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1. SAVANH_040513_078.JPG: Pirate House. The guide said that this house was used by pirates to impress folks into service. They'd get someone drunk, knock him out, and then dump him down a chute that led to the docks below and he'd wake up in the service of the Jolly Roger. It's now a bar.
2. SAVANH_040513_101.JPG: Christ Church, the Mother Church of Georgia This Episcopal church was the first house of worship established with the founding of Georgia in 1733. Early rectors included the Rev. John Wesley (1736-37), who began the earliest form of Sunday school and published the first English hymnal in the colonies, and Rev. George Whitefield (1738-40), founder of Bethesda Orphanage. The cornerstone for the first building on this site was laid in 1744. James Hamilton Couper designed the current and third structure in 1838. The 1819 Revere & Son bell continues in use today. One of many prominent members was Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America.
3. SAVANH_040513_122.JPG: "Tyrants fall in every foe, liberty's in every blow." In memory of our Scottish forbears, whose valor inspired these immortal lines by Robert Burns, this marker is gratefully dedicated by the Saint Andrew's Society of Savannah, Georgia on its 250th Anniversary. (1737-1987)
4. SAVANH_040513_134.JPG: Birthplace of Juliette Low (1860-1927), founder of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, was born in this house on October 31, 1860. It was her girlhood home until her marriage there in 1886 to William Low, an Englishman, then residing in Savannah. As a friend of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout Movement, Juliette Low became active in Girl Guide work in England and Scotland in 1911. It was at his suggestion that she started Girl Scouting in America. On March 12, 1912, at the Louisa Porter Home in this city, Mrs. Low founded the first Girl Guide troop in the United States. Her niece, Daisy Gordon, of Savannah, was the first member enrolled. Through Mrs. Low's energetic and determined leadership, the movement spread rapidly under the name "Girl Scouts." Mrs. Low died in Savannah, January 17, 1927. In 1953, her birthplace was acquired by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, and funds for its restoration were raised by 2,500,000 members. The property is now maintained by the Girl Scouts as a memorial to their Founder and as a center of activities for all Girl Scouts.
5. SAVANH_040513_171.JPG: The tour guide said this structure had been the city's first Ford car dealer. Note the doors look like a car showroom.
6. SAVANH_040513_176.JPG: Old Sorrel-Weed House A fine example of Greek Revival style, this building (completed in 1840 from the plans of Charles B. Cluskey, a well-known Georgia architect) shows the distinguished trend of Savannah architecture during the first half of the 19th century. The Mediterranean villa influence reflects the French background of the original owner, Francis Sorrel (1793-1870), a shipping merchant of Savannah who as a child was saved by a faithful slave from the massacre of the white colonists in St. Domingo. The ante-bellum tradition of refinement and hospitality associated with the residence was continued after its purchase in 1859 by Henry D. Weed. Here resided as a youth G. Moxley Sorrel (1838-1901) who achieved fame as one of "Lee's Lieutenants." Shortly after war broke out in 1861, Sorrel, a young bank clerk in Savannah, proceeded to Virginia where he obtained a place of Gen. Longstreet's staff. He served with conspicuous valor and zeal through the major battles and campaigns in that theater from the First Manassas to Petersburg and was thrice wounded. Sorrel became brig. general at the age of 26. Competent critics have called him "the best staff officer in the Confederate service." Gen. Sorrel's "Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer" is an absorbing account of his war experiences.
7. SAVANH_040513_209.JPG: Sherman's Headquarters: Green-Meldrim Mansion General William Tecumseh Sherman used this house as headquarters from Dec. 22, 1864 until Feb 1 1865. Charles Green offered the use of his home to General Sherman and his staff> Sherman's chaplain conducted the Christmas services in St. John's Church. The house was built for Green, a British subject, residing in Savannah prior to 1854. The architect was John S. Norris of New York. The house is notable as one of the country's finest examples of residential Gothic Revival architecture, the detail of the interiors being as sumptuous as any to be found in America. Cost of construction of this house in the 1850's totalled $93,000. In 1892 it was acquired by the Green family as a resident by Judge Peter W. Meldrim, distinguished Georgia jurist and President of the American Bar Association (1912-1913). St. John's Episcopal Church acquired the house from the Meldrim heirs in 1943 for use as a parish house and rectory. The house was purchased partly through public subscription by the citizens of Savannah. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
