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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3ME_the-georgia-hussars_Savannah-GA.html
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 in 1779. Its record during The War 1861-1865 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3MA_jane-cuyler_Savannah-GA.html
Jane Cuyler (born Jeanne de la Touche) came to Savannah with her husband Teleman in 1768. After his death in 1772, Cuyler took in lodgers, first at her home on the corner of Bull and Broughton Streets, then at an undetermined location on Bay Stree…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3LR_georgia-historical-society_Savannah-GA.html
Founded 1839The 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, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3LN_savannah-birthplace-of-prince-hall-masonry-in-georgia_Savannah-GA.html
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 Grand Lodge of Massachuset…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3L8_salzburger-monument-of-reconciliation_Savannah-GA.html
The nearby Salzburger Monument of Reconciliation was dedicated to The Georgia Salzburger Society and given to the City of Savannah in 1994 by the State of Salzburg, Austria, in memory of the Lutheran Protestants of Salzburg who were denied religio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3L7_christ-church-parish-house_Savannah-GA.html
(upper marker): Christ Church Parish House
(lower marker): Thehand wrought weather vaneatop this buildingis from the 12th century church ofCranham, Essex, EnglandwhereGen. James Edward Oglethorpeis buried. It was presented in 1967 by Lester Kar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KW_wesley-monumental-united-methodist-church_Savannah-GA.html
Organized January 19, 1868as Wesley Churchrenamed Wesley Monumental, 1875and built as a monumentto John and Charles WesleyFounders of theMethodist MovementSanctuary cornerstone laidAugust 10, 1875completed and dedicatedMarch 30, 1890Educational Bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KO_wesley-monumental-united-methodist-church-centennial_Savannah-GA.html
Centennial1868 - 1968Wesley MonumentalUnited Methodist ChurchOriginally Wesley Church, was founded January 19, 1868. The cornerstone forthis building was laid August 10, 1875,but has not since been located. In thiscentennial year a new cornerstone…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KJ_forsyth-park_Savannah-GA.html
In the 1840s, William Brown Hodgson (1801-1871) conceived the idea of setting aside ten acres of wooded land at this site for development of Savannah's first recreational park. It was named for former Georgia Governor John Forsyth (1780-1841). Wil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3IJ_cathedral-of-st-john-the-baptist_Savannah-GA.html
The congregation of St. John the Baptist formed in the late eighteenth century when French ?migr fleeing revolutions in France and Haiti found refuge in Savannah. The Church of St. John the Baptist became a cathedral in 1850 when the Diocese of Sa…