary-sources/ SUMMARY:Webinar: History and Art: Teaching Women and Girls of the Civil Rig hts Movement Through Children’s Books and Primary Sources DESCRIPTION:In this special collaboration\, Kate McLeod of the High Museum of Art and Lisa Landers of the Georgia Historical Society will host a teac her webinar that takes a deep dive into the roles of women and girls durin g the Civil Rights Movement and present strategies for examining art and p rimary source historical documents in elementary-school classrooms.\n\nFea turing the Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Throu gh Picture Books exhibition at the High Museum of Art and learning strateg ies from the Georgia Historical Society\, participants will learn to teach history through art in this free\, interactive session.\n\nDate: November 3\, 2020\, at 4:00 p.m.\n\nGrade Levels: K - 5 educators\n[su_button url= "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/history-and-art-women-and-girls-of-the-civil -rights-movement-tickets-124330731565" background="#2db3ef"]REGISTER[/su_b utton] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2020/10/webinar-oct-22.jpg CATEGORIES:Education END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:64@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210112T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210112T160000 DTSTAMP:20210119T152243Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/georgia-day-parade-banner-an d-art-competition-2021-georgia-leaders-on-the-world-stage/ SUMMARY:Georgia Day Parade Banner and Art Competition 2021: Georgia Leaders on the World Stage DESCRIPTION:January 12\, 2021\, 4:00 p.m. Online\n\nGHS education staff wil l host a one-hour webinar providing instruction for teachers who want to p articipate in the annual Georgia Day Parade Banner and Art Competition. GH S education staff will explain how teachers can support student participat ion in this event and teachers will be able to ask questions\, learn how t o participate in the competition\, and gain access to free GHS resources c reated to support teaching the banner competition theme\, “Georgia on th e World Stage: Leadership in the Late 20th century.” ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2020/12/january-webinar-graphic.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Schools END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:58@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20210212 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20210213 DTSTAMP:20210212T145650Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2021-georgia-day-parade/ SUMMARY:2021 Georgia Day Parade DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nSince the earliest days of the colony’s founding\, Ge orgians have commemorated the landing of James Edward Oglethorpe and first English settlers at Savannah on February 12\, 1733.  While the COVID-19 pandemic requires an alternative to the traditional parade\, Georgia stude nts will have the opportunity to celebrate Georgia Day through an explorat ion of the parade theme\, “Georgia Leaders on the World Stage\,” suppo rting the Cold War focus of the 2020-2021 Festival. Classroom activities\, art contests\, and videos featuring greetings from state and local leader s throughout Georgia history will encourage today’s students to honor th e spirit of the original Trustees whose motto\, Non Sibi\, Sed Aliis (Not for Self\, but for Others) inspired Georgia’s founding.\n\nThe Georgia D ay Parade Online Program will debut on Friday\, February 12\, 2021. Regist er now to take part! \n\nDownload the Georgia Day Parade Online Program an d Events Information Packet\, which has all the information you will need for participation in this year's virtual Georgia Day commemoration and the Georgia Day Banner and Art Competitions!\nSponsored by\n      \n\n\n\ n\nThe Georgia Day Banner and Art Competition is now closed and winners wi ll be announced during the Georgia Day online program on February 12.\n\n& nbsp\;\nSponsored by\n\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs,Schools END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:59@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210502T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210502T160000 DTSTAMP:20210430T164421Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2021-super-museum-sunday/ SUMMARY:2021 Super Museum Sunday DESCRIPTION:The Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday will take place Sunday\, May 2\, 2021. This highly-anticipated annual event allows v isitors the opportunity to become reacquainted with the historic sites\, m useums\, and cultural institutions in their community and around our state . A list of participating sites can be found below but check back often as more sites are being added daily. We encourage you to review each partici pating site’s COVID-19 protocols before your arrival to ensure the best experience. We hope you enjoy all that our amazing historical and cultural sites have to offer!\n\nHours for Super Museum Sunday are 12:00 p.m. - 4: 00 p.m. unless other times are noted.\n\nPlease contact sites individually to learn more about their COVID-19 procedures and policies before plannin g your visit.\nSponsored by\n\n\n\n\nSites across the state that are parti cipating in Super Museum Sunday on May 2\, 2021 are shown in the map and l ist below. Please contact sites individually to learn more about their COV ID-19 procedures and policies before planning your visit.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ nAmerican Prohibition Museum\nSpecial Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.\n\nGui ded tours for up to 15 people lasting 20 minutes. Masks are required.\n\n\ nAndalusia Farm - Home of Flannery O'Connor\nSpecial Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4: 00 p.m.\n\nPlease review Andalusia Farm's COVID-19 guidelines here.\n\n\nA ndersonville National Historic Site\nSpecial Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.\ n\n\nThe Andrew Low House\nTour reservations starting at 12:00 p.m. on a f irst-come\, first-served basis. The last tour will start at 4:00 p.m. Tour s start every half-hour. Masks are required.\n\n\nArthur J Moore Methodist Museum\n\n\n\nAugusta History Museum\n\n\n\nBeach Institute African Ameri can Cultural Center\n\n\n\nBloomingdale History Museum and Visitors Center \nSpecial Hours: 1:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.\n\nThe Bloomingdale History Museum a sks that visitors follow Chatham County COVID-19 guidelines and precaution s.\n\n\nBlunt House\nSpecial Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nBonaventure Historical Society\nVisitor Center: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\nFree guided tour with costumed interpreters at 2:00 p.m.\n\n\nBurke County Museum\nTh e Burke County Museum contains artifacts from Georgia. It is located at 53 6 Liberty Street in Waynesboro.\n\n\nCandler County Historical Society\n\n \n\nThe Carnegie Center for the Arts\nSpecial Hours: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\ nCassina Garden Club Tabby Cabins at Gascoigne Bluff\nSpecial Hours: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nChatsworth Depot\nSpecial Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\ n\nCity of Savannah Municipal Archives\nVIRTUAL EXPERIENCE ONLY\n\nSavanna h Museums through the lens of the Municipal Archives\; A Virtual Super Mus eum Sunday Tour - click here to participate in the virtual tour and learn more about the City of Savannah Municipal Archives's virtual offerings!\n \n\nCoastal Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Historic Bamboo Farm\n\n\n\nT he Columbus Museum\nSpecial Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nThe Cornelia Historic Train Depot Museum\nSpecial Hours: 11:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nDa venport House Museum\n\n\n\nDouglas County Museum of History and Art\n\n\n \nFairview School\nVIRTUAL EXPERIENCE ONLY\n\nTime: 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT\n\ nPlace: YouTube Channel - Fairview School Historic Site.\n\nThis virtual e xperience includes a video tour of the Fairview School Historic Site\,  h osted by John Ware\, a Member of the Fairview Board\, and an interactive c onversation on the significance of the Fairview Brown School\; its impact then\, now\, and in the future. The conversation will be led by Fairview B oard Advisors Jeanne Cyriaque (National Trust for Historic Preservation Bo ard of Advisors\, Georgia Humanities Council Board of Directors)\, Jamil Z ainaldin (former President Georgia Humanities Council\, Board Member Commo n Good Atlanta) and Eddie Hood\, President Fairview Alumni Association. Vi ewers will be able to comment and ask questions via YouTube Chat.\n\n\nEuh arlee Welcome Center &\; History Museum\nSpecial Hours: 2:00 p.m. – 4 :00 p.m.\n\n\nFirst Bryan Baptist Church\nSpecial Hours: 12:00 p.m. – 1: 30 p.m.\n\n\nFitzgerald Blue &\; Gray Museum\nSpecial Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nFoxfire Museum &\; Heritage Center\nSpecial Hours: 12 :30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nGeorgia Salzburger Society Museum\nSpecial Hours : 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nGeorgia's Old Governor's Mansion\nSpecial H ours: 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.\n\nPlease review the Old Governor's Mansion's C OVID-19 guidelines here.\n\n\nGone With the Wind Museum at Brumby Hall\nSp ecial Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.\n\n\nHamilton House\nSpecial Hours: 1: 00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nHardman Farm\nSpecial Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p. m.\n\n\nHistoric Meadow Garden\nSpecial Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\nA dmission is free\, but an appointment is required! Please call today to sc hedule your tour\, (706) 724-4174.\n\n\nHistoric Oakland Cemetery\nSelf-gu ided tours only\n\n\nHistoric Westville\n\n\n\nHistoric Wright Hotel\nSpec ial Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nThe Huff House\nSpecial Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nJames Longstreet Museum\nJoin the James Longstreet M useum for a special showing of Gone With the Wind. Free admission with t ours.\n\n\nJuliette Gordon Low Birthplace\n\n\n\nKing-Tisdell Cottage\n\n\ n\nLapham-Patterson House Historic Site\nSelf-guided tours. Scavenger hunt s for all ages will be available.\n\n\nThe Lewis Grizzard Museum\n\n\n\nLi ncoln County Historical Park\n\n\n\nThe Little Manse: Birthplace &\; Mu seum of Erskine Caldwell\n\n\n\nLongview Farm and Home Museum\nSpecial Hou rs: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nLutheran Church of the Ascension\n\n\n\nM assie Heritage Center\n\n\n\nMorris Museum of Art\nSpecial Hours: 12:00 p. m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\nSocial distancing and masks are required.\n\n\nMuseum of History and Holocaust Education\nVIRTUAL EXPERIENCE ONLY\n\nThere are man y virtual experiences awaiting you at the KSU Museum of History and Holoca ust Education!\n\n Take a virtual tour of the museum!\n Watch The Short Life of Anne Frank\n Hear from Holocaust survivors\, World War II vetera ns\, and home front workers in the Legacy Series Oral History Program.\n Visit the following virtual exhibits:\n\n Georgia Journeys\n Nourishing Survival\n Georgia Goes to War\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNational Civil War Naval Muse um\nSpecial Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n\nNortheast Georgia History C enter\nSpecial Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nNational Museum of the Mi ghty Eighth Air Force\nVIRTUAL EXPERIENCE ONLY\n\n\nOatland Island Wildlif e Center\nPREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED\n\n\nOld Liberty County Jail\nSpecia l Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\nOld Spring Place Methodist Church\nSpe cial Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\nOssabaw Island\nThis event is sold out. \n\nADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED.\n\nIsland admission fee is waive d. $40 transportation fee per person (plus Eventbrite ticketing fees) cove rs cost of boat transport to/from Ossabaw Island.\n\nLimited to 18 people in order to assure social distancing on the boat. Registration via Eventbr ite.\n\n\nPebble Hill Plantation\nParticipation is for grounds admission o nly.\n\n\nPolk County Historical Society Museum\n\n\n\nRichmond Hill Histo ry Museum\n\n\n\nSallie Ellis Davis House\nSpecial Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\nPlease review the Sallie Ellis Davis House's COVID-19 guidelines here.\n\n\nSavannah Botanical Gardens\n\n\n\nSavannah Ogeechee Canal Museu m and Nature Center\n\n\n\nSCAD Museum of Art\n\n\n\nTelfair Academy of Ar ts and Sciences\n\n\n\nTelfair's Jepson Center for the Arts\n\n\n\nThomasv ille History Center\nHistoric buildings and grounds will be open for self- guided tours. Guests may also view a special temporary exhibit celebrating Thomasville's centennial Rose Show &\; Festival. The remainder of the exhibits will be closed.\n\n\nUGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium\nVI RTUAL EXPERIENCE ONLY\n\nExplore the UGA Aquarium on a virtual tour as par t of the Georgia Historical Society’s Super Museum Sunday! The aquarium will host four\, 45-minute virtual tours via zoom webinar at 12:00 p.m.\, 1:00 p.m.\, 2:00 p.m.\, and 3:00 p.m. Register for a tour here.\n\nQuesti ons? Contact Public Programs Coordinator\, Kayla Clark at kayla270@uga.edu or 912-598-3345. \n\n\nWEBB Military Museum\n\n\n\nWilliam Root House Mu seum and Garden\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2020/09/sms-2021-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210605 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210606 DTSTAMP:20210601T135941Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2021-georgia-history-festiva l-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2021 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 5\, 2021 | 8:00 p.m.\nAtlanta (PBA Atlanta) and Savannah (WTOC)\n7:00 p.m. in Columbus (WRBL) and Augusta (WJBF)\n \; \nBroadcast Partners\n \n\n\n\nWatch the 2021 Trustees Gala broadcast\, featuring Governor Kemp’s induction of David Abney and Juanita Baranco  as the newest Georgia Trustees\, on June 5\, 2021.\n\nWith ongoing concern s about holding large in-person events this spring\, GHS has made the deci sion to transition the annual Trustees Gala to a televised\, broadcast eve nt. We are pleased and excited to announce that the 2021 Trustees Gala wil l be televised with the assistance of various statewide broadcast partners . The program will air on Saturday\, June 5\, 2021\, at 8:00 p.m. in Atlan ta (PBA Atlanta) and Savannah (WTOC). It will also be broadcast at 7:00 p. m. in Columbus (WRBL) and Augusta (WJBF). It will also be available post-b roadcast on various platforms including georgiahistory.com and the GHS You Tube channel. Please follow us here and on social media to find out how yo u can be a part of the 2021 Trustees Gala featuring Governor Brian Kemp’ s induction of David Abney and Juanita Baranco as the newest Georgia Trust ees.\n\nThe Trustees Gala is the Georgia Historical Society’s premier an nual event and the culmination of the Georgia History Festival. Each year\ , this elegant and much-anticipated evening draws top local\, state\, and national leaders to honor and pay tribute to the best the State of Georgia has produced.\n\nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees\n\nSee the full li st of Georgia History Festival sponsors.\n\nView the Save-the-Date\n\n\n\n  \;\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/eEWBDfqK_aE[/embed]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2015/08/rule-the-world.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Trustees Gala END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T150000 DTSTAMP:20211004T211027Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/webinar-using-the-georgias-w estward-expansion-inquiry-kit-in-the-classroom/ SUMMARY:Webinar: Using the Georgia’s Westward Expansion Inquiry Kit in th e Classroom DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by:\n\nGHS hosts a one-hour webinar featuring the new "Georgia’s Westward Expansion" student inquiry kit. Educators will be i ntroduced to the Inquiry Design Model of instruction while examining a ser ies of inquiry-based strategies and activities designed to facilitate stud ent exploration of a curated set of primary sources and historical markers . In this classroom-ready resource\, students explore Georgia’s historic al markers and primary sources to investigate factors that affected Georgi a’s westward expansion between 1789 and 1840\, and how Georgia’s econo mic and political growth is illustrated through the expansion of the state westward in the nineteenth century.\n\nActivities align with the Georgia Standards of Excellence for eighth grade Georgia Studies.\n\n \;\n\n[s u_button url="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/using-the-georgias-westward-exp ansion-inquiry-kit-in-the-classroom-tickets-168286008983" background="#1e5 56d" center="yes"]REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT[/su_button] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/09/inquiry-kit-webinar-eventbrite.jpg CATEGORIES:Education END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:72@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T150000 DTSTAMP:20211005T130042Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/webinar-hometown-stories-on- the-national-stage-using-local-resources-to-teach-u-s-history/ SUMMARY:Webinar: Hometown Stories on the National Stage: Using Local Resour ces to Teach US History DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by:\n\n\nFor K-12 educators and Georgia Historical So ciety Affiliate Chapter members\n\nPartner Organization: Coastal Georgia H istorical Society\n\nLocal stories detailing the unique histories in our c ommunities and hometowns offer engaging windows into understanding the com plexity and nuance of larger historical themes and events. Join GHS and th e Coastal Georgia Historical Society (CGHS) in a one-hour webinar to disco ver how historical institutions bring local history to life for students\, teachers\, and the public.\n\n \;\n\n[su_button url="https://www.even tbrite.com/e/hometown-stories-on-the-national-stage-tickets-168277712167" background="#1e556d" center="yes"]REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT[/su_button] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/09/hometown-webinar-eventbrite.jpg CATEGORIES:Affiliate Chapter Events,Education,Georgia History Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:74@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211207T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211207T150000 DTSTAMP:20220216T181616Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/webinar-georgia-day-statewid e-art-contest-theme-resources-and-teaching-strategies/ SUMMARY:Webinar: Georgia Day Statewide Art Contest: Theme\, Resources\, and Teaching Strategies DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by:\n\n\nFor K-12 educators\n\nDecember 7\, 2021\, 3: 00 p.m.\n\nGHS and event partners host a one-hour informational webinar fo r teachers interested in the Georgia Day Statewide Art Contest. The webina r will provide an opportunity for teachers to ask questions\, register for the contest\, and learn how to use GHS resources to support teaching the contest theme\, “Georgia’s People and Places.”\n\n \;\n\n[su_but ton url="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/georgia-day-student-art-contest-info -session-and-teaching-strategies-tickets-168289914665" background="#1e556d " center="yes"]REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT[/su_button] CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Schools END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:76@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T120000 DTSTAMP:20220107T224731Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/monuments-to-absence-cheroke e-removal-and-the-contest-over-southern-memory-a-conversation-with-dr-andr ew-denson/ SUMMARY:Monuments to Absence: Cherokee Removal and the Contest over Souther n Memory: A conversation with Dr. Andrew Denson DESCRIPTION:In this online program\, GHS Senior Historian Dr. Stan Deaton a nd Dr. Andrew Denson of Western Carolina University discuss the public me mory of Cherokee removal through an examination of memorials\, historic si tes\, and tourist attractions dating from the early twentieth century to t he present\, and how these fit into the broader national discussion of rac e and memory in America. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/11/Denson-Eventbrite.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:73@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220107T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220107T150000 DTSTAMP:20211202T162340Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/webinar-georgia-day-parade-a nd-banner-competition-theme-resources-and-teaching-strategies/ SUMMARY:Webinar: Georgia Day Parade and Banner Competition: Theme\, Resourc es\, and Teaching Strategies DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by:\n For K-12 educators\nGHS hosts a one-hour inform ational webinar for teachers interested in the annual Georgia Day Parade a nd Banner Competition. The webinar will provide an opportunity for teacher s to ask questions\, register for the competition\, and learn how to use G HS resources to support teaching the competition theme\, “Georgia’s Pe ople and Places.”\n\n\n\nJanuary 6\, 2022\, 3:00-4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nRegist ration is required.\n\n\n\n[su_button url="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in formational-webinar-georgia-day-parade-and-classroom-banner-competition-ti ckets-168287974863" target="blank" background="#1e556d" center="yes"]REGIS TER HERE[/su_button]\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/11/GDP-Banner-Contest.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Schools END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:67@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220205T160000 DTSTAMP:20211004T162703Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/the-georgia-history-festival s-colonial-faire-and-muster/ SUMMARY:Colonial Faire and Muster DESCRIPTION:Audiences of all ages enjoy this popular\, family-friendly annu al living history program at Wormsloe State Historic Site. The event featu res costumed interpreters and vendors offering students and adults a taste of the excitement and adversity of life for the first settlers of colonia l Georgia. CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T160000 DTSTAMP:20220131T190428Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/the-georgia-history-festival s-colonial-faire-and-muster-2/ SUMMARY:Colonial Faire and Muster DESCRIPTION:Audiences of all ages enjoy this popular\, family-friendly annu al living history program at Wormsloe State Historic Site. The event featu res costumed interpreters and vendors offering students and adults a taste of the excitement and adversity of life for the first settlers of colonia l Georgia. CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T160000 DTSTAMP:20240209T213619Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2022-the-georgia-history-fes tivals-super-museum-sunday/ SUMMARY:Super Museum Sunday (2022) DESCRIPTION:Georgians and visitors alike experience our state’s rich hist ory and cultural life as historic sites\, house museums\, art museums\, an d other points of interest in Savannah and throughout Georgia open their d oors to the public\, providing an exceptional opportunity to experience th e history in our own backyard. