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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29FK_clarke-county-confederate-monument-a-war-memorial_Athens-GA.html
Erected by the Ladies' Memorial Association. 1871.True to the SoilThat gave them Birth and reared them Men: True to their Ancestors of High RenownAnd Hallowed Worth: Cherishing the Sentiments of Home and Country And the Allegiance there unto DueA…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29EL_dedicated-to-the-veterans-of-1898-to-1902-a-war-memorial_Athens-GA.html
"You triumphed over obstacles which would have overcome men less brave and determined."President McKinleyDedicated toThe Veterans of 1898 to 1902by theCamps and Auxiliaries of the Department of GeorgiaUnited States War Veterans at the 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29EK_first-presbyterian-church_Athens-GA.html
First Presbyterian ChurchAthens, GeorgiaFounded 1820Has been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the InteriorErected 1855
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2304_u-s-navy-supply-corps-school-former-site-of-georgia-state-normal-school_Athens-GA.html
U.S. Navy Supply Corps School
Commissioned on this site 15 January 1954, the U.S. Navy Supply Corps School is the "Home" of the Navy Supply Corps. At this school newly commissioned Navy Supply Corps officers receive basic training in leadership…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21XX_university-of-georgia-botanical-garden_Athens-GA.html
In 1833 Dr. Malthus Ward, Professor of Natural History, opened the University Botanical Garden at this location. Covering the block bounded by Broad, Pope, Reese, and Finley, the four-acre garden was intended as a laboratory for learning and exper…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21XN_lt-col-jefferson-m-lamar-c-s-a_Athens-GA.html
Lt. Col. Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar commanded Cobb's Legion Infantry at Crampton's Gap. Lamar graduated from the University of Mississippi before opening a law practice in Covington, GA. A month after his July 1861 marriage to his cousin, Mary Ann L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156C_cook-brother-armory-building_Athens-GA.html
1862 Cook & Brother purchases property at the junction of Trail Creek and the North Oconee River, builds the Armory and produces Enfield-model rifles for the Confederate Army.
1865 Cook & Brother Armory closes at the end of the Civil War.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12JI_chestnut-grove-school_Athens-GA.html
The Chestnut Grove Schoolhouse was established in 1887 to meet the educational aspirations of Black children. It was built and equipped by local Black farmers. The land was donated by a Black farmer named Floyd Kenny, who could not read or write. …