SMS Spotlight: Central Georgia Sites
Join the Georgia Historical Society as over 100 cultural and historical sites open their doors free of charge on Sunday, February 10, 2019, for the Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday (SMS)! […]
From the Collection: Wooden Box by Rev. S. A. Worcester and Dr. Elezier Butler, 1831
This month we continue our exploration of the Georgia History Festival theme, “United States Constitution: Ensuring Liberty and Justice for All,” with a look at collection items that relate to […]
SMS Spotlight: DNR State Parks and Historic Sites
Join the Georgia Historical Society as over 100 cultural and historical sites open their doors on Sunday, February 10, 2019, for the Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday (SMS)! Each week leading […]
From the Collection: Georgia State Flag. 2001-2003
This month we continue our exploration of the Georgia History Festival theme, “United States Constitution: Ensuring Liberty and Justice for All,” with a look at collection items that relate to […]
From the Collection: Griffin Bell Receiving the Attorney General Oath of Office
This month we continue our exploration of the Georgia History Festival theme, “United States Constitution: Ensuring Liberty and Justice for All,” with a look at collection items that relate to […]
From the Collection: Souvenir Beer Can for Georgia’s Semiquincentenary
This month we continue our exploration of the Georgia History Festival theme, “United States Constitution: Ensuring Liberty and Justice for All,” with a look at collection items that relate to […]
From the Collection: Lyman Hall court summons
The 2018-2019 Georgia History Festival theme focuses on the U.S. Constitution and this month we are sharing materials from the GHS collection relating to the judicial branch. Lyman Hall court […]
The United States Constitution: States, Citizenship, and New States
Article 4, Section 4 of the Constitution asserts: “the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government.” Known as the Guarantee Clause, Article […]
From the Collection: Leah Ward Sears
The 2018-2019 Georgia History Festival theme focuses on the U.S. Constitution and this month we are sharing materials from the GHS collection relating to the judicial branch. The swearing in […]
The United States Constitution: The Judicial Branch
In 1832, the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, ruled against the state of Georgia in favor of the Cherokee Nation in the Supreme Court case Worcester v. […]