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/08/sms-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:70@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T104500 DTSTAMP:20220204T165106Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2022-georgia-day-parade/ SUMMARY:Georgia Day Parade DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by\n  \n\nCancelled - Georgia Day Parade: Friday\, F ebruary 11\, 2022\nClassroom Banner Competition submissions: due online no later than Tuesday\, February 1\, 2022\nDue to ongoing impacts from COVID -19\, the Georgia Historical Society regrets to announce the cancellation of the 2022 Georgia Day Parade\, scheduled to take place on Friday\, Febr uary 11\, 2022. \n\nClassrooms are also invited to participate in the ann ual Classroom Banner Competition\, by designing banners based on the theme \, “Georgia’s People and Places.” Banner submissions will be submitt ed online by Tuesday\, February 1.\nLearn About the Georgia Day Classroom Banner Competition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/08/georgia-day-parade.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:75@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T150000 DTSTAMP:20220126T161517Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/so-we-are-having-an-event-ev ent-promotion-for-historical-institutions-a-local-history-webinar/ SUMMARY:“So\, We Are Having an Event…”: Event Promotion for Historica l Institutions: A Local History Webinar DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by\n\nFor Affiliate Chapter members\nFocusing on issu es facing local history organizations across Georgia\, this one-hour webin ar features GHS staff in a discussion of resources and strategies for loca l event promotion both online and via traditional communication methods. T his webinar will be beneficial for GHS Affiliate Chapters and other local history organizations hoping to expand their online reach and promote thei r events and programs to a wider audience.\n\nThe webinar will take place through Zoom on Thursday\, February 17\, 2022\, at 3:00 p.m.\n\n \;\n[ su_button url="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/so-we-are-having-an-event-even t-promotion-for-historical-institutions-tickets-168292273721" target="blan k" background="#1e556d" center="yes"]REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT[/su_button] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/09/event-promotion-eventbrite.jpg CATEGORIES:Affiliate Chapter Events,Georgia History Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:36@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20220430T190000Z DTEND:20220430T190000Z DTSTAMP:20220428T233733Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2022-georgia-history-festiva l-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2022 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:Location: The DeSoto Hotel\n15 East Liberty Street\, Savannah\, Georgia\n\nThe Trustees Gala is the Georgia Historical Society’s premie r annual event and the culmination of the Georgia History Festival. Each y ear\, this elegant and much-anticipated evening draws top local\, state\, and national leaders to honor and pay tribute to the best the State of Geo rgia has produced.\n\nThe Trustees Gala will be held on Saturday\, April 3 0\, 2022\, in Savannah.\n\nJoin the Georgia Historical Society (GHS) and l eaders from across the state as we induct the 2022 Georgia Trustees\, Dan Cathy and Shirley Franklin.\n\nGHS presents “Wonderwall\,” a delightfu l and inspiring evening of dinner\, dancing\, and lively conversation with the inductees.\n\n\n\nThe Georgia Trustees\nIn conjunction with the Gover nor’s Office\, the Georgia Historical Society reestablished the Georgia Trustees as a way of recognizing Georgians whose accomplishments and commu nity service reflect the highest ideals of the founding body of Trustees. The original Georgia Trustees\, a governing body chartered and appointed b y His Majesty King George II of England in 1732 to establish a new colony in North America\, founded Georgia upon the principle of Non Sibi\, Sed Al iis\, “Not for Self but for Others.” GHS and the Governor’s Office r eestablished the Trustees in 2008. The Governor annually appoints new Trus tees whose history-making accomplishments and service reflect the original Trustees’ ideals.\n\nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees\n\n\n\n\n\n\ nFor the first time\, this special event will stream live! We invite you t o watch on Saturday\, April 30\, beginning at 8:15 p.m. at WABE.org or at SavannahNow.com.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[su_row][su_column size="2/3 " center="no" class=""][dflip id="8911" type="link"]Read about the 2022 Ge orgia Trustees in the Georgia History Festival special edition of Georgia History Today.[/dflip][/su_column] [su_column size="1/3" center="no" class =""][dflip id="8911" type="link"][/dflip][/su_column][/su_row]\n\n\n\n[su_ row][su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column siz e="2/3" center="no" class=""]The 2022 Georgia Trustees are profiled in the February issue of Georgia Trend magazine.[/su_column][/su_row]\n\n\n\nPre vious Inductees:\n2021:\nDavid P. Abney\, Former Executive Chairman of the UPS Board of Directors\nJuanita Powell Baranco\, Executive Vice President and COO of Baranco Automotive Group\n2020:\nRobert L. Brown\, Jr.\, Presi dent and CEO of R.L. Brown &\; Associates\, Inc.\nRobert S. Jepson\, Jr .\, Founder and CEO of Jepson Associates\, Inc.\n2019:\nFrank Blake\, Reti red Chairman and CEO of The Home Depot\nJohn Schuerholz\, Vice Chairman Em eritus of the Atlanta Braves\n2018:\nEdward H. Bastian\, CEO of Delta Air Lines\nW. Paul Bowers\, Retired Chairman\, President\, and CEO of Georgia Power\n2017:\nF. Duane Ackerman\, Retired Chairman of the Board and CEO of BellSouth\nA.D. “Pete” Correll\, Retired CEO of Georgia-Pacific\n2016 :\nJames H. Blanchard\, Retired Chairman of the Board and CEO of Synovus\n Muhtar Kent\, Chairman of the Board and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company\n2015 :\nAlana Smith Shepherd\, Co-founder of the Shepherd Center\nPaula S. Wall ace\, President and Co-founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design\n 2014:\nArthur M. Blank\, Co-founder of The Home Depot\, Owner of the Atlan ta Falcons\nWilliam Porter “Billy” Payne\, Former Chairman of the Augu sta National Golf Club\, Chairman of Centennial Holding Company\, LLC\n201 3:\nTruett Cathy\, Founder of Chick-fil-A\nHerman Russell\, Founder of H.J . Russell &\; Company\n2012:\nTom Cousins\, Founder of Cousins Properti es\, Inc.\, Founder of Purpose Built Communities\nAndrew Young\, Former UN Ambassador and Mayor of Atlanta\n2011:\nVincent J. Dooley\, Legendary UGA Football Coach\nThe Honorable Sam Nunn\, Former U.S. Senator\n2010:\nHenr y “Hank” Aaron\, Baseball Legend\nRobert Edward “Ted” Turner\, Fou nder of CNN\, Chairman of Turner Enterprises\, Inc.\n2009:\nBernard Marcus \, Co-founder of The Home Depot\nMarguerite Neel Williams (honored posthum ously)\, Community Volunteer and Philanthropist\n\n\n\n\n\nView the 2022 G eorgia History Festival sponsors.\n \;\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2017/07/wonderwall2.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Trustees Gala END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:79@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220916T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220916T170000 DTSTAMP:20220914T214342Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/constitution-day-at-the-geor gia-historical-society/ SUMMARY:Constitution Day at the Georgia Historical Society DESCRIPTION:Georgia Historical Society Research Center\n501 Whitaker Street \nSavannah\,  GA 31401\n\nVisit the Georgia Historical Society Research C enter on Friday\, September 16\, 2022\, to view Abraham Baldwin's original draft copy of the US Constitution. One of only a few still in existence\, the draft includes the handwritten margin notes of Baldwin\, one of Georg ia's signers of the Constitution of 1787.\n\nThis treasure of the GHS coll ection\, along with a recently conserved Revolutionary War-era drum and ot her unique objects and documents highlighting Georgia's role in the develo pment and evolution of our national story will be on display during this f ree public event between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.\n\nThis event is presente d by Victor L. Andrews\, Ph.D.\n\nFree and open to the public.\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2022/07/Constitution-Day-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:80@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220922T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220922T180000 DTSTAMP:20220824T191534Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/ghs-presents-andrew-oshaughn essy/ SUMMARY:GHS Presents Andrew O’Shaughnessy DESCRIPTION:“The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind”: Thomas Jeffers on’s Enduring Legacy in Education\, Race\, and Modern America\nThe Georg ia Historical Society and the UVA Club of Savannah will host a talk by Dr. Andrew O'Shaughnessy\, Vice President of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation\ , Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jeffer son Studies at Monticello\, and Professor of History at the University of Virginia.\n\nOne of Thomas Jefferson’s greatest achievements—and one o f which he was most proud—was the establishment of the University of Vir ginia. Based on his latest book\, Andrew O’Shaughnessy explores Jefferso n’s impact on public education\, race relations\, and his complex legacy in modern America.\n\nThe free event is on Thursday\, September 22\, 2022 \, at 6:00 p.m.\, at Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church\, 429 Aberc orn Street\, in Savannah\, with a book signing to follow.\nThis event is p resented by\nVictor L. Andrews\, Ph.D.\nand\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrew O’Shaughne ssy is the Vice President of Monticello\, the Saunders Director of the Rob ert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at the Thomas Jeff erson Foundation and Professor of History at the University of Virginia.  His most recent book is The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind: Thomas Jefferson’s Idea of a University (Charlottesville: University of Virgin ia Press\, 2021).  He has previously published The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership\, the American Revolution\, and the Fate of the Empire (New Haven: Yale University Press\, 2013)\, which received eight national awards including the New York Historical Society American History Book Pri ze\, the George Washington Book Prize and The Society of Military History Book Prize. He is also the author of An Empire Divided: The American Revol ution and the British Caribbean (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press\, 2000) which was the alternate designate selection of the History B ook Club. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society\, he is an editor of th e Jeffersonian America series published by the University of Virginia Pres s.\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2022/07/OShaughnessy-horizontal-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:81@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T190000 DTSTAMP:20221117T212931Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/an-evening-with-annette-gord on-reed/ SUMMARY:An Evening with Annette Gordon-Reed DESCRIPTION:The Georgia Historical Society presents a conversation with Pul itzer Prize and National Book Award-winning historian and author Annette G ordon-Reed. Join us for an exploration of Gordon-Reed’s career\, includi ng the research and reception of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2009 and the National B ook Award in 2008)\, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Contr oversy\, and On Juneteenth\, her latest book\, and her work’s impact on modern scholarship.\n\nPreceding the conversation\, she will be inducted a s the newest Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellow.\n\nThursday\ , November 17\, 2022  |  7:00 p.m.\nWesley Monumental United Methodist C hurch\n429 Abercorn Street\, Savannah\n\nThis program is free and open to the public.\nMajor program support by\n\nFor those unable to join us in Sa vannah\, you can watch a livestream of the program at https://vimeo.com/ev ent/2608314.\n\n\n\nAbout Annette Gordon-Reed\n\nAnnette Gordon-Reed is th e Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University’s Law School a nd is Professor of History in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences.\n\ nGordon-Reed won sixteen book prizes\, including the Pulitzer Prize in His tory in 2009 and the National Book Award in 2008\, for The Hemingses of Mo nticello: An American Family (W.W. Norton\, 2008).\n\nIn addition to artic les and reviews\, her other books include Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemin gs: An American Controversy (UVA Press\, 1997)\; Andrew Johnson\, a volume in the “American Presidents Series” (Times Books/Henry Holt\, 2010)\; and\, with Peter S. Onuf\, “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas J efferson and the Empire of the Imagination (Liveright\, 2016). Her most re cent book\, On Juneteenth\, was published in 2021.\n\nGordon-Reed was the Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History at the University of Oxf ord (Queens College) in 2014-2015. Between 2010 and 2015\, she was the Car ol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.\n\nA selected list of her honors includes a Guggenh eim Fellowship in the humanities\, a MacArthur Fellowship\, the National H umanities Medal\, the National Book Award\, the Frederick Douglass Book Pr ize\, and the George Washington Book Prize.\n\nGordon-Reed was elected a f ellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011\, and in 2019 s he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society.\n\n\n\n\ nView event postcard ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2022/07/annette-gordon-reed-program.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:78@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20230204 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20230206 DTSTAMP:20230112T184539Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2023-colonial-faire-muster/ SUMMARY:2023 Colonial Faire & Muster DESCRIPTION:Explore Wormsloe State Historic Site during this popular annual event as audiences of all ages enjoy special living-history programs and demonstrations in an historic outdoor setting. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2022/06/cfm4.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:77@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230205T160000 DTSTAMP:20230203T163945Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2023-super-museum-sunday/ SUMMARY:2023 Super Museum Sunday DESCRIPTION:Georgians and visitors alike experience our state’s rich hist ory and cultural life as historic sites\, house museums\, art museums\, an d other points of interest throughout Georgia open their doors for an exce ptional opportunity to experience the history in our own backyard. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/08/sms-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:83@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T120000 DTSTAMP:20230209T153512Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2023-georgia-day-parade/ SUMMARY:2023 Georgia Day Parade DESCRIPTION:In light of tomorrow's weather forecast\, in consultation with the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools\, it is with great disappointme nt that we announce the 2023 Georgia Day parade has been cancelled. Unfort unately\, this event will not be rescheduled. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2022/11/parade.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs,Schools END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:65@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20230422T190000Z DTEND:20230422T190000Z DTSTAMP:20230503T193302Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2023-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2023 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:Join the Georgia Historical Society (GHS) and leaders from acro ss the state as we induct the 2023 Georgia Trustees\, Dan Amos and Donna H yland.  GHS presents “Indelible\,” a delightful and inspiring evening of dinner\, dancing\, and lively conversation with the inductees.\n\nThe Trustees Gala is the Georgia Historical Society’s premier annual event a nd the culmination of the Georgia History Festival. Each year\, this elega nt and much-anticipated evening draws top local\, state\, and national lea ders to honor and pay tribute to the best the State of Georgia has produce d.\n\nThe Trustees Gala will be held on Saturday\, April 22\, 2023\, in Sa vannah at The DeSoto Hotel.\n\nA small number of seats to the 2023 Trustee s Gala have recently been made available. To inquire about purchasing seat s to this event ($500 per seat)\, please contact Ashley Rainge-Shields at 912.651.2125 ext. 116. \n\n \;\n\n\nView the 2023 Trustees Gala Save t he Date\n\n\n\nThe 2023 Georgia Trustees\nDaniel P. Amos\n\n\nDan Amos bec ame chief executive officer of Aflac Incorporated in 1990 and is the secon d longest-serving CEO in the Fortune 200 behind Warren Buffett. In Janua ry 2000\, Dan launched the popular Aflac Duck advertising campaign\, trans forming Aflac from a successful supplemental insurance company to a top in ternational brand recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies for 22 years. His commitment to ethical business p ractices has led the Ethisphere Institute to recognize Aflac Incorporated as a World’s Most Ethical Company for seventeen consecutive years\, maki ng Aflac the only insurance company in the world to appear on this list ev ery year since the inception of the award in 2007. Amos has also appeared five times on Institutional Investor magazine’s lists of America’s B est CEOs for the insurance category\, and he has been recognized as one of the 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World by the Harvard Business Review  five times. His innovative leadership style has led to astounding annual revenue growth from $2.7 billion in 1990 to $19.5 billion in 2022.\n\nIn 1995\, Dan and his wife\, Kathelen\, were inspired to spearhead Aflac’s decades-long commitment to helping families of children diagnosed with can cer. The company and its independent sales associates have contributed mor e than $165 million to this cause\, including funding for the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta\, which has become a leading childhood cancer facility in the United States by U.S . News and World Report. In Japan\, through the Aflac Parents House\, Afla c has also helped more than 140\,000 children and their families who are f acing cancer and other diseases.\n\n[embed]https://vimeo.com/823044157?sha re=copy[/embed]\n\n\n\nDonna W. Hyland\n\n\nFor 32 years\, Donna Hyland ha s helped shape the delivery of healthcare to children in Georgia and beyon d. First as Chief Financial Officer\, then Chief Operating Officer and now as President and Chief Executive Officer\, Hyland has overseen monumental growth and achievement at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She was ins trumental during the merger of Egleston Children’s Health Care System an d Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center\, as well as the addition of H ughes Spalding and Marcus Autism Center\, which led to the formation of w hat is now one of the largest pediatric healthcare systems in the country. Today\, Children’s is consistently ranked as a top pediatric hospital b y U.S. News &\; World Report and one of Fortune magazine’s “100 B est Companies to Work For.”\n\nHyland’s dedication to pediatric health care has resulted in recognition as one of Atlanta’s and Georgia’s mos t influential leaders.\n\nHer dedication to the community extends outside of Children’s\, where she serves on the boards of Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc.\, Cousins Properties Incorporated\, Genuine Parts Company\, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee\, Truist Atlanta Adv isory Board\, and Stone Mountain Industrial Park\, Inc.\n\n[embed]https:// vimeo.com/823041551/dcbcd42a14?share=copy[/embed]\n\n\n\nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees\n\n\n\n[su_row][su_column size="1/3" center="no" clas s=""][/su_column] [su_column size="2/3" center="no" class=""]The 2023 Geor gia Trustees are profiled in the February issue of Georgia Trend magazine. [/su_column][/su_row]\n\n\n\nGeorgia History Festival Sponsors\n\nView the complete list of 2023 Georgia History Festival sponsors. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/03/Indelible1.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Trustees Gala END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:84@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20230422T190000Z DTEND:20230422T190000Z DTSTAMP:20230217T204010Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/join-us-for-the-2023-trustee s-gala/ SUMMARY:2023 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:Join the Georgia Historical Society (GHS) and leaders from acro ss the state as we induct the 2023 Georgia Trustees\, Dan Amos and Donna H yland.  GHS presents “Indelible\,” a delightful and inspiring evening of dinner\, dancing\, and lively conversation with the inductees.\n\nThe Trustees Gala is the Georgia Historical Society’s premier annual event a nd the culmination of the Georgia History Festival. Each year\, this elega nt and much-anticipated evening draws top local\, state\, and national lea ders to honor and pay tribute to the best the State of Georgia has produce d.\n\nThe Trustees Gala will be held on Saturday\, April 22\, 2023\, in Sa vannah at The DeSoto Hotel.\n\nView the 2023 Trustees Gala Invitation\n[df lip id="10104" type="thumb"][/dflip]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Georgia Trustees\nIn conjunction with the Governor’s Office\, the Georgia Historical Society reestablished the Georgia Trustees as a way of recognizing Georgians whos e accomplishments and community service reflect the highest ideals of the founding body of Trustees. The original Georgia Trustees\, a governing bod y chartered and appointed by His Majesty King George II of England in 1732 to establish a new colony in North America\, founded Georgia upon the pri nciple of Non Sibi\, Sed Aliis\, “Not for Self but for Others.” GHS an d the Governor’s Office reestablished the Trustees in 2008. The Governor annually appoints new Trustees whose history-making accomplishments and s ervice reflect the original Trustees’ ideals.\nThe 2023 Georgia Trustees \nDaniel P. Amos\n\n\nDan Amos became chief executive officer of Aflac Inc orporated in 1990 and is one of the longest-serving CEOs in the Fortune 20 0. In January 2000\, Dan launched the popular Aflac Duck advertising campa ign\, transforming Aflac from a successful supplemental insurance company to a top international brand recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies for 21 years. His commitment to ethical b usiness practices has led the Ethisphere Institute to recognize Aflac Inco rporated as a World's Most Ethical Company for sixteen consecutive years\, making Aflac the only insurance company in the world to appear on this li st every year since the inception of the award in 2007. Amos has also appe ared five times on Institutional Investor magazine’s lists of America’ s Best CEOs for the insurance category\, and he has been recognized as one of the 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World by the Harvard Business Revi ew five times. His innovative leadership style has led to astounding annua l revenue growth from $2.7 billion in 1990 to $22.1 billion in 2021.