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Published: July 18th 2014
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What a lovely place to walk around. Amazing architecture and very friendly people. The people of Savannah should be proud. America is an amazing and diverse place. No doubt about it.
The following four paragraphs were taken verbatim from Wikipedia .... at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia
Savannah is the oldest city in the
U.S. state of
Georgia and the
county seat of
Chatham County. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah became the
Britishcolonial capital of the
Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia.
A strategic port city in the
American Revolution and during the
American Civil War,
Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's
fifth-largest city and
third-largest metropolitan area.
Each year Savannah attracts millions of visitors, who enjoy the city's architecture and historic buildings: the birthplace of
Juliette Gordon Low (founder of the
Girl Scouts of the United States of America), the
Georgia Historical Society (the oldest continually operating historical society in the South), the
Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences(one of the South's first public museums), the
First African Baptist Church (one of the oldest African-American Baptist congregations in the United States),
Temple Mickve Israel (the third oldest synagogue in America), and the
Central of Georgia Railway roundhouse complex (the oldest standing antebellum rail facility in America).<sup id="cite_ref-NewGA-Savannah_3-1"
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Savannah's downtown area, which includes the
Savannah Historic District, the
Savannah Victorian Historic District and
22 parklike squares, is one of the largest
National Historic Landmark Districts in the United States (designated by the U.S. government in 1966).
Downtown Savannah largely retains the original town plan prescribed by founder
James Oglethorpe (a design now known as the
Oglethorpe Plan). Savannah was the host city for the
sailing competitions during the
1996 Summer Olympics held in
Atlanta.
On February 12, 1733,
General James Oglethorpe and his settlers landed at
Yamacraw Bluff and were greeted by
Tomochichi, the
Yamacraws, and Indian traders John and
Mary Musgrove. Mary Musgrove often served as a translator. The city of Savannah was founded on that date, along with the colony of Georgia. In 1751 Savannah and the rest of Georgia became a
Royal Colony and Savannah was made the colonial capital of Georgia.
By the outbreak of the
American Revolutionary War, Savannah had become the southernmost commercial port of the
Thirteen Colonies. British troops took the city in 1778, and the following year a combined force of American and French soldiers failed to rout the British at the
Siege of Savannah. The British did
not leave the city until July 1782.
Savannah, a prosperous seaport throughout the nineteenth century, was the Confederacy's
sixth most populous city and the prime objective of General
William T. Sherman's
March to the Sea. Early on December 21, 1864, Savannah authorities negotiated a peaceful surrender, and Union troops marched into the city at dawn.
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D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
Savannah
A picturesque city with all the Spanish Moss. Have you ever seen the movie "In the Midnight Garden of Good and Evil?" It takes place in Savannah and is and excellent movie. You can take a Midnight Garden of Good and Evil tour and hear the history of famous Savannah figures. Historic, charming and great food.