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[Upper right corner is the Prisoner of War and Missing in Action (POW/MIA) emblem]· The 77,000 Georgians who served in World War I;the 1,937 KIA; 3,319 WIA; 67 Ex-POWs and 54 MIA· The 324,373 Georgians who served in World War II; the…
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Ann and Levi Bennett, "kept a good public house there (Frederica), and after her husband's death married (Samuel) Lee who is an idle fellow, and her businesses is almost lost." A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia 1763
Levi Bennett and his w…
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"Two coins were found on the floor. One was a British penny dated 1755, and the other was a United States cent dated 1798." Archeological Report
The life span of Frederica was brief. Most of the ruins you see represent structures built during t…
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"The soldiers have the privilege of cutting timber and building houses for their families, which many have done, and thrive very well." London Magazine 1747
The first settler on this lot was John LeValley, Jr., a shoemaker. After four years at …
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"In short, provisions in general are plentiful; venison, beef, pork at two pence, half-penny per pound, and sometimes under. Fish extremely cheap." William Thompson, London Magazine 1747
Records identify this lot as the site of the "flesh marke…
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"The town is divided into several ? streets along ? sides are planted orange trees? London Magazine 1745
Imagine a typical day here on Broad Street in the early 1740s. Women worked in fenced gardens. Children played in the streets. Soldiers vis…
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AccompanyingGeneral James Oglethorpeto this island in 1736 wereJohn and Charles Wesleyleaders in the Evangelical Movementand founders ofThe Methodist Church
Their faith and fidelity are knownthroughout the world
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The settlers of St Simon's Island in the 1700s used an unusual building material—oyster shells. The colonists found piles of them when they arrived here, discards from long-ago feasts of the local Guale and Mocama Indians. These mounds of sh…
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The skirmish at Bloody Marsh was more than a battle.It was a clash of cultures - each vying for control ofwhat is now the southeastern United States.Soldiers from Hispanic colonies in the New Worldfought under the Spanish banner, with the help ofI…
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We are resolved not to sufferdefeat - we will rather die likeLeonidas and his Spartans - if wecan but protect Georgia andCarolina and the rest of the Americansfrom desolation ? ? ? ? ? ? Oglethorpe
Erected on the battlefield ofBloody Marsh - by…