\n\nA past member of the board of trustees of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta\, Dan serves on the board of the House of Mercy of Columbus in Georgia. He is former chairman of the board of the Japan America Society of Georgia an d the University of Georgia Foundation.\n\n\n\nDonna W. Hyland\n\n\nFor 32 years\, Donna Hyland has helped shape the delivery of healthcare to child ren in Georgia and beyond. First as Chief Financial Officer\, then Chief O perating Officer and now as President and Chief Executive Officer\, Hyland has overseen monumental growth and achievement at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She was instrumental during the merger of Egleston Children ’s Health Care System and Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center\, as well as the addition of Hughes Spalding and Marcus Autism Center\, which led to the formation of what is now one of the largest pediatric healthca re systems in the country. Today\, Children’s is consistently ranked as a top pediatric hospital by U.S. News &\; World Report and one of For tune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.”\n\nHyland’s dedi cation to pediatric healthcare has resulted in recognition as one of Atlan ta’s and Georgia’s most influential leaders.\n\nHer dedication to the community extends outside of Children’s\, where she serves on the boards of Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc.\, Cousins Properties Incorporated\ , Genuine Parts Company\, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Executive Comm ittee\, Truist Atlanta Advisory Board\, and Stone Mountain Industrial Park \, Inc.\n\n\n\nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees\n\n\n\n[su_row][su_co lumn size="1/3" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="2/3" ce nter="no" class=""]The 2023 Georgia Trustees are profiled in the February issue of Georgia Trend magazine.[/su_column][/su_row]\n\n\n\nGeorgia Histo ry Festival Sponsors\n\nView the complete list of 2023 Georgia History Fes tival sponsors. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/03/Indelible1.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Trustees Gala END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:85@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T180000 DTSTAMP:20230918T203738Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/american-government-at-250-h istory-and-democracy/ SUMMARY:The Promise of Self-Government: History and American Democracy DESCRIPTION:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwuozPi_mzg\n\nJoin the Georgia Historical Society and the UVA Club of Savannah for a discussion with Dr. Sidney Milkis\, the White Burkett Miller Professor in the Department of P olitics at the University of Virginia and a Faculty Fellow at the UVA Mill er Center. Dr. Milkis is the author of What Happened to the Vital Center: Presidentialism\, Populist Revolt\, and the Fracturing of America. As the Kickoff Event for GHS’s US250 commemoration\, the program will feature a wide-ranging discussion exploring how the American experiment in self-gov ernment has evolved to meet the challenges of an ever-changing country ove r the last 250 years. This event also begins the 2023-2024 GHS Georgia His tory Festival that will examine the theme\, “Governing Georgia Across Th ree Centuries.”\nSponsored in part by\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorgi a History Festival Sponsors\n CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:88@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240211T160000 DTSTAMP:20240209T214409Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2024-super-museum-sunday/ SUMMARY:Super Museum Sunday DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by\n\n\n \;\n\nMultiple sites statewide\n\nExplor e history\, arts\, and culture in communities throughout Georgia as over 1 00 museums and historic sites across the state open to the public for free during this popular annual event organized as part of the annual Georgia History Festival.\n\n\n\nParticipating Sites\nBrowse the list of participa ting sites by county below\, or click the map image to view an interactive map.\n\n\n\n[su_accordion][su_spoiler title="Baldwin County" open="no" st yle="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAndalusia Farm: The Home of Flannery O'Connor\n2628 N. Columbia St.\, Milledgeville\n478-445-8722 | H ours: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeorgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion\n1 20 South Clarke St.\, Milledgeville\n478-445-4545 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4:0 0 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Bartow County" open="no" sty le="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nEtowah Indian Mounds State H istoric Site\n813 Indian Mounds Road SE\, Cartersville\n770-387-3747 | Hou rs: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nEuharlee Welcome Center &\; History Mu seum\n33 Covered Bridge Road\, Euharlee\n770-607-2017 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Ben Hill County" open=" no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAB&\;A Historic Tr ain Depot\n116 N. Johnston Street\, Fitzgerald\n229-426-5033 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe Blue &\; Gray Museum\n116 N. Johnston Stre et\, Fitzgerald\n229-426-5033 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nVintag e Kitchens Museum &\; 1890s General Store\n223 E. Pine Street\, Fitzger ald\n229-345-1166 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_ spoiler title="Bryan County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nFort McAllister\n3894 Ft. McAllister Road\, Richmond Hill\n9 12-727-2339| Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nRichmond Hill Historical Society &\; Museum \n11460 Ford Avenue\, Richmond Hill\n912-756-3697 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Bull och County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\n Ge orgia Southern University \n2142 Southern Drive\, Statesboro\n912-478-5444 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Bur ke County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nBurk e County Museum\n536 S. Liberty Street\, Waynesboro\n706-554-4889 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Butts Count y" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nIndian Sprin g Hotel Museum\n 1807 Highway 42\, Flovilla\n770-775-5350 | Hours: 1:00 p. m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Camden County" open= "no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nCumberland Island Na tional Seashore Mainland Museum\n129 Osborne Street\, St. Marys\n912-882-4 336 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title=" Candler County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\ nThe History Museum and The Candler County Historical Society\n245 W Verti a St.\, Metter\n912-685-2450 | Hours: 11:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoil er]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Catoosa County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="pl us" anchor="" class=""]\n\nChickamauga &\; Chattanooga National Militar y Park\n3370 Lafayette Road\, Fort Oglethorpe\n706-866-9241 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Chatham County" o pen="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAmerican Prohibi tion Museum\n209 W. Julian Street\, Savannah\n912-220-1249 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.\n\n\n\nAndrew Low House Museum\n329 Abercorn St.\, Savann ah\n912-233-6854 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBeach Institute\n5 02 E Harris St.\, Savannah\n912-335-8868 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n \n\n\nBloomingdale Museum\n205 E. Hwy 80\, Bloomingdale\n912-233-6854 | Ho urs: 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBonaventure Historical Society\n330 Bon aventure Rd.\, Savannah\n912-412-4687 | Hours: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. with a gui ded tour at 2 p.m.\n\n\n\nCity of Savannah Municipal Archives *virtual exp erience only*\n Visit the City of Savannah Municipal Archives website to s ee the Archive's virtual offerings.\n\n\n\nCoastal Georgia Botanical Garde ns\n2 Canebrake Rd.\, Savannah\n912-921-5460 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p. m.\n\n\n\nCongregation Mickve Israel\n20 East Gordon Street\, Savannah\n91 2-233-1547 | Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nDavenport House Museum\n3 24 East State St.\, Savannah\n912-236-8097 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nFirst Bryan Baptist Church\n575 W. Bryan St.\, Savannah\n912-232-5 526 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFlannery O'Connor Childhood Home \n207 East Charlton St.\, Savannah\n912-233-6014 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:0 0 p.m.\n\n\n\nFort Pulaski National Monument\nUS Highway 80 E\, Savannah\n (Entrance on McQueen’s Island)\n912-786-8182 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:0 p. m.\n\n\n\nGeorgia Historical Society\n501 Whitaker St.\, Savannah\n912-651 -2125 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeorgia State Railroad Museum \n655 Louisville Rd.\, Savannah\n912-651-6823 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p .m.\n\n\n\nGirl Scout First Headquarters Museum and Program Center\n330 Dr ayton St.\, Savannah (Behind the Andrew Low House)\n912-232-8200 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGray's Reef Ocean Discovery Center\n340 Mart in Luther King\, Jr. Blvd. Suite A\, Savannah\n912-598-2417 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGreen-Meldrim House\n14 W. Macon St.\, Savannah\n 912-232-1245 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nJuliette Gordon Low Bir thplace\n10 E. Oglethorpe Ave.\, Savannah\n912-233-4501 | Hours: 12:00 p.m . - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe King-Tisdell Cottage\n502 East Harris Street\, Sa vannah\n912-228-1040 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nLutheran Churc h of the Ascension\n120 Bull Street\, Savannah\n912-232-4151| Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMassie Heritage Center\n207 E. Gordon St.\, Savan nah\n912-395-5070 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nNational Museum o f the Mighty Eighth Air Force\n175 Bourne Avenue\, Pooler\n912-748-8888 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOatland Island Wildlife Center\n507 S andtown Road\, Savannah\n912-395-1500 ext. 1504 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Fort Jackson\n1 Fort Jackson Rd.\, Savannah\n912-232-3945 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOssabaw Island\n25 Diamond Causewa y\, Savannah\n912-344-3900 | 12:00 p.m. departure from Diamond Causeway bo at ramp\; the boat will return by 4:30 p.m.\n\nFree admission. $50 transpo rtation fee. Tickets must be bought in advance. Call the Ossabaw Island Fo undation at 912-344-3900 for additional information. Tickets may be purcha sed by following this link.\n\n\n\nPin Point Heritage Museum\n9924 Pin Poi nt Ave.\, Savannah\n912-355-0064 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nRa lph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum\n460 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\, Savannah\n912-777-6099 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSavannah Afr ican Art Museum\n201 E. 37th Street\, Savannah\n912-721-7745 | Hours: 12:0 0 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSavannah Botanical Gardens\n1388 Eisenhower Dr\, Savannah\n912-355-3883 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSavannah Ch ildren’s Museum\n655 Louisville Rd.\, Savannah\n912-651-6823 | Hours: 12 :00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSavannah History Museum and Battlefield Memori al Park\n303 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\n912-651-6825 | Hours: 12:00 p .m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSavannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum &\; Nature Center \n681 Fort Argyle Rd. (Rte. 204) 2.3 miles past I-95\, Savannah\n912-748-8 068 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSCAD Museum of Art\n601 Turner Blvd.\, Savannah\n912-525-7191 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nShip s of the Sea Maritime Museum\n41 MLK Jr. Blvd.\, Savannah\n912-232-1511 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nTelfair Museums' Jepson Center\n207 W . York Street\, Savannah\n912-790-8802 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n \n\nTelfair Museums' Owens-Thomas House &\; Slave Quarters\n124 Abercor n Street\, Savannah\n912-790-8802 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nT elfair Museums' Telfair Academy\n121 Barnard Street\, Savannah\n912-790-88 02 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nTybee Island Light Station and M useum\n30 Meddin Drive\, Tybee Island\n912-786-5801 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4 :30 p.m.\nLighthouse will be closed due to renovation\, but the rest of th e buildings and museum will be open.\n\n\n\nTybee Island Marine Science Ce nter\n37 Meddin Drive\, Tybee Island\n912-786-5917| Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 5:0 0 p.m.\n\n\n\nUGA Marine Education Center &\; Aquarium\n30 Ocean Scienc e Circle\, Savannah\n912-598-2496 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nW ebb Military Museum\n411 E. York St.\, Savannah\n912-663-0398 | Hours: 12: 00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nWormsloe State Historic Site\n7601 Skidaway Rd. \, Savannah\n912-353-3023 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\ n\n[su_spoiler title="Cherokee County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nHistory Cherokee\n221 E. Marietta Street\, Canton\ n770-345-3288 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoi ler title="Cobb County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" clas s=""]\n\nMarietta Museum of History\n1 Depot Street\, Marietta\n770-794-57 10 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSeven Springs Museum at the Bodi ford House\n4355 Marietta St.\, Powder Springs\n678-626-0799 | Hours: 12:0 0 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMuseum of History and Holocaust Education\n3333 Busbee Drive\, Kennesaw\n470-578-2083 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\ n\nWilliam Root House Museum and Garden\n80 N. Marietta Pkwy NW\, Marietta \n770-426-4982 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spo iler title="Coweta County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" c lass=""]\n\nAfrican American Heritage Museum and Research Center\n92 Farme r St.\, Newnan\n470-414-1647 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nNewnan Coweta Historical Society\n74 Jackson Street\, Newnan\n770-251-0207 | Hou rs: 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe Little Manse: Birthplace &\; Museu m of Erskine Caldwell\nTown Square\, Moreland\n678-492-3161 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMoreland Hometown Heritage Museum: A Tribute to L ewis Grizzard\n7 Main Street\, Moreland\n678-492-3161 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Douglas County" open="n o" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nDouglas County Museum of History &\; Art\n12431 Veterans Memorial Hwy\, Douglasville\n678-449 -3939 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler titl e="Early County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n \nKolomoki Mounds State Park\n205 Indian Mounds Rd.\, Blakely\n229-724-215 0 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Ef fingham County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\ n Georgia Salzburger Society Museum and Jerusalem Church\n2980 Ebenezer Ro ad\, Rincon\n912-754-7001 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\ n\n[su_spoiler title="Emanuel County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nEmanuel County Historic Preservation Society\n161 M useum Rd.\, Swainsboro\n478-763-3631 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/s u_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Floyd County" open="no" style="fancy" ico n="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nFairview School\n278 Padlock Road\, Cave S pring\n404-759-3918 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe Hearn Acade my\n13 Old Cedartown Road\, Cave Spring\nHours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n \n\nThe Hearn Inn\n13 Old Cedartown Road\, Cave Spring\nHours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe Old Baptist Church\n13 Old Cedartown Road\, Cave Sp ring\nHours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nCave Spring Welcome Center and Museum\n13 Old Cedartown Road\, Cave Spring\nHours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Ribbon cutting ceremony held at 2:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nVann Log Cabin\n24 Broad Street\, Cave Spring\nHours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[ su_spoiler title="Fulton County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" ancho r="" class=""]\n\nBarrington Hall\n525 Barrington Dr\, Roswell\n470-990-21 00 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBullochn Hall\n180 Bulloch Ave\, Roswell\n470-990-2100 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSmith Planta tion\n38 Hill St\, Roswell\n470-990-2100 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n \n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Glynn County" open="no" style="fancy " icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nCassina Garden Club Tabby Cabins at G ascoigne Bluff\n1195 Arthur J. Moore Drive\, St. Simons Island\n404-374-39 33 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFort Frederica National Monument \n4201 1st Street\, St. Simons Island\n912-638-3639 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5 :00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHowfyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site\n5556 US Hwy 17 North\, Brunswick\n912-264-7333 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\nFor t Frederica National Monument\n\n\n\nMosaic\, the Jekyll Island Museum\n10 0 Stable Road\, Jekyll Island\, GA 31527\n912-635-4168| Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSt. Simons Lighthouse Museum\n610 Beachview Drive\, St. Simons Island\n912-634-7099 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nWorld War II Home Front Museum\n4201 1st Street\, St. Simons Island\n912-638-466 6 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="G ordon County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\n\ n\nNew Echota State Historic Site\n1211 Chatsworth Highway NE\, Calhoun\n7 06-624-1321 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler t itle="Hall County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""] \n\nThe James Longstreet Museum\n827 Maple Street\, Gainesville\n770-539-9 005 | Hours: 10:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler ti tle="Jenkins County" opens="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class= ""]\n\nMagnolia Springs State Park\n1053 Magnolia Springs Drive\, Millen\n 478-982-1660 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoile r title="Liberty County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" cla ss=""]\n\nHistoric Dorchester Academy\n8787 East Oglethorpe Highway\, Midw ay\n912-442-0018 | Hours: 12 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFort Morris State His toric Site\n2559 Fort Morris Road\, Midway\n912-884-5999 | Hours: 9:00 a.m . - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeechee Kunda Cultural Arts Center and Museum\n622 Wa ys Temple Road\, Riceboro\n912-231-7583 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\ n\n\nHistoric Baptismal Trail\n8808 E.B. Cooper Hwy\, Riceboro\nHours: 12: 00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nITPA Telephone Museum\n438 West Oglethorpe Hwy\ , Hinesville\n912-408-4872 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nLiberty C ounty Historical Society - Susie King Taylor Exhibit\n101 N. Commerce Stre et\, Hinesville\n912-658-9053 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMidway Museum\n491 N. Coastal Hwy\, Midway\n912-656-2921 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4 :00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Liberty County Jail - History and Architecture\n302 S. Main Street\, Hinesville\n912-877-4332 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n \n\nVeterans Memorial Walk at Bryant Commons\n438 W. Oglethorpe Hwy\, Hine sville\nHours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title ="Lincoln County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\ n\nLincoln County Historical Society and Lincoln County Historical Park\n1 47 Lumber Street\, Lincolnton\n757-831-9556 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m .\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Lumpkin County" opens="no" style= "fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nDahlonega Gold Museum\n1 Public Square\, Dahlonega\n706-864-2251 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_s poiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="McIntosh County" open="no" style="fancy" ico n="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nFort King George State Historic Site\n302 McIntosh Road SE\, Darien\n912-437-4770 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n [/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Meriwether County" open="no" style="fa ncy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nRoosevelt's Little White House Sta te Historic Site\n401 Little White House Road\, Warm Springs\n706-655-5870 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Mon roe County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nJar rell Plantation State Historic Site\n711 Jarrell Plantation Road\, Julliet te\n478-986-5172 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_sp oiler title="Morgan County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nHeritage Hall\n277 S. Main Street\, Madison\n706-342-9627 | H ours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Murray County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nChatswo rth Depot\n219 N. 1st Ave.\, Chatsworth\n706-695-2155 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nChief Vann House State Historic Site\n82 Hwy 225 N\, Cha tsworth\n706-695-2598 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHistoric Wrigh t Hotel\n201 E. Market St.\, Chatsworth\n706-695-2155 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Spring Place Methodist Church\n237 Elm St.\, Chatswo rth\n706-695-2740 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_s poiler title="Muscogee County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor= "" class=""]\n\nNational Civil War Naval Museum\n1002 Victory Drive\, Colu mbus\n706-327-9798 | Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su _spoiler title="Paulding County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" ancho r="" class=""]\n\nPickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site\n4432 Mt. Tabor Church Road\, Dallas\n770-443-7850 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n \n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Polk County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nRockmart History Museum\n133 South Mar ble Street\, Rockmart\n678-764-5201 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su _spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Rabun County" open="no" style="fancy" icon ="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nThe Foxfire Museum &\; Heritage Center\n 98 Foxfire Lane\, Mountain City\n706-746-5828 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p .m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Richmond County" open="no" styl e="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAugusta Jewish Museum\n525 Te lfair St\, Augusta\n706-426-1542 | Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nAu gusta Museum of History\n560 Reynolds St.