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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19XF_savannah-besieged_Savannah-GA.html
For most of the Revolutionary War, Savannah was an armed camp. With the approach of an allied French and American army in the fall of 1779, the British defenders of Savannah began improving and constructing a series of fourteen redoubts outside th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17LF_richard-wall_Savannah-GA.html
Born in County Limerick, Ireland, heserved as a Cadet of Marines underCaptain John Paul Jones on the 'Bonhomme Richard' in 1779. Whilepursuing deserters near Ireland he wascaptured and sent to England's FortonPrison and was released after threeye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CV_roundhouse_Savannah-GA.html
The roundhouse served as a garage for locomotives,where they could be serviced or repaired. Incoming locomotives traveled on rail through the building to arrive at the Turntable in the center. Operators aligned the rotating table with one of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDGP_silence_Savannah-GA.html
( North Face )To The Confederate DeadHere Rest "Till Roll Call"The Men Of Gettysburg ( West Face )Tread lightly for each man bequeathed Ere placed beneath this sod, His ashes to this native Land His gallant soul to God. ( East Face )On Fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC3Z_battle-of-savannah_Savannah-GA.html
En l'honneur des valliants Fran?ais qui se sont sacrifi en cet endroit pour notre libert? le 9 Octobre, 1779 In honor of the valiant Frenchmen who gave their lives on this battlefield for our freedom on 9 October, 1779 Les Soci?t Honoraires…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBCN_memorial-to-the-american-revolution_Savannah-GA.html
To Arms ! The 800 stones before you have three meanings:? They represent the approximate number of soldiers killed or wounded in Savannah on the foggy morning of October 9, 1779.? The stones are arranged as a column, with tensoldiers across. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABH_largest-slave-sale-in-georgia-history_Savannah-GA.html
One of the largest sales of enslaved persons in U.S. history took place on March 2-3, 1859, at the Ten Broeck Race Course ? mile southwest of here. To satisfy his creditors, Pierce M. Butler sold 436 men, women, and children from his Butler Island…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8MV_the-great-dane-dog_Savannah-GA.html
The symbol of our company since 1931,the Great Dane dog is the most elegantand distinguished of the giant type dog.A true Great Dane breed is spirited andcourageous, yet always friendly and dependable. These special attributescoupled with majestic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7SW_florance-street-school_Savannah-GA.html
Florance Street School was designed by the firm Levy and Clarke and built in 1929 as one of the early public schools in Savannah built specifically for African-American students. It contributed greatly to Savannah's Cuyler-Brownville community by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JS_charity-hospital-and-training-school-for-nurses_Savannah-GA.html
This was the site of the first hospital in Savannah to train African-American doctors and nurses. Named for Doctors Cornelius and Alice McKane, it began on June 1, 1896, when a small group of African Americans received a charter to operate the McK…
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