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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29FJ_first-home-of-the-garden-club-of-georgia-inc_Athens-GA.html
This propertyhas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the InteriorFirst Home of theGarden Club of Georgia, Inc.Dedicated Oct. 6, 1964
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29EO_site-of-first-classes_Athens-GA.html
Site of First Classes
The University of Georgia, created by the Georgia General Assembly on January 27, 1785, is this nation's first state-chartered university. This building stands near the spot in a forest clearing where Josiah Meigs taught the…
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Founders' Memorial Garden which commemorates the founders of America's first garden club. The Ladies Garden Club organized in 1891, Athens, Georgia. This garden was developed on University of Georgia campus by University's Landscape Architecture D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME0P_united-states-navy-pre-flight-school_Athens-GA.html
Between 1942 and 1945, the Navy operated a Pre-Flight School on the University of Georgia campus. As one of only five such schools in the nation, the program trained approximately 20,000 cadets in the skills needed as combat pilots in the Pacific …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDRN_abraham-baldwin_Athens-GA.html
Born in North Gilbert, Connecticut, November 2, 1754; graduate of Yale, 1772; licensed to preach by the New Haven Association of Ministers, 1775; Tutor in Yale, 1775 - 1779, Chaplain in the Continental Army, 1779 - 1783; Admitted to the Bar 1783; …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCYY_old-athens-cemetery_Athens-GA.html
This site is the original burial ground for Athens and contains the remains of its earliest citizens. It is a part of the original tract of land purchased for The University of Georgia by Governor John Milledge in 1801. All people in Athens were a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCTY_old-college_Athens-GA.html
Built in 1806 by Jett Thomas to the specifications of college president Josiah Meigs, Old College was the first permanent building on the University of Georgia campus. Originally named Franklin College in honor of Benjamin Franklin, the building s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7Q3_robert-toombs-oak_Athens-GA.html
A majestic oak tree once stood on this spot and one of the University's most endearing legends also flourished here.
Robert Toombs (1810-1885) was young, and boisterous when he was dismissed from Franklin College in 1828. Five decades later it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JX_herty-field_Athens-GA.html
This marker overlooks the site of the first intercollegiate football game played in the state of Georgia and one of the first to be played in the deep south. On January 30, 1892 Georgia defeated Mercer College 50 to 0 on the stubbly grounds that s…
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On Jan. 6, 1961, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter became the first two African American students to enroll at the University of Georgia when they walked past the historic Arch and into this building to register for classes. On this day, Januar…