\, Augusta\n706-722-8454 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHistoric Meadow Garden\n1320 Independence Dr ive\, Augusta\n706-724-4174| Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler ]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Stephens County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plu s" anchor="" class=""]\n\nTraveler’s Rest Historic Site\n4339 Riverdale Rd.\, Toccoa\n706-886-2256 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n[/su_spoiler]\n \n[su_spoiler title="Sumter County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" an chor="" class=""]\n\nAndersonville National Historic Prison\n496 Cemetery Road\, Andersonville\n229-924-0343 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n[/su_s poiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Taliaferro County" open="no" style="fancy" i con="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nA.H. Stephens State Park\n456 Alexander St. NW\, Crawfordville\n706-456-2602 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\ nTaliaferro County Historical Society\n126 and 128 Broad St.\, Crawfordvil le\n770-316-5786 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_sp oiler title="Thomas County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nLapham-Patterson House\n626 N Dawson Street\, Thomasville\n22 9-226-7664 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nPebble Hill Plantation\n 1251 US Hwy 319 S\, Thomasville\n229-226-2344 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p .m.\n\n\n\nThomasville History Center\n725 N. Dawson Street\, Thomasville\ n229-226-7664 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoi ler title="White County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" cla ss=""]\n\nFolk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia\n283 Hwy 255 N\, Sautee Nacoochee\n706-878-3300 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHardman Far m State Historic Site\n143 Highway 17\, Sautee Nacoochee\n706-878-1077 | H ours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Whitfie ld County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nBlun t House\n506 S. Thornton Ave.\, Dalton\n706-278-0217 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe Emery Center\n110 W. Emery Street\, Dalton\n706-277-7 633| Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHamilton House\n701 Chattanooga A ve.\, Dalton\n706-278-0217 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHuff Hous e\n314 N. Selvidge Street\, Dalton\n706-278-0217 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[/su_accordion]\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorgia Hi story Festival\nSponsors\n\n\nGeorgia History Festival\nHost Committee\n\n \nTrustee\n\n\n\n\nFestival\n  \n\n\n\nFounding\n \n\n\n\nOglethorpe\n\ n\n\n\nPresenting\n     \n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/08/sms-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:66@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240427T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240427T190000 DTSTAMP:20240502T145520Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2024-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2024 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Trustees Gala will be held on Saturday\, April 27\, 20 24\, at the Hyatt Regency Savannah.\n\nThe Georgia Trustees is a recogniti on as old as Georgia and is today the highest honor the state can confer.   In conjunction with the Governor’s Office\, the Georgia Historical So ciety reestablished the Georgia Trustees to recognize Georgians whose acco mplishments and community service reflect the highest ideals of the foundi ng body of Trustees.  Join the Georgia Historical Society and leaders fro m across the state as we induct the 2024 Georgia Trustees\, Ms. Carol Tom é\, Chief Executive Officer of United Parcel Service (UPS)\, and Dr. Loui s Sullivan\, 17th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and Founding Dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine\, on Saturday\, April 2 7\, 2024\, in Savannah. This elegant evening includes cocktails\, dinner\, and a lively conversation with the inductees—two exemplary Georgians wh ose history-making accomplishments and service reflect the original Truste es’ ideals.\n\n\nDue to high demand\, seating for the 2024 Trustees Gala is currently reserved for our generous Georgia History Festival corporate sponsors and Host Committee members\, as well as for our Georgia Trustee honorees and their guests.\n\nAt this time\, we are collecting names for a waiting list.  However\, we do expect seating to become available so if you or your group are interested in attending\, please contact Cherie Tric e at rsvp@georgiahistory.com with the number of seats you are seeking. We will respond as quickly as possible to advise you if seats are available.  We are extremely grateful for your interest in the 2024 Trustees Gala an d hope you will be able to join us for this memorable evening as we induct the modern-day Georgia Trustees!  As always\, thank you for your support of the Georgia Historical Society.\n\n\n\nThe 2024 Georgia Trustees\nDr. Louis Sullivan\nDr. Louis W. Sullivan was president of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) – the only predominantly Black medical school in the U.S . established in the 20th Century – for more than two decades. He became the founding dean and director of the Medical Education Program at Moreho use College in 1975\, which became The School of Medicine at Morehouse Col lege in 1978.\n\nDr. Sullivan left MSM in 1989 to accept an appointment by President George H.W. Bush to serve as the 17th Secretary of the U.S. Dep artment of Health and Human Services\, where he led the national efforts t o improve the health and health behavior of Americans.\n\nIn January 1993\ , he returned to MSM and resumed the office of president. He retired in 20 02 and was appointed president emeritus.\n\nA native of Atlanta\, Dr. Sull ivan graduated magna cum laude from Morehouse College in 1954\, and earned his medical degree\, cum laude\, from Boston University School of Medicin e in 1958.  He is certified in internal medicine and hematology\, holds a mastership from the American College of Physicians\, and is a member of P hi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha academic honor societies.\n\nDr. Sulli van currently is the chairman of the Washington\, D.C.-based Sullivan Alli ance to Transform the Health Professions. In January 2020\, in order to fu rther increase diversity and transform health professions’ education and health delivery systems\, the Board of the Sullivan Alliance voted to bec ome a central program of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) . In 2022\, the AAHC merged into the Association of American Medical Colle ges (AAMC).  He also serves on the boards of United Therapeutics and Emer gent Biosolutions\, and he is co-chair of the Henry Schein Cares Foundatio n.\n\nhttps://vimeo.com/941635307?share=copy\n\n\n\nCarol Tomé\n\n\nCarol B. Tomé is the Chief Executive Officer of UPS. She is the 12th CEO in th e 115-year history of the company.\n\nBefore joining UPS\, Tomé served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Home Depot\, Inc.\, one of the world’s largest retailers. She joined the company in 1 995 as Vice President and Treasurer.\n\nTomé began her career as a commer cial lender with United Bank of Denver (now Wells Fargo) and then spent se veral years as Director of Banking for Johns-Mansville Corporation. Prior to joining The Home Depot\, Tomé was Vice President and Treasurer of Rive rwood International Corporation.\n\nTomé serves as board member for Veriz on Communications\, Inc.\, board of councilors for the Carter Center and i s a board trustee for Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation and the Atlanta Botanical Garden. She is also a member of The Committee of 200\, The Buckh ead Coalition\, and The Business Council.\n\nA native of Jackson\, Wyoming \, Tomé holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Wyoming and a master’s degree in finance from the University of Denve r.\n\nhttps://vimeo.com/941643439?share=copy\n\nLearn more about the Georg ia Trustees.\n\n\n\nGeorgia History Festival Sponsors &\; Host Committe e\nThank you to the Georgia History Festival sponsors for supporting the e ducational mission and year-round programming of the Georgia Historical So ciety!\n\n\n\nTrustee\n\n\n\n\nFestival\n  \n\n\n\nFounding\n \n\n\n\nO glethorpe\n \n\n\n\nPresenting\n     \n\n\n\nPlatinum\n   \n\ n\n\n\nGold\n             \n\n\n\nFoundations and Institutio ns\nThe Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia\nGeorge W. Strick land\, Jr. Foundation\nJ.C. Lewis Foundation\nPublix Super Markets Chariti es\nThe Quarterman &\; Keller Foundation\nWilliams Family Foundation of Georgia\n\n\n\n\n2024 Georgia History Festival\nHost Committee\n \;\n Oglethorpe\nMr. and Mrs. Dan Cathy\n \;\nPatron\nMr. and Mrs. Francis S. Blake\nMr. and Mrs. F. Reed Dulany III\nMr. and Mrs. John Morgan\nThe C lyde C. Tuggle Family\n \;\nBenefactor\nMr. and Mrs. David P. Abney\nM r. and Mrs. F. Duane Ackerman\nMr. and Mrs. James H. Blanchard\nMs. Stepha nie V. Blank\nDr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Bolch III\nMr. and Mrs. W. Paul Bower s\nMr. and Mrs. Kerry Breitbart\nMr. and Mrs. Eddie Cooper\nMr. and Mrs. W alter M. “Sonny” Deriso\nMr. and Mrs. Beverly M. DuBose III\nMr. Bob F aircloth\nMr. and Mrs. Brian Harlander\nMr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Haynes III \nMr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Hertz\nMr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Holder\nMr. and Mr s. John H. Irby\nMr. and Mrs. Jeff Kole\nMr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levy\nMr. and Mrs. Angus Littlejohn\nMr. Craig Menear\nMr. and Mrs. Stephen Rabinowi tz\nMrs. Rosaleen R. Roxburgh\nMr. and Mrs. Mark V. Smith\nMr. and Mrs. Au stin P. Sullivan\nMr. and Mrs. Larry Thompson\nMr. and Mrs. Don L. Waters\ n \;\nChair\nThe Honorable and Mrs. Roy E. Barnes\nMr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Blair\nMr. Mark L. Burns\nMr. and Mrs. Christopher Cay\nMs. Julie E. Hu nt\nMr. and Mrs. Kevin Iocovozzi\nMrs. Betsy Lancaster\nMr. and Mrs. Keith W. Mason\nDr. and Mrs. William T. Moore\nVanita and Harry Morgan\nDr. and Mrs. L. Jeffrey Payne\nMr. and Mrs. Edward Price\nMr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Reilly\nMr. and Mrs. H. Jerome Russell\, Jr.\nDr. Michael Sharkey\nMr. Wil liam Sprague III\nMr. and Mrs. Kessel D. Stelling\, Jr.\nMrs. Helen R. Ste ward\nMr. and Mrs. Philip A. Wilheit\, Sr.\nMs. Susan A. Willetts and Mr. Alan K. Pritz\n \;\nMember\nMr. and Mrs. R. Stanley Allen\nMr. and Mrs . John G. Alston\, Sr.\nMr. and Mrs. G. Holmes Bell IV\nMr. and Mrs. Rober t L. Brown\, Jr.\nMr. and Mrs. John D. Carswell\nMr. and Mrs. Gene Cartled ge\nMr. and Mrs. Jack Cay IV\nMr. James Collins\nMr. and Mrs. Erroll B. Da vis\, Jr.\nMrs. Vincent J. Dooley\nMr. Kyle Dwyer and Ms. Sabrina Nagel\nM r. and Mrs. Andrew Dyer\nMr. and Mrs. George Fawcett II\nMr. and Mrs. Ned Gay\nMr. and Mrs. Joel Goodman\nMr. and Mrs. Steve Green\nMr. and Mrs. Bre nt Harlander\nMr. and Mrs. Neil Hightower\nMr. and Mrs. Ross David Kaminsk y\nMr. Richard Kessler\nMr. and Mrs. Ted J. Kleisner\nMr. and Mrs. Lowell Kronowitz\nMrs. Robert O. Levitt\nMr. Samuel G. McCachern\nMr. and Mrs. Jo hn F. McMullan\nMr. and Mrs. John W. Meshad\nMr. and Mrs. Joseph Mingledor ff\nMr. and Mrs. Charles Hills Morris\, Jr.\nMr. Ted Muller\nMr. and Mrs. C.V. Nalley III\nMr. and Mrs. Patrick T. O’Connor\nMr. and Mrs. David Pa ddison\nMr. and Mrs. Jim Pannell\nMr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Pannell\nDr. Me lissa Parker\nMr. and Mrs. Bruce Pendleton\nMr. and Mrs. Winston Pittman\, Sr.\nDr. Kristina and Mr. Jason Riopelle\nMr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Roberts \nMr. and Mrs. John P. Rogers\nMr. and Mrs. Graham Sadler\nMr. and Mrs. Ry an Schneider\nMs. Swann Seiler\nMrs. Alana Shepherd\nMr. and Mrs. Philip S olomons\, Jr.\nMr. and Mrs. Paul H. Threlkeld\nMr. and Mrs. John L. Tucker \nMr. and Mrs. R. Bartley Turner\nMr. and Mrs. William Wallace\nMr. and Mr s. Brent Watts\nMr. and Mrs. William Weil\nMr. and Mrs. James Corde Wilson III\n \;\n\n\n\nHonorary Host Committee\nThe Honorable Teri Anulewicz ● The Honorable James Beverly ● The Honorable Jon G. Burns ● The Ho norable Max Burns ● The Honorable Gloria Butler ● The Honorable Chris Carr ● The Honorable Buddy Carter ● The Honorable Katie Dempsey ● Th e Honorable Mike Dugan ● The Honorable Tim Echols ● The Honorable Chuc k Efstration ● The Honorable Joseph Gullett ● The Honorable Ed Harbiso n ● The Honorable Matt Hatchett ● The Honorable Penny Houston ● The Honorable Chuck Hufstetler ● The Honorable Edna Jackson ● The Honorabl e Burt Jones ● The Honorable Jan Jones ● The Honorable Derek Mallow ● The Honorable Butch Parrish ● The Honorable Chuck Payne ● The Hono rable Brad Raffensperger ● The Honorable Calvin Smyre ● The Honorable Ron Stephens ● The Honorable Blake Tillery ● The Honorable Ben Watson\ n\n\n\n\nMedia Sponsors\n\n\n     \n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial Thanks\n\n\n\nFo r information on how your company can become a Corporate Sponsor of the Ge orgia History Festival or to join the Host Committee please contact Cherie Trice or 912.651.2125\, ext. 141. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2021/03/gala-headlines-01.png CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Trustees Gala LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Savannah\, 2 West Bay St\, Savannah\, GA\, United St ates GEO:32.081597;-81.091502 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2 West Bay St\, Savannah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Hyatt Regency Savannah:geo:3 2.081597,-81.091502 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:90@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T190000 DTSTAMP:20240830T191325Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/vincent-j-dooley-distinguish ed-fellows-program-an-evening-with-steve-oney/ SUMMARY:Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Fellows Program: An Evening with St eve Oney DESCRIPTION:\n\nPlease join us for a special evening with journalist and au thor Steve Oney\, including his induction as the Vincent J. Dooley Disting uished Teaching Fellow for 2024.\n\nThe event will take place Thursday\, S eptember 12\, at 7 p.m. at Congregation Mickve Israel\, 20 E. Gordon Stree t on Monterey Square in Savannah. This event will be free and open to the public. The induction will be followed by a discussion between Oney and Dr . Stan Deaton\, Senior Historian and the Dr. Elaine B. Andrews Distinguish ed Historian at the Georgia Historical Society.\n\nA long-time staff write r for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine\, Oney is the author of An d the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo F rank (Pantheon\, 2003). Combining investigative journalism and sweeping hi story\, Oney’s book is the definitive account of one of Georgia history' s darkest and most notorious moments.\n\nHe is also the author of A Man’ s World: A Gallery of Fighters\, Creators\, Actors\, and Desperadoes (Univ ersity of Georgia Press\, 2019)\, a collection of twenty profiles of fasci nating and famous men\, written over a 40-year period for publications inc luding Esquire\, Premiere\, GQ\, TIME\, and the Atlanta Journal-Constituti on Magazine.\n\nOney’s many awards include the American Bar Association ’s Silver Gavel Award\, the Southern Book Critics Circle Prize\, and the National Jewish Book Award. His articles have been anthologized in The Be st American Magazine Writing 2008 and The Best American Sports Writing 200 6. He was educated at the University of Georgia and at Harvard University\ , where he was a Nieman Fellow. Oney is currently writing a history of Nat ional Public Radio.\n\nIndividuals designated as Dooley Distinguished Tea ching Fellows of the Society are national leaders in the field of history as both writers and educators whose research has enhanced or changed the w ay the public understands the past. In addition to their outstanding schol arship\, Dooley Distinguished Teaching Fellows have served the Georgia His torical Society as faculty in teacher training seminars\, as lecturers\, a s consultants\, or in a similar capacity. Being designated as a Dooley Dis tinguished Fellow recognizes and formalizes the relationship forged throug h this service. Previous Dooley Teaching Fellows are renowned and prize-wi nning authors David Blight (2018)\, Rick Atkinson (2019)\, and Annette Gor don-Reed (2022).\n\nOney’s books will be on sale at the event and a sign ing will be held following the program.\n\n \;\nMajor Program Support from\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2024/08/DDF_Oney-FB-event2-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:91@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20241114 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20241115 DTSTAMP:20241031T151957Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/keynote-presentation-with-mi chael-thurmond/ SUMMARY:James Oglethorpe\, Father of Georgia: A Founder’s Journey from Sl ave Trader to Abolitionist DESCRIPTION:\nKeynote Presentation with Michael Thurmond\nThe 2024 Georgia History Festival lecture will feature Michael Thurmond\, DeKalb County CEO \, historian\, former Commissioner of Labor\, and former member of the Geo rgia General Assembly. This engaging lecture will highlight the founding o f the Georgia colony under the leadership of General James Edward Oglethor pe and examines Oglethorpe’s philosophical and moral evolution from slav e trader to abolitionist. Mr. Thurmond is also the author of Freedom: Geor gia’s Antislavery Heritage\, 1733-1865 and A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History.\n\nThe lecture will take place on Thursday\, Nov ember 14\, at 6:00 p.m.\, at Christ Church Episcopal\, 28 Bull Street\, in Savannah.\nSponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Georgia History Festiv al Sponsors\nThank you to all of our supporters who make the educational m ission and year-round programming of the Georgia Historical Society possib le!\nView all GHF Sponsors and Host Committee\n\nTrustee\n \n\n\n\nFestiva l\n  \n\n\n\n\nOglethorpe\n \n\n\n\nPresenting\n    \n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2024/08/Michael-Thurmond-FB-event2-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:86@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250208T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250208T160000 DTSTAMP:20241227T221319Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/colonial-faire-and-muster/ SUMMARY:Colonial Faire and Muster DESCRIPTION:With support from the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia\nExplore this living-history event at Wormsloe State Historic Site and learn about life in eighteenth-century Georgia through cooking\, danc ing\, craft\, and military demonstrations. Fees apply on Saturday\, but ad mission is free on Sunday.\n\n2024 Colonial Faire &\; Muster\nFebruary 8+9\, 2025\n10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.\n\nWormsloe State Historic Site\n7601 Skidaway Road\nSavannah\, Georgia\nSponsored by\n\n\nWith support from th e Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorgia Hist ory Festival\nSponsors\n\n\nGeorgia History Festival\nHost Committee\n\n\n  \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2023/08/JA2C0131.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:87@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250209T160000 DTSTAMP:20241227T221357Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/colonial-faire-and-muster-2/ SUMMARY:Colonial Faire and Muster DESCRIPTION:With support from the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia\nExplore this living-history event at Wormsloe State Historic Site and learn about life in eighteenth-century Georgia through cooking\, danc ing\, craft\, and military demonstrations. Fees apply on Saturday\, but ad mission is free on Sunday.\n\n2024 Colonial Faire &\; Muster\nFebruary 8+9\, 2024\n10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.\n\nWormsloe State Historic Site\n7601 Skidaway Road\nSavannah\, Georgia\nSponsored by\n\n\nWith support from th e Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorgia Hist ory Festival\nSponsors\n\n\nGeorgia History Festival\nHost Committee\n\n\n  \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2023/08/cfm.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:93@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250209T160000 DTSTAMP:20251125T180936Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2025-super-museum-sunday/ SUMMARY:2025 Super Museum Sunday DESCRIPTION:Explore history\, arts\, and culture in communities throughout Georgia as over 100 museums and historic sites across the state open to th e public for free during this popular event organized as part of the annua l Georgia History Festival.\nSponsored by\n\n \n\n\n\nParticipating Sites\ nBrowse the list of participating sites by county below\, or click the map image to view an interactive map.\n\n\n\n[su_accordion][su_spoiler title= "Baldwin County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n \nAndalusia Farm: The Home of Flannery O'Connor\n2628 N. Columbia St.\, Mi lledgeville\n478-445-8722 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBrown-Stet son-Stanford House\n601 W. Greene Street\, Milledgeville\n478-453-1803 | H ours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeorgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion\n 120 South Clarke St.\, Milledgeville\n478-445-4545 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4: 00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSallie Ellis Davis House\n301 S. Clarke Street\, Milledgevi lle\n478-445-5889 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_s poiler title="Bartow County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nEuharlee Welcome Center &\; History Museum\n33 Covered Br idge Road\, Euharlee\n770-607-2017 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n Etowah Mounds\n813 Indian Mounds Rd SE\, Cartersville\n770-387-3747 | Hour s: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Ben Hill C ounty" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nThe Carn egie Center for the Arts\n120 S Lee St.\, Fitzgerald\n229-426-5035 | Hours : 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe Blue &\; Gray Museum\n116 N. Johnsto n Street\, Fitzgerald\n229-426-5033 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n The Vintage Kitchens Museum\n223 E. Pine Street\, Fitzgerald\n229-345-1166 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Bry an County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nRich mond Hill Historical Society &\; Museum \n11460 Ford Avenue\, Richmond Hill\n912-756-3697 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFort McAllister \n3894 Ft. Mcallister Road\, Richmond Hill\n912-727-2339 | Hours: 9:00 a.m . - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Bulloch County" open= "no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\n Georgia Southern Un iversity \n2142 Southern Drive\, Statesboro\n912-478-5444 | Hours: 2:00 p. m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Burke County" open=" no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nBurke County Museum\n 536 S. Liberty Street\, Waynesboro\n706-554-4889 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:0 0 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Butts County" open="no" styl e="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nIndian Spring Hotel Museum\n 1807 Highway 42\, Flovilla\n770-775-5350 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\ n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Camden County" open="no" style="fancy " icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nCumberland Island National Seashore M ainland Museum\n129 Osborne Street\, St. Marys\n912-882-4336 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Candler County" o pen="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nThe History Muse um and The Candler County Historical Society\n245 W Vertia St.