8. SAVANH_040513_232.JPG: Savannah Volunteer Guards, organized 1802. As infantry, the Corps fought in the War of 1812, Indian Wars, and as a battalion in 1861, serving with distinction in defense of Savannah and Charleston. In the spring of 1864 joined Lee's Army at Petersburg. On April 3, 1865, serving in the rear guard on the retreat to Appomattox having been reduced to 85 men, 23 were killed, 35 wounded, and the remainder captured. Reorganized in 1872. Served as infantry battalion in the Spanish-American War, as a battalion of the 61 C.A.C. in World War I, and as 118th F.A. Battalion in World War II where they were awarded give Battle Stars. Reorganized after World War II and is now an active unit in the Georgia National Guard. This armory erected in 1892.
9. SAVANH_040513_277.JPG: Former home Henry R. Jackson Union Army Headquarters, 1865 This building, now the quarters of a private club, was erected in 1857 for Edmund Molyneux, British consul at Savannah, and served as his residence and as the Consulate until Molyneux's return to England in 1864. In 1865, the Molyneux house was appropriated by the Union army as headquarters for General O.O. Howard and his successor, Gen. William F. Barry. Representatives of the family claimed that furnishings valued at more than $10,000, including part of the famous Molyneux wine cellar, were damaged or removed during the Federal occupation. The mansion was purchased from the Molyneux family in 1885 by Gen. Henry R. Jackson and was the home of that illustrious Georgian until his death in 1898. Jackson equally distinguished himself as lawyer, soldier, diplomat, and poet. He was Judge of the Eastern Circuit of Georgia (1849-53) and in 1859 was special prosecutor for the United States in the celebrated case of the slave ship "Wanderer." He fought in the Mexican War and won distinction in the Confederate army as a brigadier general. He was ambassador to Austria (1854-58) and minister to Mexico (1885-86). A gifted poet, the best known of Jackson's poems is "The Red Old Hills of Georgia."
10. SAVANH_040513_300.JPG: Armstrong Junior College Armstrong Junior College was founded on this site May 27, 1935 by the City of Savannah under the guidance of Mayor Thomas Gamble. The college was named for George Ferguson Armstrong (1868-1924), a native of Guyton, Georgia, who had this house constructed as his residence. Armstrong was nationally recognized for his maritime ingenuity at Strachan Shipping Company. He held membership in the Cotton Exchange and the Oglethorpe Club. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and was respected for his civic dedication and philanthropy. To honor him, Lucy Camp Armstrong Moltz and her daughter Lucy Armstrong Johnson gave Armstrong House to the City of Savannah. This granite and glazed-brick Italian Renaissance mansion was designed by architect Henrik Wallin and built 1916-1919. Olaf Otto was general contractor. Classes began in September 1935 with 175 students in what The Atlanta Constitution called "the finest and most costly junior college in the United States." In 1959, Armstrong College became a part of the University System of Georgia and was designated a four-year institution in 1964. Two years later, Armstrong State College moved to a new campus in southside Savannah. Historic Savannah Foundation preserved the property. The mansion was acquired in 1970 by members of the law firm of Bouhan, Williams & Levy.
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Wikipedia Description: Savannah, Georgia
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Savannah is the largest city and county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport.

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 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).

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).[A] Savannah was the host city for the sailing competitions during the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, Georgia.

History:

General James Edward Oglethorpe, a philanthropist and a representative of King George II to the American colonies, was sent to create a buffer south of the Savannah River to protect the Carolinas from Spanish Florida and French Louisiana.

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 capit ...More...
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2004 photos: Equipment this year: I bought two Fujifilm S7000 digital cameras. While they produced excellent images, I found all of the retractable-lens Fuji models had a disturbing tendency to get dust inside the lens. Dark blurs would show up on the images and the camera had to be sent back to the shop in order to get it fixed. I returned one of the cameras when the blurs showed up in the first month. I found myself buying extended warranties on cameras. Trips this year: (1) Margot and I went off to Scotland for a few days, my first time overseas. (2) I went to Hawaii on business (such a deal!) and extended it, spending a week in Hawaii and another in California. (3) I went to Tennessee to man a booth and extended it to go to my third Fan Fair country music festival. Number of photos taken this year: 110,000.
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