Solomon's Lodge No. 1 F. & A.M Savannah, Georgia

Organized as a Masonic Lodge, February 21, 1734. Its first worshipful Master was General James Edward Oglethorpe, English Soldier, Statesman, Humanitarian, and founder of Georgia, who raised the flag of England at Savannah on February 12, 1733.

Chartered by the ...

Georgia Marble Company and the Village of Tate

The Georgia Marble Company began in 1884 as one of many small marble quarrying operations in the region. In 1905 Colonel Sam Tate became the company's president, continuing in that position until his death in 1938. Georgia Marble Company stone ...

Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park

Camp Safety Patrol

Here begins “Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park.” This 1,200 acre tract of land was purchased by Crisp County Commissioners and given to the State of Georgia December 4, 1946 in grateful appreciation of, and as a living memorial ...

Georgia Infirmary

First African-American Hospital in the United States

Chartered by the Georgia General Assembly in 1832, the Infirmary was established "for the relief and protection of afflicted and aged Africans" under the provisions of the last will and testament of Savannah merchant ...

Massenburg's Georgia Battery.

2 - 12 pdr. Napoleons; 2 - 10 pdr. Parrotts.

Massenburg's Georgia Battery.

2 - 12 pdr. Napoleons; 2 - 10 pdr. Parrotts.

Maj. Felix H. Robertson's Reserve Artillery.

Nov. 25, 1863, 4 p.m.

Capt. Thomas L. Massenburg, Commanding.

1st Lieut. J. F. Greer.

2d Lieut. George ...

The Georgia Hussars

Organized 13 February 1736

This troop of Mounted Rangers was raised by General Oglethorpe to patrol and protect the Colony of

Georgia from the Spaniards and Indians. It fought at Bloody Marsh in 1742 and at the Siege of Savannah ...

Georgia Historical Society

Founded 1839

The Georgia Historical Society, founded May 24, 1839, is one of the oldest historical societies in the country. Among it founders were L.K. Tefft, the noted autograph collector; William Bacon Stevens, historian, physician and prelate, and Dr. Richard D. ...

Savannah, Birthplace of Prince Hall Masonry in Georgia

Georgia's first and second Prince Hall lodges, Eureka Lodge No. 1, and Hilton Lodge No. 2, F. & A.M. were organized at Savannah on February 4, 1866 by Rev. J. M. Simms, having received their warrants from the Prince Hall ...

Georgia 4-H Center

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This Georgia 4-H Center is a tribute to former members and an educational training center for all future members.

Georgia 4-H Club work, with its equal training of the Head, Heart, Hands and Health, started in 1905 with 151 boys, each ...

Two Georgia Governors

In Alta Vista Cemetery, two Georgia governors, both officers in the Confederate Army, are buried.

JAMES MILTON SMITH (1823-1890). A lawyer, he entered the Civil War as Captain of the 13th Ga. Inf. and rose to the rank of Colonel. Resigning ...