\, Metter\n9 12-685-2450 | Hours: 11:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoile r title="Catoosa County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" cla ss=""]\n\nChickamauga &\; Chattanooga National Military Park\n3370 Lafa yette Road\, Fort Oglethorpe\n706-866-9241 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. \n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Chatham County" open="no" style="f ancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAmerican Prohibition Museum\n209 W. Julian Street\, Savannah\n912-220-1249 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.\ nGuided Tours: Groups of 20 every 15 minutes\n\n\n\nAndrew Low House Museu m\n329 Abercorn St.\, Savannah\n912-233-6854 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p. m.\n\n\n\nBeach Institute\n502 E Harris St.\, Savannah\n912-335-8868 | Hou rs: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBonaventure Historical Society\n330 Bona venture Rd.\, Savannah\n912-412-4687 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n \nCity of Savannah Municipal Archives *virtual experience only*\n Visit th e City of Savannah Municipal Archives website to see the Archive's virtual offerings.\n\n\n\nCongregation Mickve Israel\n20 East Gordon Street\, Sav annah\n912-233-1547 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nDavenport House Museum\n323 East Broughton St.\, Savannah\n912-236-8097 | Hours: 12:00 p.m . - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFirst African Baptist Church\n23 Montgomery Street\, Savannah\n912-233-6597 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFirst Bryan Baptist Church\n575 W. Bryan St.\, Savannah\n912-232-5526 | Hours: 1:00 p. m. - 3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFlannery O'Connor Childhood Home\n207 East Charlton St.\, Savannah\n912-233-6014 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFort P ulaski National Monument\nUS Highway 80 E\, Savannah\n(Entrance on McQueen ’s Island)\n912-786-8182 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeorgia H istorical Society\n501 Whitaker St.\, Savannah\n912-651-2125 | Hours: 12:0 0 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeorgia State Railroad Museum\n655 Louisville Rd .\, Savannah\n912-651-6823 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGirl Sco uts First Headquarters\n330 Drayton Street\, Savannah\n912-232-8200 | Hour s: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGray's Reef Ocean Discovery Center\n340 M artin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd. Suite A\, Savannah\n912-598-2417 | Hours: 12 :00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGreen-Meldrim House\n14 W. Macon St.\, Savanna h\n912-232-1245 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHarper-Fowlkes House \n230 Barnard St.\, Savannah\n912-234-2180 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nJuliette Gordon Low Birthplace\n10 E. Oglethorpe Ave.\, Savannah\n 912-233-4501 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe King-Tisdell Cotta ge\n514 E. Huntingdon Street\, Savannah\n912-228-1040 | Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nLutheran Church of the Ascension\n120 Bull Street\, Sav annah\n912-232-4151| Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMassie Heritage Center\n207 E. Gordon St.\, Savannah\n912-395-5070 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4 :00 p.m.\n\n\n\nNational Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force\n175 Bourne Avenue\, Pooler\n912-748-8888 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOatl and Island Wildlife Center\n711 Sandtown Road\, Savannah\n912-395-1500 ext . 1504 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Fort Jackson\n1 Fort Jac kson Rd.\, Savannah\n912-232-3945 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nO ssabaw Island\n25 Diamond Causeway\, Savannah\n912-344-3900 | 12:00 p.m. d eparture from Diamond Causeway boat ramp\; the boat will return by 4:30 p. m.\n\nFree admission. $55 transportation fee. Tickets must be bought in ad vance. Call the Ossabaw Island Foundation at 912-344-3900 for additional i nformation. Tickets may be purchased by following this link.\n** SOLD OUT **\n\n\n\nPin Point Heritage Museum\n9924 Pin Point Ave.\, Savannah\n912-3 55-0064 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nRalph Mark Gilbert Civil Ri ghts Museum\n460 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\, Savannah\n912-777-6099 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSavannah African Art Museum\n201 E. 37th Street\, Savannah\n912-721-7745 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n \nSavannah Botanical Gardens\n1388 Eisenhower Dr\, Savannah\n912-355-3883 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSavannah Children's Museum\n655 Lou isville Rd.\, Savannah\n912-651-6823 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n \nSavannah History Museum and Battlefield Memorial Park\n303 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd.\n912-651-6825 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSav annah-Ogeechee Canal Museum &\; Nature Center\n681 Fort Argyle Rd. (Rte . 204) 2.3 miles past I-95\, Savannah\n912-748-8068 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSCAD Museum of Art\n601 Turner Blvd.\, Savannah\n912-525- 7191 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nShips of the Sea Maritime Muse um\n41 MLK Jr. Blvd.\, Savannah\n912-232-1511 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p .m.\n\n\n\nTelfair Museums' Jepson Center\n207 W. York Street\, Savannah\n 912-790-8802 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nTelfair Museums' Owens -Thomas House &\; Slave Quarters\n124 Abercorn Street\, Savannah\n912-7 90-8802 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nTelfair Museums' Telfair Ac ademy\n121 Barnard Street\, Savannah\n912-790-8802 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4 :00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThunderbolt Historical Society\n2702 Mechanics Avenue\, Sa vannah\n912-351-0836 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nTybee Island Li ght Station and Museum\n30 Meddin Drive\, Tybee Island\n912-786-5801 | Hou rs: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nTybee Island Marine Science Center\n37 Me ddin Drive\, Tybee Island\n912-786-5917| Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n \n\nUGA Marine Education Center &\; Aquarium\n30 Ocean Science Circle\, Savannah\n912-598-2496 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nWebb Milita ry Museum\n411 E. York St.\, Savannah\n912-663-0398 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nWormsloe State Historic Site\n7601 Skidaway Rd.\, Savanna h\n912-353-3023 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spo iler title="Cherokee County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nHistory Cherokee\n221 E. Marietta Street\, Canton\n770-345-3 288 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title= "Cobb County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nM arietta Gone with the Wind Museum\n472 Powder Springs Street\, Marietta\n7 70-794-5145 | Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMarietta History Center \n1 Depot Street\, Marietta\n770-794-5710 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\ n\n\n\nWilliam Root House Museum and Garden\n80 N. Marietta Pkwy NW\, Mari etta\n770-426-4982 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su _spoiler title="Coweta County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor= "" class=""]\n\nThe Little Manse: Birthplace &\; Museum of Erskine Cald well\nTown Square\, Moreland\n678-492-3161 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nMoreland Hometown Heritage Museum: A Tribute to Lewis Grizzard\n7 Main Street\, Moreland\n678-492-3161 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n \nNewnan-Coweta Historical Society\n74 Jackson Street\, Newnan\n770-251-02 07 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title=" Crisp County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nG eorgia Veterans State Park\n2459-A 280 W\, Cordele\n229-276-2371 | Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="DeKalb Coun ty" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nOglethorpe Museum of Art\n4484 Peachtree Road NW\, Lowry Hall\, 3rd Floor\, Brookhave n\nHours: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Dou glas County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nDo uglas County Museum of History &\; Art\n12431 Veterans Memorial Hwy\, D ouglasville\n678-449-3939 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler] \n\n[su_spoiler title="Early County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" a nchor="" class=""]\n\nKolomoki Mounds\n205 Indian Mounds Road\, Blakely\n2 29-724-2150 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Effingham County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" cl ass=""]\n\n Georgia Salzburger Society Museum and Jerusalem Church\n2980 E benezer Road\, Rincon\n912-754-7001 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su _spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Emanuel County" open="no" style="fancy" ic on="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nEmanuel County Historic Preservation Soci ety\n161 Museum Rd.\, Swainsboro\n478-763-3631 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p .m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Floyd County" open="no" style=" fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nFairview School\n278 Padlock Roa d\, Cave Spring\n404-759-3918 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoi ler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Fulton County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="pl us" anchor="" class=""]\n\nBarrington Hall\n535 Barrington Dr\, Roswell\n4 70-990-2100 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBulloch Hall\n180 Bullo ch Ave\, Roswell\n470-990-2100 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nRosw ell History Museum\n950 Forrest Street\, 2nd Floor\, Roswell\n770-992-1665 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSmith Plantation\n935 Alpharetta S treet\, Roswell\n470-990-2100 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoi ler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Glynn County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plu s" anchor="" class=""]\n\nHofwyl-Broadfield Plantation\n15556 U.S. Hwy. 17 North\, Brunswick\n912-264-7333| Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMosa ic\, the Jekyll Island Museum\n100 Stable Road\, Jekyll Island\n912-635-41 68| Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSt. Simons Island Lighthouse Muse um\n610 Beachview Drive\, St. Simons Island\n912-634-7099| Hours: 12:00 p. m. - 4:30 p.m.\nLast Admission at 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nWorld War II Homefront Museum\n4201 1st Street\, St. Simons Island\n912-638-4666| Hours: 12:00 p. m. - 4:30 p.m.\nLast Admission at 4:30 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoile r title="Gordon County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" clas s=""]\n\nNew Echota\n21211 Chatsworth Hwy.\, N.E.\, Calhoun\n706-624-1321 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Hall County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nJames Longstreet Museum\n827 Maple Street\, Gainesville\n770-539-9005 | Hours: 1 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Heard County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nOld Jail Museu m\n161 Shady Street\, Franklin\n706-675-6507 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p. m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Henry County" open="no" style="f ancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nHeritage Park Veteran's Museum\n9 9 Lake Dow Road\, McDonough\n678-368-5903 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\ n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Jenkins County" open="no" style="fa ncy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nMagnolia Springs Camp Lawton Museu m\n1053 Magnolia Springs Drive\, Millen\n478-982-1660 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Liberty County" open="no " style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nFort Morris\n2559 Fort Morris Road\, Midway\n912-884-5999 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nF ort Morris Cannon\n100 Main St\, Hinesville\nHours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\ n\n\n\nGeechee Kunda Cultural Arts Center and Museum\n622 Ways Temple Road \, Riceboro\n912-368-5527 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHistoric Baptismal Trail\n8808 E.B. Cooper Hwy\, Riceboro\n912-980-2080 | Hours: 1: 00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHistoric Dorchester Academy\n8787 E. Oglethorpe Hwy\, Midway\n912-332-4087 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nITPA Te lephone Museum\n438 West Oglethorpe Hwy\, Hinesville\n912-408-4872 | Hours : 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMidway Museum\n491 N. Coastal Hwy\, Midway\ n912-656-2921 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMilitary History at V eterans Memorial Walk\n438 W. Oglethorpe Hwy\, Hinesville\nHours: 1:00 p.m . - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Liberty County Jail\n302 South Main Street\, Hine sville\n912-877-4332 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSusie King Tayl or Exhibit\n101 North Commerce Street\, Hinesville\n912-658-9053 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Lincoln Count y" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nLincoln Coun ty Historical Society and Lincoln County Historical Park\n147 Lumber Stree t\, Lincolnton\n757-831-9556 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoil er]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Lumpkin County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="pl us" anchor="" class=""]\n\nDahlonega Gold Museum\n1 Public Square\, Dahlon ega\n706-864-2251 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_s poiler title="McIntosh County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor= "" class=""]\n\nFort King George State Historic Site\n302 McIntosh Road SE \, Darien\n912-437-4770 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\ n[su_spoiler title="Meriwether County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nRoosevelt's Little White House\n401 Little White H ouse Road\, Warm Springs\n706-655-5870 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[ /su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Monroe County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nJarrell Plantation\n711 Jarrell Plantat ion Road\, Juliette\n478-986-5172 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_s poiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Morgan County" open="no" style="fancy" icon= "plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nHeritage Hall\n277 S. Main Street\, Madison\ n706-342-9627 | Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nMadison-Morgan Cultura l Center\n434 S. Main Street\, Madison\n706-342-4743 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nRichter Cottage\n490 Wellington Street\, Madison\nHours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSteffen Thomas Museum of Art\n4200 Bethany Ro ad\, Buckhead\n706-372-7557 | Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoile r]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Murray County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus " anchor="" class=""]\n\nChatsworth Depot\n219 N. 1st Ave.\, Chatsworth\n7 06-695-2155 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nChief Vann House\n82 Ga. Hwy. 225\, N\, Chatsworth\n706-695-2598 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\ n\n\nHistoric Wright Hotel\n201 E. Market St.\, Chatsworth\n706-695-2155 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Spring Place Methodist Church\n23 7 Elm St.\, Chatsworth\n706-695-2740 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/s u_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Muscogee County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nThe Columbus Museum\n1251 Wynnton Road\ , Columbus\n706-327-9798 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nNational Ci vil War Naval Museum\n1002 Victory Drive\, Columbus\n706-327-9798 | Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Paulding Co unty" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nPickett's Mill Battlefield\n4432 Mt. Tabor Church Road\, Dallas\n770-443-7850 | Hou rs: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Richmond County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAugusta Jewish Museum\n525 Telfair St\, Augusta\n706-426-1542 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nAugusta Museum of History\n560 Reynolds St.\, Augusta\ n706-722-8454 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHistoric Meadow Garde n\n1320 Independence Drive\, Augusta\n706-724-4174 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4: 00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe Morris Museum of Art\n1 Tenth Street\, Augusta\n706-724 -7501 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler titl e="Stephens County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class="" ]\n\nTravelers Rest\n4339 Riverdale Road\, Toccoa\n706-886-2256 | Hours: 9 :00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Sumter County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAndersonville National Historic Prison\n496 Cemetery Road\, Andersonville\n229-924-0343 | Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nJimmy Carter National Historical Par k\n300 N Bond St.\, Plains\n229-824-4104 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n \n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Taliaferro County" open="no" style=" fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nA.H. Stephens\n456 Alexander Str eet NW\, Crawfordville\n706-456-2602 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/s u_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Tennessee" open="no" style="fancy" icon=" plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nLookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center a nd Museum\n110 Point Park Road\, Lookout Mountain\, TN\n706-866-9241 | Hou rs: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Thomas C ounty" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nLapham-P atterson House\n626 N Dawson St\, Thomasville\n229-226-7664 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nPebble Hill Plantation\n1251 US Hwy 319 S\, Thoma sville\n229-226-2344 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThomasville Hi story Center\n725 N. Dawson St\, Thomasville\n229-226-7664 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="White County" open ="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nFolk Pottery Museum and Sautee Nacoochee Cultural Center\n283 Hwy 255 N\, Sautee Nacoochee\n7 06-878-3300 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHardman Farm\n143 Highwa y 17\, Sautee Nacoochee\n706-878-1077 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/ su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Whitfield County" open="no" style="fancy " icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nBlunt House\n506 S. Thornton Ave.\, D alton\n706-271-8702 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHamilton House\n 701 Chattanooga Ave.\, Dalton\n706-278-0217 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nHuff House\n314 N. Selvidge Street\, Dalton\n706-529-8082 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[/su_accordion]\n\n \;\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2024/01/Depositphotos_246302310_xl-2015-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:89@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T170000 DTSTAMP:20241213T162340Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/georgia-day-expo/ SUMMARY:Georgia Day Expo DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by\n\n\nStudents explore Georgia history through demo nstrations and hands-on activity booths during this commemoration of the f ounding of Georgia at Savannah on February 12\, 1733. Educators\, parents\ , historical interpreters\, and community and civic leaders take part in t his fun and engaging program that utilizes an all-weather\, indoor venue t o encourage students to explore the Georgia History Festival theme\, “Th e Reality of our Liberty”: The First Amendment and Freedom of the Press. \nRegistration is now open! Register here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2023/08/IMG_3738.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs,Schools END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:82@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T190000 DTSTAMP:20250613T182557Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2025-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:The Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:Saturday | April 26\, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.\nSavannah\, Georgia\n\nJ oin the Georgia Historical Society (GHS)\, Office of the Governor\, and le aders from across our state as we induct the 2025 Georgia Trustees\, Walte r M. “Sonny” Deriso\, Jr.\, Banker\, Attorney\, and Civic Leader\, and Craig Menear\, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Home De pot.\n\nPlease join us for this elegant\, much-anticipated evening that wi ll include cocktails\, dinner\, and an inspiring conversation with Messrs. Deriso and Menear—two exemplary Georgians whose history-making accompli shments and service reflect the original Trustees’ philosophy of Non Sib i\, Sed Aliis\, “Not for Self\, but for Others.”\n  \n\n[dflip id="11 357" type="thumb"][/dflip]\nView the Trustees Gala invitation.\nView the S ave-the-Date.\n\n\nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees.\n\n\n[dflip id=" 11338" type="thumb"][/dflip]\nLearn more about the 2025 Georgia Trustees i n the February 2025 issue of Georgia Trend magazine.\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to the Georgia History Festival sponsors and Host Committee for supporting the educational mission and year-round programming of the Georgia Histori cal Society!\n\n\n\n\nTrustee\n \n\n\n\nFestival\n  \n\n\n\n\nOglethorpe \n \n\n\n\nPresenting\n     \n\n\n\nPlatinum\n             \n\n\n\n\nGold\n           \n\n\n\nFoundations and Institu tions\nEmory University\nThe Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Geor gia\nJ.C. Lewis Foundation\nWilliams Family Foundation of Georgia\n\n\n\n\ n2024-2025 Georgia History Festival\nHost Committee\n \;\nOglethorpe\n Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cathy\nMr. and Mrs. Craig Menear\nMr. Sunny K. Park\n&nbs p\;\nPatron\nMr. and Mrs. Francis S. Blake\nDr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Bolch I II\nMr. and Mrs. Walter M. “Sonny” Deriso\, Jr.