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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30R_capt-denis-n-cottineau-1745-1808_Savannah-GA.html
This grave links Savannah with one of history's greatest naval dramas - the epic fight in 1779 between the "Bon Homme Richard" and "Serapis" in which John Paul Jones immortalized himself.Denis Nicolas Cottineau de Kerloguen received a commission i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30O_archibald-bulloch_Savannah-GA.html
"This is no time to talk of moderation; in thepresent instance it ceases to be a virtue."Speech to Provincial Congress, JUNE ?, 1776
Foremost among Georgia's Revolutionary patriots stood Archibald Bulloch whose remains rest in this vault. An e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30J_great-yellow-fever-epidemic-of-1820_Savannah-GA.html
In this cemetery many victims of theGreat Yellow Fever Epidemicof 1820were buried.
Nearly 700 Savannahians diedthat year, including two localphysicians who lost their livescaring for the stricken.
Several epidemics followed. In 1854The Savan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM305_police-officers-monument_Savannah-GA.html
(Front):Above and Beyond"Lest We Forget"
Dedicated to the Memoryof police officerswho gave their livesin the line of duty(Reverse):Above And Beyond"Lest We Forget"
Savannah Police OfficersSamuel Bryson 1868 · Robert E. Read 1868 &midd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM304_colonial-park_Savannah-GA.html
This cemetery, the second in colonial Savannah, was the burying ground for the city from about 1750 until it was closed against burials in 1853.
Among the distinguished dead who rest here are Archibald Bulloch, first President of Georgia; James…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM301_conrad-aiken_Savannah-GA.html
Conrad Aiken, Poet and Man of Letters, was born in Savannah on August 5, 1889, and lived at No. 228 (opposite) until 1901. After the tragic deaths of his parents, he was moved to New England. Most of his writing career was divided between Cape Cod…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZY_james-edward-oglethorpe_Savannah-GA.html
The monument in this Square to James Edward Oglethorpe - the great soldier-philanthropist who founded the colony of Georgia - was erected by the State of Georgia, the City of Savannah and various Patriotic Societies. Impressive ceremonies marked i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZX_105-east-oglethorpe-avenue_Savannah-GA.html
105 East Oglethorpe Avenue was the home ofGeneral Joseph E. Johnston, C.S.A.from 1868 to 1876. In April 1870 he was visited here by his fellow Confederate and old friend,General Robert E. Lee
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZV_christ-church_Savannah-GA.html
This Episcopal Church was the first house of worship established with the founding of Georgia in 1733. Early rectors included the Rev. John Wesley (1736-37), who began the earliest form of Sunday school and published the first English hymnal in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZN_congregation-mickve-israel_Savannah-GA.html
The oldest Congregation now practicing Reform Judism in the United States. Mickve Israel was founded by a group of Jews, mainly of Spanish-Portuguese extraction, which landed at Savannah, July 11, 1733, five months after the establishment of the C…