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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Z4_african-american-monument_Savannah-GA.html
We were stolen, sold and bought together from the African ContinentWe got on the slave ships together, we lay back to belly in the holds of theslave ships in each others excrement and urine together. Sometimes diedtogether and our lifeless bodies …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Z1_john-wesley-1703-1791_Savannah-GA.html
Founder of Methodism
On the "trust lot" south of President Street and immediately west of this square stood in 1736- 37 the parsonage in which John Wesley resided. In the adjoining garden he read, prayed and meditated. Weekly meetings of member…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2YO_landing-of-oglethorpe-and-the-colonists_Savannah-GA.html
James Edward Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, landed with the original colonists, about 114 in number, at the foot of this bluff on February 1 (February 12, new style), 1733. The site where he pitched his tent is marked by the stone bench locat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2TZ_william-bartram-trail_Savannah-GA.html
In 1765 John and William Bartram, naturalists, began an extended trail from Savannah through Georgia and left a legacy of impressions.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2SO_fort-pulaski_Savannah-GA.html
Named for General Casimer Pulaski, the Polish hero who was mortally wounded at the siege of Savannah, 1779, Fort Pulaski was built in accordance with plans by General Simon Bernard, formerly chief engineer under Napoleon. Begun in 1829 and complet…