\nMr. and Mrs. F. Reed Dulany III\nMr. Bob Faircloth\nMr. and Mrs. Brian Harlander\nMr. and Mrs. John Morgan\nMr. Clyde C. Tuggle and Ms. Mary M. Streett\n \;\nBenefac tor\nMr. and Mrs. F. Duane Ackerman\nThe Honorable and Mrs. Roy E. Barnes\ nMs. Stephanie Blank\nMr. and Mrs. W. Paul Bowers\nMr. and Mrs. Eddie Coop er\nMr. and Mrs. Beverly M. DuBose III\nMr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Haynes III \nMr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Holder\nMr. and Mrs. John H. Irby\nMr. and Mrs. J eff Kole\nMrs. Betsy Lancaster\nMr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levy\nMr. and Mrs. Angus Littlejohn\nMr. and Mrs. Charles H. Morris\, Jr.\nMr. and Mrs. Steph en Rabinowitz\nMrs. Rosaleen R. Roxburgh\nMr. and Mrs. Bronnie Smith\nMr. and Mrs. Mark V. Smith\nMr. and Mrs. Austin P. Sullivan\n Mr. and Mrs. La rry Thompson\nMr. and Mrs. Don L. Waters\n \;\nChair\nMr. and Mrs. Gre gory Baranco\nMr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Blair\nMr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brown\, Jr.\nMr. Mark L. Burns\nMr. and Mrs. Erroll B. Davis\, Jr.\nDr. and Mrs. H . Clark Deriso\nMr. and Mrs. Joel Goodman\nMs. Kimberly Greene and Mr. Ted Greene\nMr. and Mrs. Neil Hightower\nMs. Julie E. Hunt\nMr. and Mrs. Ted J. Kleisner\nMr. and Mrs. Keith Mason\nDr. and Mrs. William T. Moore\nMr. and Mrs. Harry Morgan\nMr. and Mrs. Patrick T. O’Connor\nMr. and Mrs. Bi lly Payne\nDr. and Mrs. L. Jeffrey Payne\nMr. and Mrs. Edward Price\nMr. a nd Mrs. Thomas V. Reilly\nMr. and Mrs. H. Jerome Russell\, Jr.\nDr. Michae l J. Sharkey\nMr. William Sprague III\nMr. and Mrs. Kessel D. Stelling\, J r.\nMrs. Helen R. Steward\nMr. and Mrs. Neal Sumter\nMr. and Mrs. John L. Tucker\nMr. and Mrs. Philip A. Wilheit\, Sr.\n \;\nMember\nMr. and Mrs . Christopher Cay\nMr. and Mrs. Gene Cartledge\nMrs. Vincent J. Dooley\nMr . Kyle Dwyer and Ms. Sabrina Nagel\nMr. and Mrs. John Glover\nMr. and Mrs. Brent Harlander\nMr. and Mrs. Kevin Iocovozzi\nMr. and Mrs. Phil Jacobs\n Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Kronowitz\nMrs. Robert O. Levitt\nMr. and Mrs. Joseph Marchese\nMr. and Mrs. John W. Meshad\nMr. Frederick L. Muller\nMr. and Mr s. C.V. Nalley\nMr. and Mrs. David Paddison\nMr. and Mrs. James L. Pannell \nMr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Pannell\nMr. and Mrs. Jason Pedigo\nMr. and Mrs . John P. Rogers\nMs. Swann Seiler\nMr. and Mrs. Philip Solomons\, Jr.\n  Ms. Elizabeth Stribling and Mr. Guy Robinson\nDr. and Mrs. Louis Sullivan\ nMr. and Mrs. Paul H. Threlkeld\nMr. and Mrs. R. Bartley Turner\nDr. and M rs. William Wallace\n \;\n\n\n\nHonorary Host Committee\nThe Honorable Rick Allen ● The Honorable Jason Anavitarte ● The Honorable James Bev erly ● The Honorable Matt Brass ● The Honorable Jon G. Burns ● The H onorable Max Burns ● The Honorable Chris Carr ● The Honorable Buddy Ca rter ● The Honorable Katie Dempsey ● The Honorable Tim Echols ● The Honorable Chuck Efstration ● The Honorable Frank Ginn ● The Honorable Steve Gooch ● The Honorable Joseph Gullett ● The Honorable Ed Harbison ● The Honorable Matt Hatchett ● The Honorable Penny Houston ● The H onorable Chuck Hufstetler ● The Honorable Edna Jackson ● The Honorable Kim Jackson ● The Honorable Burt Jones ● The Honorable Harold V. Jone s II ● The Honorable Jan Jones ● The Honorable John F. Kennedy ● The Honorable Dr. Rich McCormick ● The Honorable Elena Parent ● The Honor able Butch Parrish ● The Honorable Chuck Payne ● The Honorable Jesse P etrea ● The Honorable Calvin Smyre ● The Honorable Ron Stephens ● Th e Honorable Blake Tillery ● The Honorable Larry Walker III ● The Honor able Raphael Warnock ● The Honorable Ben Watson\n\n\n\nMedia Sponsors\n\ n \n\n\n\nSpecial Thanks\n\n\n\nFor information on Georgia History Festi val sponsorship and Host Committee opportunities\, please contact Ashley Rainge-Shields or 912.651.2125\, ext. 116. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2022/11/save-the-date-web.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Trustees Gala END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:100@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T170000 DTSTAMP:20250903T153651Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/ghs-constitution-day/ SUMMARY:Constitution Day DESCRIPTION:Visit the Georgia Historical Society Research Center on Wednesd ay\, September 17\, 2025\, to view Abraham Baldwin's original draft copy o f the US Constitution. One of only a few still in existence\, the draft in cludes the handwritten margin notes of Baldwin\, one of Georgia's signers of the Constitution of 1787.\n\nThis treasure of the GHS collection\, alon g with other unique objects and documents highlighting Georgia's role in t he development and evolution of our national story will be on display duri ng this free public event between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.\n\nFree and open to the public.\n\nGeorgia Historical Society Research Center\n501 Whitake r Street\nSavannah\,  GA 31401\n\n\nSponsored by ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2025/03/consitution-day-sm.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:105@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T180000 DTSTAMP:20250613T154728Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/an-evening-with-rick-atkinso n/ SUMMARY:An Evening with Rick Atkinson DESCRIPTION:On October 9\, the Georgia Historical Society will present a sp ecial program as part of GHS’s US250 commemoration to kick off the 2025- 2026 Georgia History Festival.\n\nJoin GHS for an evening with acclaimed a uthor and historian Rick Atkinson. Enjoy a lively discussion between Atkin son and Dr. Stan Deaton\, the Dr. Elaine B. Andrews Distinguished Historia n at the Georgia Historical Society\, about Atkinson’s book\, The Fate o f the Day: The War for America\, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston\, 1777-17 80.\n\nThe event is free and open to the public. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2025/06/rick-atkinson.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:102@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20260207T100000Z DTEND:20260208T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260108T223919Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2026-colonial-faire-muster-2 / SUMMARY:Georgia History Festival's Colonial Faire & Muster DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by \nwith support from the Society of Colonial Wars i n the State of Georgia\n\nExplore this living-history event at Wormsloe St ate Historic Site and learn about life in eighteenth-century Georgia throu gh cooking\, dancing\, craft\, and military demonstrations. Fees apply on Saturday\, but admission is free on Sunday.2025 Colonial Faire &\; Must er\nFebruary 7+8\, 2026\n10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2022/06/cfm4.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs LOCATION:Wormsloe State Historic Site\, 7601 Skidaway Road\, Savannah\, GA\ , United States GEO:31.9801627;-81.06926709999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7601 Skidaway Road\, Savann ah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wormsloe State Historic Site:geo:31.9801627,-81.06926709999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:101@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20260207T100000Z DTEND:20260208T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260108T214520Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2026-colonial-faire-muster/ SUMMARY:Georgia History Festival's Colonial Faire & Muster DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by \nwith support from the Society of Colonial Wars i n the State of Georgia\n\nExplore this living-history event at Wormsloe St ate Historic Site and learn about life in eighteenth-century Georgia throu gh cooking\, dancing\, craft\, and military demonstrations. Fees apply on Saturday\, but admission is free on Sunday.2025 Colonial Faire &\; Must er\nFebruary 7+8\, 2026\n10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2022/06/cfm4.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs LOCATION:Wormsloe State Historic Site\, 7601 Skidaway Road\, Savannah\, GA\ , United States GEO:31.9801627;-81.06926709999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7601 Skidaway Road\, Savann ah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wormsloe State Historic Site:geo:31.9801627,-81.06926709999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:104@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260208T160000 DTSTAMP:20260204T203842Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2026-super-museum-sunday/ SUMMARY:2026 Super Museum Sunday DESCRIPTION:Explore history\, arts\, and culture in communities throughout Georgia as over 100 museums and historic sites across the state open to th e public for free during this popular event organized as part of the annua l Georgia History Festival.\nSponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipating Sites\n Browse the list of participating sites by county below\, or view an intera ctive map.\n\n\n\n[su_accordion][su_spoiler title="Appling County" open="n o" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nC&G Antique Tractor Mu seum\n5279 Hwy 144\, Baxley\n904-613-1722 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\ n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_accordion][su_spoiler title="Baldwin County" open= "no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAndalusia Farm: The Home of Flannery O'Connor\n2628 N. Columbia St.\, Milledgeville\n478-445-8 722 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBrown-Stetson-Stanford House\n60 1 W. Hancock Street\, Milledgeville\n478-453-1803 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4: 00 p.m.\n\n\n\nCentral State Hospital Museum\n95 Depot Circle\, Milledgevi lle\n478-453-1803 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\nGeorgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion\n120 South Clarke St.\, Milledgeville\n478-445-4545 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tours on the hour.\n\n\n\nSallie Ellis Davi s House\n301 S. Clarke Street\, Milledgeville\n478-445-5889 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Bartow County" ope n="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nEtowah Mounds\n813 Indian Mounds Rd SE\, Cartersville\n770-387-3747 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:0 0 p.m.\n\n\n\nEuharlee Welcome Center &\; History Museum\n33 Covered Br idge Road\, Euharlee\n770-607-2017 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su _spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Ben Hill County" open="no" style="fancy" i con="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nThe Blue and Gray Museum\n116 N. Johnsto n Street\, Fitzgerald\n229-426-5033 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n \n\nThe Vintage Kitchens Museum\n223 E. Pine Street\, Fitzgerald\n229-345- 1166 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title= "Bibb County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nM useum of Technology at Middle Georgia State University\n100 University Sta tion Drive\, Macon\, GA 31206\n478-471-2801 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m .\n\n\n\nCannonball House Museum\n856 Mulberry Street\, Macon\, GA 31204\n 478-745-5982 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\nTours available on the hour between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Please contact the Cannonball House at 47 8-745-5982 ahead of your visit to schedule a time for a tour.\n\n[/su_spoi ler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Bryan County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plu s" anchor="" class=""]\n\n\n\nFort McAllister\n3894 Ft. Mcallister Road\, Richmond Hill\n912-727-2339 | Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler ]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Bulloch County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus " anchor="" class=""]\n\n Georgia Southern University \n2142 Southern Driv e\, Statesboro\n912-478-5444 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoile r]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Burke County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nBurke County Museum\n536 S. Liberty Street\, Wayne sboro\n706-554-4889 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[s u_spoiler title="Butts County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor= "" class=""]\n\nButts County Historical Society Indian Spring Hotel Museum \n 1807 Highway 42\, Flovilla\n770-775-5350 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. \n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Camden County" open="no" style="fa ncy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nCumberland Island National Seashor e Mainland Museum\n129 Osborne Street\, St. Marys\n912-882-4336 | Hours: 1 :00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\\St. Marys Submarine Museum\n102 St. Marys St reet West\, St. Marys\n912-882-2781 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/s u_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Candler County" open="no" style="fancy" i con="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nThe History Museum and The Candler Count y Historical Society\n245 W Vertia St.\, Metter\n912-685-2450 | Hours: 12: 00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Chatham Cou nty" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAmerican P rohibition Museum\n209 W. Julian Street\, Savannah\n912-220-1249 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.\n\n\n\nAndrew Low House Museum\n329 Abercorn St.\, Savannah\n912-233-6854 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBeach Instit ute\n502 E Harris St.\, Savannah\n912-335-8868 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBonaventure Historical Society\n330 Bonaventure Rd.\, Savannah \n912-412-4687 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\nGuided tour at 2:00\n\n\n\ nCity of Savannah Municipal Archives *virtual experience only*\n Visit the City of Savannah Municipal Archives website to see the Archive's virtual offerings.\n\n\n\nCoastal Georgia Botanical Garden\n2 Canebrake Road\, Sav annah\n912-921-5460 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nCongregation Mi ckve Israel\n20 East Gordon Street\, Savannah\n912-233-1547 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nDavenport House Museum\n323 East Broughton St.\, S avannah\n912-236-8097 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst Bry an Baptist Church\n575 W. Bryan St.\, Savannah\n912-232-5526 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nFlannery O'Connor Childhood Home\n207 East Charlt on St.\, Savannah\n912-233-6014 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFor t Pulaski National Monument\n41 Cockspur Island Road\, Savannah\n(Entrance on McQueen’s Island)\n912-219-4233 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n \nGeorgia Historical Society\n501 Whitaker St.\, Savannah\n912-651-2125 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeorgia State Railroad Museum\n655 Lo uisville Rd.\, Savannah\n912-651-6823 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\ n\nGirl Scouts First Headquarters\n330 Drayton Street\, Savannah\n912-232- 8200 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGray's Reef Ocean Discovery Ce nter\n340 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd. Suite A\, Savannah\n912-598-2417 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGreen-Meldrim House\n327 Bull Stree t\, Savannah\,\n912-232-1245 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHarper- Fowlkes House\n230 Barnard St.\, Savannah\n912-234-2180 | Hours: 12:00 p.m . - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nJuliette Gordon Low Birthplace\n10 E. Oglethorpe Ave. \, Savannah\n912-233-4501 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe King- Tisdell Cottage\n514 E. Huntingdon Street\, Savannah\n912-228-1040 | Hours : 12:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nLutheran Church of the Ascension\n120 Bull Street\, Savannah\n912-232-4151| Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMas sie Heritage Center\n207 E. Gordon St.\, Savannah\n912-395-5070 | Hours: 1 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMother Mathilda Beasley Cottage\n500 East Bro ad St.\, Savannah\n912-898-3329 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nNat ional Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force\n175 Bourne Avenue\, Pooler\n9 12-748-8888 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOatland Island Wildlife Center\n711 Sandtown Road\, Savannah\n912-395-1500 ext. 1504 | Hours: 10: 00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Fort Jackson\n1 Fort Jackson Rd.\, Savannah \n912-232-3945 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOssabaw Island\n25 D iamond Causeway\, Savannah\n912-344-3900 | 11:00 a.m. departure from Diamo nd Causeway boat ramp\; the boat will return by 4:30 p.m.\n\nFree admissio n. $55 transportation fee. Tickets must be bought in advance here. To acce ss Ossabaw Island visitors will park at the Rodney Hall Boat Ramp and boar d a pontoon boat. Seats are limited to 35. Call the Ossabaw Island Foundat ion at 912-344-3900 for additional information. \n\n\n\nPin Point Heritage Museum\n9924 Pin Point Ave.\, Savannah\n912-355-0064 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nRalph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum\n460 Martin Luth er King\, Jr. Blvd.\, Savannah\n912-777-6099 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p. m.\n\n\n\nSt. Vincent's Academy\n207 E. Liberty St.\, Savannah\n912-236-55 08 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSavannah African Art Museum\n201 E. 37th Street\, Savannah\n912-721-7745 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n \n\n\nSavannah Botanical Gardens\n1388 Eisenhower Dr\, Savannah\n912-355-3 883 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSavannah Children's Museum\n655 Louisville Rd.\, Savannah\n912-651-6823 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n \n\n\nSavannah History Museum and Battlefield Memorial Park\n303 Martin Lu ther King\, Jr. Blvd.\n912-651-6825 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\ nSavannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum &\; Nature Center\n681 Fort Argyle Rd. (Rte. 204) 2.3 miles past I-95\, Savannah\n912-748-8068 | Hours: 12:00 p.m . - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSavannah Pirates and Treasure Museum\n209 W. St. Juli an Street Lower\, Savannah\n912-748-8068 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.\n \n\n\nSCAD Museum of Art\n601 Turner Blvd.\, Savannah\n912-525-7191 | Hour s: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nShips of the Sea Maritime Museum\n41 MLK Jr. Blvd.\, Savannah\n912-232-1511 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n Telfair Museums' Jepson Center\n207 W. York Street\, Savannah\n912-790-880 2 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nTelfair Museums' Owens-Thomas Hou se &\; Slave Quarters\n124 Abercorn Street\, Savannah\n912-790-8802 | H ours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nTelfair Museums' Telfair Academy\n121 Barnard Street\, Savannah\n912-790-8802 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\ n\n\nThunderbolt Historical Society\n2702 Mechanics Avenue\, Savannah\n912 -351-0836 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nTybee Island Light Station and Museum\n30 Meddin Drive\, Tybee Island\n912-786-5801 | Hours: 9:00 a. m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nTybee Island Marine Science Center\n37 Meddin Drive\ , Tybee Island\n912-786-5917| Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nUGA Mar ine Education Center &\; Aquarium\n30 Ocean Science Circle\, Savannah\n 912-598-2496 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nWebb Military Museum\n 411 E. York St.\, Savannah\n912-663-0398 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n \n\n\nWormsloe State Historic Site\n7601 Skidaway Rd.\, Savannah\n912-353- 3023 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.\n\nClick here to learn more about the Colonial Faire and Muster living-history event at Wormsloe State Historic Site.\n\n\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Cobb County" open="no" st yle="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nMarietta Gone with the Wind Museum\n472 Powder Springs Street\, Marietta\n770-794-5145 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\nSeven Springs Museum\n4355 Marietta Street\, Powder Springs\n678-626-0799 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nWillia m Root House Museum and Garden\n80 N. Marietta Pkwy NW\, Marietta\n770-426 -4982 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler titl e="Coffee County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\ n\nWWII Flight Training Museum\n3 Airport Circle\, Douglas\n912-383-9111 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Cowe ta County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nThe Little Manse: Birthplace &\; Museum of Erskine Caldwell\n0 Camp Street\ , Moreland\n678-492-3161 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\nJoin us for Em porium Day\, an open house with arts and crafts demonstrations.\n\n\n\nMor eland Hometown Heritage Museum: A Tribute to Lewis Grizzard\n7 Main Street \, Moreland\n678-492-3161 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\nJoin us for E mporium Day\, an open house with arts and crafts demonstrations\n\n\n\nNew nan-Coweta History Center\n74 Jackson Street\, Newnan\n770-251-0207 | Hour s: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSenoia Area Historical Society\n6 Couch St reet\, Senoia\nHours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoile r title="Crisp County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class =""]\n\nGeorgia Veterans State Park\n2459-A 280 W\, Cordele\n229-276-2371 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="DeK alb County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nDun woody Preservation Trust\n4831 Chamblee Dunwoody Road\n770-668-0401 | Hour s: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Dougl as County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nDoug las County Museum of History &\; Art\n12431 Veterans Memorial Hwy\, Dou glasville\n678-449-3939 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n \n[su_spoiler title="Early County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anc hor="" class=""]\n\nKolomoki Mounds\n205 Indian Mounds Road\, Blakely\n229 -724-2150 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. / 11:00 a.m. / 2:00 p.m.\n\nThe Kolomoki Muse um is closed\, but join site staff for special Super Museum Sunday Program ming!\n9:00 - Timeless Resources Program\n11:00 - Timeless Resources Progr am\n2:00 - Mid Day Mound Hike\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Effin gham County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\n G eorgia Salzburger Society Museum and Jerusalem Church\n2980 Ebenezer Road\ , Rincon\n912-754-7001 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\ n[su_spoiler title="Emanuel County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" an chor="" class=""]\n\nEmanuel County Historic Preservation Society\n161 Mus eum Rd.\, Swainsboro\n478-763-3631 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_ spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Fayette County" open="no" style="fancy" ico n="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nCommemorative Air Force Airbase Georgia\n1 200 Echo Court\, Atlanta Regional Airport - Falcon Field\, Peachtree City\ n678-364-1110 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoi ler title="Floyd County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" cla ss=""]\n\nFairview School\n278 Padlock Road\, Cave Spring\n404-759-3918 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Fulto n County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nBarri ngton Hall\n535 Barrington Dr\, Roswell\n470-990-2100 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nBulloch Hall\n180 Bulloch Ave\, Roswell\n470-990-2100 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHistoric Oakland Foundation - Oaklan d Cemetery\n374 Martin Luther King\, Jr. Dr. SE\n404-549-8932 | Hours: 10: 00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\nHistoric Oakland Foundation will offer two of our g eneral tours\, the Oakland Tour\, for free that day that start at 10:30 am and 11:00 am\, with ticket reservation available on the website. This is in addition to the Cemetery having free entry dawn to dusk daily.\n\n\n\nR oswell History Museum\n950 Forrest Street\, 2nd Floor\, Roswell\n770-992-1 665 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSmith Plantation\n935 Alpharett a Street\, Roswell\n470-990-2100 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_s poiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Glynn County" open="no" style="fancy" icon=" plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nHofwyl-Broadfield Plantation\n5556 U.S. Hwy. 17 North\, Brunswick\n912-264-7333| Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMo saic\, the Jekyll Island Museum\n100 Stable Road\, Jekyll Island\n912-635- 4168| Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nSt. Simons Island Lighthouse Mus eum\n610 Beachview Drive\, St. Simons Island\n912-634-7099| Hours: 12:00 p .m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nWorld War II Homefront Museum\n4201 1st Street\, St . Simons Island\n912-638-4666| Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoil er]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Gordon County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plu s" anchor="" class=""]\n\nNew Echota\n1211 Chatsworth Hwy.\, N.E.\, Calhou n\n706-624-1321 | Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_sp oiler title="Hall County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" cl ass=""]\n\nJames Longstreet Museum\n827 Maple Street\, Gainesville\n770-53 9-9005 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nNortheast Georgia History Ce nter\n322 Academy Street NE\, Gainesville\n770-297-5900| Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n\n\n[su_spoiler title="Henry County" open ="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nHeritage Park Veter an's Museum\n99 Lake Dow Road\, McDonough\n770-288-7300 | Hours: 12:00 p.m . - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Houston County" open= "no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nMuseum of Aviation\n 1942 Heritage Blvd\, Warner Robins\n478--926-6870 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:0 0 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Jenkins County" open="no" st yle="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nMagnolia Springs Camp Lawto n Museum\n1053 Magnolia Springs Drive\, Millen\n478-982-1660 | Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\nJoin us at 1:00 p.m. for our special presentation "Pris on Life at Camp Lawton"\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Liberty Cou nty" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nFort Morri s\n2559 Fort Morris Road\, Midway\n912-884-5999 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFort Morris Cannon\n100 Main St\, Hinesville\nHours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nGeechee Kunda Cultural Arts Center and Museum\n622 Way s Temple Road\, Riceboro\n912-368-5527 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n \n\nHistoric Baptismal Trail\n8808 E.B. Cooper Hwy\, Riceboro\n912-980-208 0 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHistoric Dorchester Academy\n8787 E. Oglethorpe Hwy\, Midway\n912-332-4087 | Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n \n\n\nITPA Telephone Museum\n438 West Oglethorpe Hwy\, Hinesville\n912-408 -4872 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMidway Museum\n491 N. Coastal Hwy\, Midway\n912-656-2921 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMilitary History at Veterans Memorial Walk\n438 W. Oglethorpe Hwy\, Hinesville\nHo urs: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Liberty County Jail\n302 South Main Street\, Hinesville\n912-877-4332 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nS usie King Taylor Exhibit\n101 North Commerce Street\, Hinesville\n912-658- 9053 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n\n\n[su_spoiler ti tle="Lumpkin County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=" "]\n\nDahlonega Gold Museum\n1 Public Square\, Dahlonega\n706-864-2251 | H ours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="McInto sh County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nFort King George State Historic Site\n302 McIntosh Road SE\, Darien\n912-437-4 770 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Jail Art Center &\; Museu m\n404 North Way\, Darien\n912-437-7711 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\ n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Meriwether County" open="no" style="f ancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nRoosevelt's Warm Springs Vocation al Campus\n6135 Roosevelt Highway\, Warm Springs\n762-685-4452 | Hours: 12 :00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nRoosevelt's Little White House\n401 Little Whi te House Road\, Warm Springs\n706-655-5870 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.\ n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Monroe County" open="no" style="fan cy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nJarrell Plantation\n711 Jarrell Pla ntation Road\, Juliette\n478-986-5172 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/ su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Morgan County" open="no" style="fancy" i con="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nHeritage Hall\n277 S. Main Street\, Madi son\n706-342-9627 | Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nMadison-Morgan Cul tural Center\n434 S. Main Street\, Madison\n706-342-4743 | Hours: 1:00 p.m . - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nMorgan County African American Museum\n156 S. Academy Street\, Madison\n706-342-9191 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nRich ter Cottage\n490 Wellington Street\, Madison\nHours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nRogers House &\; Rose Cottage\n179 East Jefferson Street\, Madi son\n706-342-9627 | Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nSteffen Thomas Mus eum of Art\n4200 Bethany Road\, Buckhead\n706-372-7557 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Murray County" open="no " style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nChatsworth Depot\n219 N . 1st Ave.\, Chatsworth\n706-695-2155 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n \nChief Vann House\n82 GA Hwy. 225\, N\, Chatsworth\n706-695-2598 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHistoric Wright Hotel\n201 E. Market St.\, C hatsworth\n706-695-5138 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nOld Spring P lace Methodist Church\n237 Elm St.\, Chatsworth\n706-695-2740 | Hours: 1:0 0 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Muscogee County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nThe Columbus M useum\n1251 Wynnton Road\, Columbus\n706-748-2562 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:0 0 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\nNational Infantry Museum\n1775 Legacy Way\, Columbus\n70 6-685-5800 | Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\nEnjoy free admission to the mu seum and join us on our WWII Company Street Tour.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_ spoiler title="Oglethorpe County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anch or="" class=""]\n\nHistoric Oglethorpe County Jail\n223 Main Street\, Lexi ngton\n706-338-7695| Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su _spoiler title="Paulding County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" ancho r="" class=""]\n\nPickett's Mill Battlefield\n4432 Mt. Tabor Church Road\, Dallas\n770-443-7850 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[ su_spoiler title="Rabun County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor ="" class=""]\n\nRabun County Historical Society\n81 N Church Street\, Cla yton\n706-782-5292 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su _spoiler title="Richmond County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" ancho r="" class=""]\n\nAugusta Jewish Museum\n525 Telfair St\, Augusta\n706-426 -1542 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nAugusta Museum of History\n56 0 Reynolds St.\, Augusta\n706-722-8454 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n \n\nHistoric Meadow Garden\n1320 Independence Drive\, Augusta\n706-724-417 4 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title ="Stephens County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""] \n\nCamp Toccoa at Currahee\n2351 Ayersville Road\, Toccoa\n706-599-0936 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nStephens County History and Currahee Military Museums\n160 North Alexander Street\, Toccoa\n706-5282-5055 | Ho urs: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nTraveler's Rest Historic Site\n4339 Riv erdale Road\, Toccoa\n706-886-2256 | Hours:  9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n[/s u_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Sumter County" open="no" style="fancy" ic on="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nAndersonville National Historic Prison\n4 96 Cemetery Road\, Andersonville\n229-924-0343 | Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p .m.\n\nAs a kickoff to America's 250th Anniversary\, Andersonville will ha ve replica Revolutionary War artifacts to interact with and learn about. P ark Rangers will discuss what life was like for Revolutionary soldiers and how they survived as prisoners of war in this educational and interactive program. The event will run from 10:00 - 4:00 in the National Prisoner of War Museum.\n\n\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Taliaferro County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nA.H. Stephens\ n456 Alexander Street NW\, Crawfordville\n706-456-2602 | Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nTaliaferro County Historical Society\n126 &\; 128 Br oad Street\, Crawfordville\n770-316-5786 | Hours: TBD\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n \n\n[su_spoiler title="Thomas County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\n\n\nPebble Hill Plantation\n1251 US Hwy 319 S\, Tho masville\n229-226-2344 | Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n[/su_spoiler ]\n\n[su_spoiler title="White County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class=""]\n\nFolk Pottery Museum and Sautee Nacoochee Cultural C enter\n283 Hwy 255 N\, Sautee Nacoochee\n706-878-3300 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHardman Farm\n143 Highway 17\, Sautee Nacoochee\n706-878 -1077 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title ="Whitfield County" open="no" style="fancy" icon="plus" anchor="" class="" ]\n\nBlunt House\n506 S. Thornton Ave.\, Dalton\n706-271-8702 | Hours: 1:0 0 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHamilton House\n701 Chattanooga Ave.\, Dalton\n7 06-278-0217 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nHuff House\n314 N. Selvi dge Street\, Dalton\n706-529-8082 | Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.\n\n[/su_s poiler]\n\n[/su_accordion]\n\n \;\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2024/01/Depositphotos_246302310_xl-2015-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:103@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T170000 DTSTAMP:20251205T144321Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2026-georgia-day-expo/ SUMMARY:Georgia Day Expo DESCRIPTION:February 12\, 2026\nSponsored by \n \;\n\nStudents explore Georgia history through demonstrations and hands-on activity booths during this commemoration of the founding of Georgia at Savannah on February 12\ , 1733. Educators\, parents\, historical interpreters\, and community and civic leaders take part in this fun and engaging program that utilizes an all-weather\, indoor venue to encourage students to explore the Georgia Hi story Festival theme\, A Nation of Laws: Courts and the Foundation of Free dom.\n\nGeared for elementary\, with a focus on second grade students stud ying Georgia history.\n\nOpen to public\, private\, and home school groups with prior registration.\nRegistration is now open! \nRegister for the G eorgia Day Expo \n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2025/05/expo-eventbrite-banner-lr.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs,Schools END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:107@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T180000 DTSTAMP:20260311T175825Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/a-united-states-but-a-divide d-america-how-we-have-celebrated-the-nations-birthday-during-turbulent-tim es/ SUMMARY:A United States but a Divided America: How We have Celebrated the N ation’s Birthday During Turbulent Times DESCRIPTION:\nA Conversation with Dr. William Hitchcock and Dr. Elizabeth V aron\nPresented by:\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I98O73Nl1Q\nThursd ay\, February 26\, 2026  |  6:00 p.m.\nChrist Church Episcopal  |  28 Bull Street\, Savannah\, Georgia 31401\nThe United States will commemorate its 250th anniversary during one of the most partisan periods in American history. Once again\, our national commemoration will take place during a divisive era—much like the centennial of 1876 followed the Civil War an d Reconstruction\, and the bicentennial of 1976 followed the tumultuous 19 60s\, Vietnam\, and Watergate\, all in the midst of the Cold War. How did those two earlier critical and pivotal events—the Civil War and the Cold War—shape those commemorations and what can we learn from the leadershi p of those who steered the American ship of state through the political\, social\, and economic upheaval and vicious partisanship of those divisive eras? Join us for a conversation with Dr. William Hitchcock\, James Madiso n Professor of History at the University of Virginia and expert on the Col d War\, and his wife Dr. Elizabeth Varon\, Professor of History and Associ ate Director of the Nau Center for Civil War History at UVA\, for a panel discussion with GHS Senior Historian Dr. Stan Deaton.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout W illiam Hitchcock\nWilliam I. Hitchcock is a New York Times bestselling aut hor and award-winning teacher who has published numerous books relating to World War II\, including The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe\, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a winner of the George Louis Beer Prize from the American Historical Associa tion. He is also the author of The Age of Eisenhower: America and the Worl d in the 1950s. He received his B.A. degree from Kenyon College and his Ph .D. from Yale University. He has been a Fulbright scholar\, a fellow of th e Nobel Institute in Oslo\, the holder of the Henry Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress\, and Berlin Prize fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. He is now the James Madison Professor of History at the University of Virginia.\n\n\nAbout Elizabeth Varon\nElizabeth R. Varon is the Langbo urne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virgin ia and a member of the executive council of UVA’s John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History. She is the author of six books\, including Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War\, which won the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. Her most recent book Longstreet: The Confederate G eneral Who Defied the South (Simon &\; Schuster\, 2023) was reviewed in the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, and The Atlantic. The book won the inaugural American Battlefield Trust Prize\, the Georgia Historical S ociety’s Malcolm Bell\, Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell Award\, and was a fin alist for the Los Angeles Times biography prize\, among other honors. Varo n’s current project is a biography of humanitarian Clara Barton.\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2025/11/a-united-states.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:94@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T190000 DTSTAMP:20260420T171310Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2026-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2026 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:SATURDAY\, APRIL 18\, 2026\, 7:00 P.M.\nHyatt Regency Savannah | 2 W. Bay Street | Savannah\, Georgia\nFeaturing a historic induction of the\n2026 Georgia Trustees by the Honorable Brian Kemp\, \nthe 83rd Gove rnor of Georgia\n\n\n\n\n\nAs we commemorate the U.S. at 250\, this year ’s Gala theme is inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s 1816 letter to John Ad ams\, in which the two Founders mused on what America would become: “I l ike the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”\n\nJo in the Georgia Historical Society (GHS)\, Office of the Governor\, and lea ders from across our state as we induct the 2026 Georgia Trustees\, Saxby Chambliss\, attorney and former United States Senator\, and Chris Womack\, Chairman\, President\, and CEO of Southern Company.\n\nPlease join us for an elegant evening including cocktails\, dinner\, and an inspiring conver sation with the Trustees—two exemplary Georgians whose history-making ac complishments and service reflect the original Trustees’ philosophy of N on Sibi\, Sed Aliis\, “Not for Self\, but for Others.”\n\n\n\nSave the Date\n\n\n\nThe 2026 Trustees Gala - April 18\, 2026\n\n[dflip id="11864" type="thumb"][/dflip]\n\n\nView the 2026 Trustees Gala invitation.\nView the Save-the-Date.\n\n\n\n\n[su_row][su_column size="1/3" center="no" clas s=""][/su_column] [su_column size="2/3" center="no" class=""]\nSaxby Chamb liss\nSaxby Chambliss served in the United States Senate for two terms and \, before that\, served four terms in the US House of Representatives. Bor n in Warrenton\, North Carolina\, he received a BBA from the University of Georgia and a law degree from the University of Tennessee.\n\nSenator Cha mbliss was working as an attorney in Moultrie when he was first elected to Congress to represent Georgia's 8th District in 1994. Throughout his legi slative career\, he was recognized numerous times by the public and privat e sectors for his work on agriculture\, defense\, budget\, and national se curity issues.\n\nChambliss was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002. During his two terms\, he served on the Senate Armed Services Committee\, the Se nate Rules Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He a lso served on the Senate Committee on Agriculture\, Nutrition and Forestry \, chairing the committee in 2005-2006. He was one of the first senators s ince 1947 to chair a full standing Senate committee after serving in the c hamber for just two years.\n\nChambliss has been awarded the American Farm Bureau’s Golden Plow Award\, the National Wheat Growers Association’s Wheat Advocate Award\, and the National Cotton Council’s Harry S. Baker Distinguished Service Award. He has also been named to the National 4-H H all of Fame\, the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame\, and the Georgia Pean ut Hall of Fame. The University of Georgia launched the Senator Saxby Cham bliss Leadership Forum in 2015.\n\n[/su_column][/su_row]\n\n[embed]https:/ /vimeo.com/1184870442[/embed]\n\n[su_row][su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="2/3" center="no" class=""]\nChris Womack\nChris Womack is the Chairman\, President\, and CEO of Southern Com pany\, one of the nation’s leading energy providers. Prior to his curren t role\, Womack served as Chairman\, President\, and CEO of Georgia Power\ , Southern Company’s largest subsidiary. Womack joined Southern Company in 1988.\n\nPrior to joining Southern Company\, Womack worked in Washingto n\, D.C. for the U.S. House of Representatives\, where he served as a legi slative aide for former Congressman Leon E. Panetta and as staff director for the Subcommittee on Personnel and Police for the Committee on House Ad ministration.\n\nWomack is vice chair of the Edison Electric Institute's b oard of directors\, second vice chair of the board of directors of Electri c Power Research Institute\, and vice chairman of the Georgia Ports Author ity. He is past chair of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce\, the East Lake Foundation\, and has chaired or served as a member of the boards of t he Atlanta Convention of Visitors Bureau\, Communities in Schools of Georg ia\, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce\, and the Boys &\; Girls Clubs.\n\nA native of Greenville\, Alabama\, Womack holds a bachelor’s degree from W estern Michigan University and a master’s degree from The American Unive rsity and completed the Stanford Executive Program in 2001. He received 20 21 Distinguished Alumni Award from Western Michigan\, the Let Us Make Man Community Service Award in 2019\, the National Award of Merit from Alpha P hi Alpha in 2011\, the Boy Scouts of America Silver Beaver Award in 2010\, and the Black Enterprise/Porsche Intelligent Performers Award in 2010.\n\ n[/su_column][/su_row]\n\n[embed]https://vimeo.com/1184868105[/embed]\n\n\ nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees.\n\n[dflip id="5559" type="thumb" ] [/dflip]\n\n\n\n2025-2026 Georgia History Festival Sponsors and Host Commi ttee\nThank you to the Georgia History Festival sponsors and Host Committe e for supporting the educational mission and year-round programming of the Georgia Historical Society!\n\n \;\n2025-2026 Georgia History Festiva l Chairs:\nMr. Walter M. “Sonny” Deriso and Mr. Craig A. Menear\n\n\n\ n\n1733\n\n\n\n\nTrustee\n      \n\n\n\nFestival\n        \n\n\ n\n\n\nOglethorpe\n  \n\n\n\nPresenting\n                        \n      \n\n\n\nPlatinum\n    \n        \n\n\n\n\nGold\n                                   \n                  \n\n\n\nFoundations and Institutions\nJ.C. Lewis Foundation\, Inc .\nPublix Super Markets Charities\nSociety of Colonial Wars in the State o f Georgia\nWilliams Family Foundation of Georgia\, Inc.\n\n\n\n\n2025-2026 Georgia History Festival\nHost Committee\n \;\nOglethorpe\nMr. and Mr s. Dan Cathy\nMrs. Diane vS. and Mr. Robert M. Levy\nMr. and Mrs. Craig Me near\n \;\nPatron\nDr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Bolch III\nMr. and Mrs. F. R eed Dulany III\nMr. Bob Faircloth\n \;\nBenefactor\n\n\nMr. and Mrs. F . Duane Ackerman\n\nThe Honorable and Mrs. Roy E. Barnes\n\nMr. and Mrs. F rancis S. Blake\n\nMs. Stephanie V. Blank\n\nMr. and Mrs. Eddie Cooper\n\n Mr. and Mrs. Beverly M. DuBose III\n\nMr. and Mrs. Brian Harlander\n\nMr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Hertz\n\nMr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Holder\n\nMr. and Mrs. John H. Irby\n\nMr. and Mrs. Jeff Kole\n\nMrs. Betsy Lancaster\n\nMr. and Mrs. Angus Littlejohn\n\nMr. and Mrs. Charles H. Morris\, Jr.\n\nMr. Sunn y K. Park\n\nMr. and Mrs. Stephen Rabinowitz\n\nMrs. Rosaleen R. Roxburgh\ n\nMr. and Mrs. Mark V. Smith\n\nMr. and Mrs. Austin P. Sullivan\n\nMr. an d Mrs. Neal Sumter\n\nMr. and Mrs. Larry Thompson\n\nThe Thurston Group\n\ nMr. Clyde C. Tuggle and Ms. Mary M. Streett\n\nMr. and Mrs. Don L. Waters \n\n\n \;\nChair\nMr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Blair\nMr. and Mrs. James H. B lanchard\nMr. Robert L. Brown\, Jr.\nMr. Mark L. Burns\nMrs. Frank Cheatha m\nChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta\nMs. Mary Beth Coke\nMr. and Mrs. Glen M. Darbyshire\nMr. and Mrs. Erroll B. Davis\, Jr.\nMr. and Mrs. Ted Decke r\nMr. Washington C. Dender and Mr. Litchfield H. Carpenter\nMr. and Mrs. Walter M. “Sonny” Deriso\, Jr.\nMr. and Mrs. Joel Goodman\nMrs. Kimber ly Greene and Mr. Ted Greene\nMrs. Venessa Harrison and Mr. Charles Harris on\nMs. Julie Hunt\nMr. and Mrs. Keith W. Mason\nDr. and Mrs. William T. M oore\nMr. and Mrs. Patrick T. O’Connor\nMr. and Mrs. Billy Payne\nDr. an d Mrs. L. Jeffrey Payne\nMr. and Mrs. Bruce Pendleton\nMr. and Mrs. Edward Price\nMr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Reilly\nMr. and Mrs. John P. Rogers\nDr. Mi chael Sharkey\nMr. William Sprague III\nMr. and Mrs. Kessel D. Stelling\, Jr.\nMrs. Helen R. Steward\nMr. and Mrs. Paul H. Threlkeld\nMr. and Mrs. W iley A. Wasden III\nMr. and Mrs. Philip A. Wilheit\, Sr.\n \;\nMember\ nMr. and Mrs. John G. “Jimmy” Alston\, Sr.\nMr. Todd Baiad and the Hon orable Anne Allen Westbrook\nMr. Andy Bernard\nMr. and Mrs. W. Paul Bowers \nMr. and Mrs. Christopher Cay\nCoxe Curry &\; Associates\nMrs. Vincent J. Dooley\nMr. Kyle Dwyer\nMr. and Mrs. Kevin Iocovozzi\nMr. and Mrs. Phi l Jacobs\nMr. and Mrs. Lowell Kronowitz\nMrs. Robert O. Levitt\nMr. and Mr s. Joseph Marchese\nMr. and Mrs. John W. Meshad\nMr. Frederick L. Muller\n Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Nalley\nMr. and Mrs. David Paddison\nMr. and Mrs. James L. Pannell\nMr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Pannell\nMr. and Mrs. Jason C. Pedigo \nMs. Swann Seiler\nMr. and Mrs. Philip Solomons\, Jr.\nMs. Elizabeth Stri bling and Mr. Guy Robinson\nMr. and Mrs. John L. Tucker\nMr. and Mrs. R. B artley Turner\nDr. Robert Zerbe\n\n\n\n\nHonorary Host Committee\nThe Hono rable Rick W. Allen  |  The Honorable Jason Anavitarte  |  The Honor able Matt Brass  |  The Honorable Jon G. Burns  |  The Honorable Max Burns  |  The Honorable Chris Carr  |  The Honorable Buddy Carter  |  The Honorable Katie M. Dempsey  |  The Honorable Tim Echols  |   The Honorable Chuck Efstration  |  The Honorable Carl Gilliard  |   The Honorable Frank Ginn  |  The Honorable Steve Gooch  |  The Hon orable Joseph Gullett  |  The Honorable Ed Harbison  |  The Honorabl e Matt Hatchett  |  The Honorable Chuck Hufstetler  |  The Honorable Carolyn Hugley  |  The Honorable Brian Jack  |  The Honorable Edna Jackson  |  The Honorable Burt Jones  |  The Honorable Harold V. Jon es II  |  The Honorable Jan Jones  |  The Honorable John F. Kennedy   |  The Honorable Elena Parent  |  The Honorable Butch Parrish  |   The Honorable Chuck Payne  |  The Honorable Jesse Petrea  |  The Honorable Tricia Pridemore  |  The Honorable Brad Raffensperger  |   The Honorable Bárbara Rivera Holmes  |  The Honorable Ron Stephens  |  The Honorable Blake Tillery  |  The Honorable Raphael Warnock  |   The Honorable Ben Watson  |  The Honorable Anne Allen Westbrook\n\n \n\n\nMedia Sponsors\n\n\n     \n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial Thanks\n\n\nFor inf ormation on Georgia History Festival sponsorship and Host Committee opport unities\, please contact Ashley Rainge-Shields or 912.651.2125\, ext. 11 6. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2025/09/GHF_2026_savethedate-web-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Trustees Gala END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:108@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T190000 DTSTAMP:20260910T155232Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/an-evening-with-alan-taylor/ SUMMARY:An Evening with Alan Taylor DESCRIPTION:On September 10\, 2026\, join the Georgia Historical Society as author and historian Alan Taylor is inducted as the 2026 Vincent J. Doole y Distinguished Teaching Fellow. Following the induction\, enjoy a lively discussion with Dr. Taylor about his groundbreaking scholarly work and pub lications. The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Ch urch\, 10 West 31st Street\, in Savannah\, followed by a book signing and sales.\n\nDooley Distinguished Teaching Fellows are national leaders in th e field of history as both writers and educators whose research has enhanc ed or changed the way the public understands the past. Previous inductees include Steve Oney\, Prize-winning journalist and historian\, Annette Gor don-Reed\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian\, Rick Atkinson\,  Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist\, and David W. Blight\, Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University.\n\nThe event is free and open to the public. Please register here.\n\nFree off-street par king is available at St. Paul’s in the lot adjacent to the south of the church building. Additional off-street parking is available in the lot at St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church.\nMajor program support by\n\n\n \;\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[caption id="attachment_11999" align="alignright" widt h="431"] Photo by Dan Addison[/caption]\n\nAbout Alan Taylor\n\nAlan Taylo r is an American historian and scholar who\, most recently\, was the Thoma s Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia. A specialist in the early history of the United States\, Taylor has written extensively about the colonial history of the United States\, the American Revolution\, and the early American Republic. Taylor has rece ived two Pulitzer Prizes and the Bancroft Prize\, and was also a finalist for the National Book Award for non-fiction. In 2020 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.\n\n \;\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2026/07/alan-taylor-1.png CATEGORIES:Public Programs LOCATION:St. Paul's Lutheran Church\, 10 West 31st Street\, Savannah\, GA\, 31401\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=10 West 31st Street\, Savan nah\, GA\, 31401\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St. Paul's Lut heran Church:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:112@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T190000 DTSTAMP:20260908T195231Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/from-poll-taxes-to-protests- to-the-presidency-how-civic-engagement-changed-america-in-the-20th-century / SUMMARY:From Poll Taxes to Protests to the Presidency: How Civic Engagement Changed America in the 20th Century DESCRIPTION:Join the Georgia Historical Society for a special conversation with Dr. Kevin Gaines\, the Julian Bond Professor of Civil Rights and Soci al Justice at the University of Virginia.\n\nDr. Gaines\, in conversation with GHS Senior Historian Dr. Stan Deaton\, will explore how civic engagem ent changed America in the years following World War II. How did the right to vote and the meaning of citizenship expand and evolve during those yea rs? How has the right to vote been challenged over time? What is the role of frequent\, free\, and open elections\, and how have Americans participa ted in them? What does history say about the peaceful transfer of power?\n \nWe hope you’ll join us for a timely conversation about civic engagemen t and the ways Americans have participated in and changed America over tim e.\n\nThe event is free and open to the public.\nPlease register here.(ope ns in new tab)\n\n\n\nAbout Kevin Gaines\nKevin K. Gaines is the Julian Bo nd Professor of Civil Rights and Social Justice at the University of Virgi nia\, with a joint appointment in the Corcoran Department of History and t he Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies.  He is author of Uplifting the Race: Black Leadership\, Politics\, and Cul ture During the Twentieth Century (University of North Carolina Press\, 19 96)\, and American Africans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Righ ts Era (UNC Press\, 2006).  His forthcoming book is The African American Journey: A Global History (Oxford University Press).  He is a past presid ent of the American Studies Association (2009-10).\n\nHis essays\, columns \, and reviews on African American history\, art\, music\, literature\, an d culture have been published in major academic journals\, including Ameri can Quarterly\, The American Historical Review\, The Journal of American H istory\, American Literary History\, Small Axe\, Radical History Review\, Social Text\, and such newspapers as the New York Times and the Providence Journal.  He has lectured at universities throughout the U.S. as well as internationally\, in Japan\, Korea\, England\, Ireland\, France\, Ghana\, South Africa\, and Australia. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2026/08/From-Poll-Taxes-to-Protests-eventbrite-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Public Programs LOCATION:Jimmy Carter Presidential Library\, 441 John Lewis Freedom Pkwy NE \, Atlanta\, Fulton\, 30307\, Fulton\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=441 John Lewis Freedom Pkwy NE\, Atlanta\, Fulton\, 30307\, Fulton\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100 ;X-TITLE=Jimmy Carter Presidential Library:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:113@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T000000 DTSTAMP:20260929T173657Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/the-future-of-the-american-r epublic-a-us250-perspective/ SUMMARY:The Future of the American Republic: A US250 Perspective DESCRIPTION:With support from\n\n\n \;\n\nGHS President and CEO Dr. W. Todd Groce and Dr. Stan Deaton\, the Dr. Elaine B. Andrews Distinguished H istorian\, will lead an engaging and timely discussion in an intimate sett ing about this important anniversary in American history. This program is a private event and is presented with additional support from Dr. and Mrs . Ted Moore.\n\nSeating is limited. If you are interested in attending\, p lease email rsvp@georgiahistory.com expressing your interest including nam es of attendees and GHS will reply regarding availability. CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:109@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART:20270206T100000Z DTEND:20270207T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T023912Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/georgia-history-festivals-co lonial-faire-muster/ SUMMARY:Georgia History Festival's Colonial Faire & Muster DESCRIPTION:with support from the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia\n\nThis popular living-history programs explores life in eighteent h-century Georgia through cooking\, dancing\, craft\, and military demonst rations. Visit one of Georgia’s premier historical sites during this all -ages family event. Fees apply on Saturday\, but admission is free on Sund ay.2027 Colonial Faire &\; Muster\nFebruary 6+7\, 2027\n10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Wormsloe State Historic Site ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2022/06/cfm4.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs LOCATION:Wormsloe State Historic Site\, 7601 Skidaway Road\, Savannah\, GA\ , United States GEO:31.9801627;-81.06926709999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7601 Skidaway Road\, Savann ah\, GA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wormsloe State Historic Site:geo:31.9801627,-81.06926709999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:110@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270207T160000 DTSTAMP:20260827T163926Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2027-super-museum-sunday/ SUMMARY:2027 Super Museum Sunday DESCRIPTION:Explore history\, arts\, and culture in communities throughout Georgia as over 100 museums and historic sites across the state open to th e public for free during this popular event organized as part of the annua l Georgia History Festival.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2026/08/sms.jpg CATEGORIES:Education,Georgia History Festival,Public Programs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:96@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270424T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270424T190000 DTSTAMP:20260929T162843Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2027-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2027 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:The Georgia Trustees is a recognition as old as Georgia and is today the highest honor the state can confer. In conjunction with the Offi ce of the Governor\, the Georgia Historical Society reestablished the Geor gia Trustees to recognize Georgians whose accomplishments and community se rvice reflect the highest ideals of the founding body of Trustees. Join th e Georgia Historical Society and leaders from across the state as we induc t the 2027 Georgia Trustees\, Mrs. Shan Cooper\, inspiring business and ci vic leader\, and Mr. Doug Hertz\, distinguished business leader and philan thropist. This elegant evening includes cocktails\, dinner\, and a lively conversation with the inductees—two exemplary Georgians whose history-ma king accomplishments and service reflect the original Trustees’ ideals.\ nIntroducing the\n2027 Georgia Trustees\n[su_row][su_column size="1/3" cen ter="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="2/3" center="no" class=""] \nShan Cooper\nShan Cooper created a name for herself as the Vice Presiden t and General Manager of Lockheed Martin and Chief Transformation Officer of Westrock. With a career spanning over 30 years\, she has honed a divers e skill set that she now leverages as the driving force behind Journey For ward Strategies LLC\, where she delivers sustainable results for her clien ts. Throughout her career\, her core focus has remained the intersection o f business and people strategies\, as she recognizes that the two are inex tricably linked and must be considered and nurtured in tandem. It’s with this perspective that Shan lives out her mission to equip every person\, no matter their background or role\, with the tools needed to prepare for\ , face\, and recover from adversity and steer their ship forward.\n\nAs th e former Chief Transformation Officer of WestRock\, Cooper played a pivota l role in developing the infrastructure and processes essential for busine ss growth during periods of fast-paced mergers and acquisitions. She also led divisions such as Recycling and Waste Services\, Enterprise Logistics\ , Global Procurement\, and Information Technology. Prior to this\, her rol e as Vice President and General Manager at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Com pany showcased her expertise in leading operations and business ethics. Wh ile at Lockheed\, Shan also served as the first Corporate Vice President o f Diversity and Equal Opportunity\, where she led the company’s cultural transformation to a new age of inclusivity and equality.\n\nThroughout he r career\, Shan Cooper has faced unimaginable change and adversity head on . She’s led organizations through challenges from tense labor negotiatio ns to a tragic mass shooting. She has endured her fair share of personal a dversity as well\, oftentimes being the only woman in the room and even on ce being demoted. These experiences and more molded Shan into the even-tem pered executive and transformational thought leader she is today and her c areer has been a display of proficiency and fearless leadership.\n\nCooper ’s influence extends to various boards\, including Intercontinental Exch ange\, Inc.\, SouthState Corporation\, Veritiv Corporation\, and Southern Company. She’s also deeply engaged in institutions such as Grady Health System\, Emory University\, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)\, Georg ia Historical Society\, and more. She currently serves as a senior advisor to McKinsey &\; Company\, where she previously served as an executive coach for the company. Her accolades\, from the National Philanthropy Day Volunteer of the Year Award to the Women of Influence Lifetime Achievement Award\, underscore her contributions to business and society. Armed with degrees from Emory University and Rutgers University\, Cooper continues to inspire as a transformational thought leader with an unyielding commitmen t to empowering individuals and organizations alike.\n\n[/su_column][/su_r ow]\n\n[su_row][su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su _column size="2/3" center="no" class=""]\nDoug Hertz\nDouglas J. Hertz is Chairman and CEO of United Distributors\, Inc. A native Atlantan\, Hertz a ttended Westminster High School and then Tulane University\, earning a BA in history\, and an MBA in accounting and finance.\n\nHe began his profess ional career with KPMG in New Orleans. Returning to Atlanta\, he joined Un ited Distributors\, becoming its President and CEO in 1984. Under his lead ership\, United experienced tremendous growth and is one of the top privat ely held companies in Georgia. The Atlanta Business Chronicle has consiste ntly named Hertz as one of Atlanta’s 100 most influential individuals. T he Governor appointed him to the Georgia Ports Authority Board in 2019 whe re he continues to serve.\n\nHertz is also Chairman of Camp Twin Lakes\, a camping facility he founded in 1989. The camp is designed for\, and serve s\, nearly 13\,000 special needs children and adults annually. He serves o n the Boards of Atlanta Committee for Progress\, Narrative Content Group\, and is a past Chairman of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta\, Georgia Re search Alliance\, SouthState Bank\, Woodruff Arts Center\, a past presiden t of The Temple\, and a past director of Georgia Power Company. Mr. Hertz currently serves as a trustee for the Marcus Foundation and the Holly Lane Foundation. He has served on the Board of his Alma Mater\, Tulane Univers ity\, for fifteen years\, serving as its Chairman from 2017-2020.\n\nHertz was a recent recipient of the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor\, a s well as the the 2012 Atlanta Rotary Club’s Community Service Award\, t he Eleven Alive Community Service Award\, and the Jefferson Award in Washi ngton\, D.C.\, as one of 20 in the country\, for distinguished service to children. He was inducted into the Junior Achievement Atlanta Business Hal l of Fame and was the recipient of the 2020 Four Pillar Award. Georgia Tre nd Magazine named him the state’s most respected business leader in 2018 .Hertz and his wife\, Lila\, were honored by the Georgia Association of Ph ilanthropy as the 2017 Philanthropists of the Year.\n\n[/su_column][/su_ro w]\n\n\nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees.\n\n[dflip id="5559" type="t humb" ][/dflip]\n\n\n\n2026-2027 Georgia History Festival Sponsors and Hos t Committee\nThank you to the Georgia History Festival sponsors and Host C ommittee for supporting the educational mission and year-round programming of the Georgia Historical Society!\n2026-2027 Georgia History Festival Co -Chairs\n\nThe Honorable Saxby Chambliss and Mr. Chris Womack\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n1733\n\n\n\n\nFestival\n \n \n\n\n\nOglethorpe\n  \n\n\n\nPresenting\n   \n\n        \n\n\n\n\nPlatinum\n\n   \n\n\n\n\nGold\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFoundations and Institutions\nJ.C. Lewis Foundation \, Inc.\nWilliams Family Foundation of Georgia\, Inc.\n \;\n\n\n\n2026 -2027 Georgia History Festival\nHost Committee\n2026-2027 Georgia History Festival Co-Chairs\n\nThe Honorable Saxby Chambliss and Mr. Chris Womack\n \n\n \;\n\nOglethorpe\n\nMrs. Diane vS. Levy and Mr. Robert M. Levy\n& nbsp\;\nPatron\nMr. Bob Faircloth\nMr. and Mrs. F. Reed Dulany III\n \ ;\nBenefactor\n\n\nMr. and Mrs. F. Duane Ackerman\n\n\n\n\nMr. and Mrs. Fr ancis S. Blake\n\nMr. and Mrs. W. Paul Bowers\n\nMr. and Mrs. Eddie Cooper \n\nMr. and Mrs. Brian Harlander\n\nMr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Haynes\n\nMr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Holder\n\nMr. and Mrs. John H. Irby\n\nMr. and Mrs. Jef f Kole\n\nMrs. Betsy Lancaster\n\nMr. and Mrs. Angus Littlejohn\n\nMr. Sun ny K. Park\n\nMr. and Mrs. Stephen Rabinowitz\n\nMr. and Mrs. Neal Sumter\ n\nMr. and Mrs. Larry Thompson\n\nMr. Clyde C. Tuggle and Ms. Mary M. Stre ett\n\n\n \;\nChair\n\n\nMrs. Frank Cheatham\n\nMs. Mary Beth Coke\n\n Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. “Sonny” Deriso\, Jr.\n\nMs. Kimberly S. Greene and Mr. Ted Greene\n\nMr. and Mrs. Joel Goodman\n\nMrs. Venessa Harrison a nd Mr. Charles Harrison\n\nMr. and Mrs. Neil Hightower\n\nMr. and Mrs. Kei th W. Mason\n\nDr. and Mrs. William T. Moore\n\nMr. and Mrs. Winston Pittm an\, Sr.\n\nMr. and Mrs. Patrick T. O’Connor\n\nMr. Thomas V. Reilly\n\n Mr. and Mrs. John P. Rogers\n\nMr. and Mrs. H. Jerome Russell\, Jr.\n\nDr. Michael J. Sharkey\n\nMr. and Mrs. Kessel D. Stelling\, Jr.\n\nMrs. Helen R. Steward\n\nMr. and Mrs. Philip A. Wilheit\, Sr.\n\n\n \;\nMember\n Mr. and Mrs. Joel Babbit\n\nMr. and Mrs. Christopher Cay\n\nMr. and Mrs. T ed Decker\n\nMr. Kyle Dwyer\n\nMrs. Vincent J. Dooley\n\nMr. and Mrs. Kevi n L. Iocovozzi\n\nMr. and Mrs. Phil Jacobs\n\nMrs. Robert O. Levitt\n\nMr. and Mrs. John W. Meshad\n\nMr. and Mrs. David Paddison\n\nMr. and Mrs. Ja mes L. Pannell\n\nMr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Pannell\n\nDr. Melissa Parker\n \nMr. and Mrs. Jason C. Pedigo\n\nMs. Swann Seiler\n\nMs. Elizabeth Stribl ing and Mr. Guy Robinson\n\nMr. and Mrs. R. Bartley Turner\n\nDr. Robert Z erbe\n\n \;\n\n\nFor information on Georgia History Festival sponsorsh ip and Host Committee opportunities\, please contact Ashley Rainge-Shield s or 912.651.2125\, ext. 116.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2024/11/save-the-date.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Trustees Gala END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:98@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20280429T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280429T190000 DTSTAMP:20241220T175033Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2028-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2028 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:Saturday | April 29\, 2028 | 7:00 p.m.\nSavannah\, Georgia\n\nJ oin the Georgia Historical Society (GHS)\, Office of the Governor\, and le aders from across our state as we induct the 2028 Georgia Trustees—two e xemplary Georgians whose history-making accomplishments and service reflec t the original Trustees’ philosophy of Non Sibi\, Sed Aliis\, “Not for Self\, but for Others.”\nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees.\n\n\n\n \nFor information on Georgia History Festival sponsorship and Host Committ ee opportunities\, please contact Ashley Rainge-Shields or 912.651.2125\ , ext. 116. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/wp-content/up loads/2022/11/gala1.jpg CATEGORIES:Georgia History Festival,Trustees Gala END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:99@georgiahistoryfestival.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20290428T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20290428T190000 DTSTAMP:20241220T173854Z URL:https://georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2029-trustees-gala/ SUMMARY:2029 Trustees Gala DESCRIPTION:Saturday | April 28\, 2029 | 7:00 p.m.\nSavannah\, Georgia\n\nJ oin the Georgia Historical Society (GHS)\, Office of the Governor\, and le aders from across our state as we induct the 2029 Georgia Trustees—two e xemplary Georgians whose history-making accomplishments and service reflec t the original Trustees’ philosophy of Non Sibi\, Sed Aliis\, “Not for Self\, but for Others.”\nLearn more about the Georgia Trustees.\n\n\n\n \nFor information on Georgia History Festival sponsorship and Host Committ ee opportunities\, please contact Ashley Rainge-Shields or 912.651.2125\ , ext. 116. 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