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1. SAVANR_040513_004.JPG: Salzburger Monument of Reconciliation The 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 religious freedom and expelled from their homeland. The first thirty seven Salzburgers to come to Georgia landed at this site on March 12, 1734. They were welcomes by James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the Georgia Colony and given temporary shelter before moving to their new home, Ebenezer, in what is now Effingham County. Additional Colonists from Salzburg and other Germanic people continued to settle at Ebenezer until 1752.
2. SAVANR_040513_031.JPG: Solomon's Lodge No 1, F & A M, Savannah Georgia Organized as a Masonic lodge February 21, 1734, its first worshipful Master was General James Edward Oglethorpe, English soldier, statesman, humanitarian and founder of Georgia, who raised the flag of England at Savannah on February 12, 1733. Chartered by the Grand Lodge of England in 1735 as "the Lodge at Savannah in ye province of Georgia," Solomon's is the oldest continuously operating English constituted Lodge in the western hemisphere. In 1786, the independent Grand Lodge of Georgia, F & AM, was created and proclaimed by concerted action of Solomon's and one other lodge then existing in the state. Solomon's was chartered as the first Lodge of Georgia. From its beginning in 1734, brethren of Solomon's Lodge have served with distinction in vital positions of leadership in public and fraternal affairs of city, colony, state, and nation. The Lodge produced the first Grand Master of Georgia, F & AM, William Stevens, who governed the Georgia craft from 1786-1788 and 1793-1813. Solomon's Lodge, one of Savannah's greatest historical institutions, is honored and revered by the nearly 100,000 Freemasons of this state as the Mother Lodge of Georgia, Free and Accepted Masons. Notice that the structure is built atop a street.
3. SAVANR_040513_042.JPG: The invention of the Cotton Gin, a historic landmark of agricultural engineering. This creative development which was responsible for the survival of the coon industry in the United States, occurred on General Nathaniel Greene's plantation near Savannah, 10 miles northeast. Separation by hand labor of the lint from the seed of the desired upland variety of cotton produced only one pound per day per person. Eli Whitney, a native of Massachusetts and Yale Law graduate, came to Georgia to teach school in late 1792, at age 27. Mrs. Catherine Greene, widow of General Greene, invited Whitney to her plantation, and urged him to design a cotton gin. He secluded himself for 10 days in the spring of 1793, with a basket of cotton bolls. He discovered that a hooked wire would pull the lint through a slot in the basket, leaving the seeds inside. In his patent application, Whitney described the process as: consisting of spikes driven into a wooden cylinder and having a slotted bar through which these spiked passed and having a brush to clean the spikes. The result was a hand operated cotton gin which produced over 50 pounds per person per day. It was patented March 17, 1794. Henry Odgen Holmes, of Georgia, a resourceful, practical mechanic of the Kincaide Planation of Fairfield County South Carolina, invented an improved gin and was granted a patent on May 12, 1796. His continuous flow gin used rip-saw teeth on a circular steel blade which passed through spaced between ribs. The circular saw gin with improvements, capable of giving 1000's of pounds per day, was still in use in 1985. Officials of the Cotton Exchange Commission Building shipped from the port of Savannah thousands of bales to a new worldwide industry, and brought prosperity to the South.
4. SAVANR_040513_045.JPG: Old Savannah Cotton Exchange The Savannah Cotton Exchange building was completed in 1887 during the era when Savannah ranked first as a cotton seaport on the Atlantic and second in the world. In its heyday as a cotton port, over two million bales a year moved through Savannah. The Cotton Exchange was the center of activity in the staple which dominated this city's economic life before its evolution into a leading industrial seaport. The Exchange was designed by the nationally known Boston architect, William Gibbons Preston (1844-1910). His design won out in a competition participated in by eleven architects. The Exchange is believed to be one of the few structures in the world erected over an existing public street. The former Cotton Exchange is now the headquarters of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce.
5. SAVANR_040513_058.JPG: The Invention of the Cotton Gin: A Historical Landmark of Agricultural Engineering: This creative development which was responsible for the survival of the cotton industry in the United States occurred on General Nathaniel Greene's plantation near Savannah 10 miles northeast of this marker. Separation by hand labor of the lint from the seed of the desired upland variety of cotton produced only one pound per day per person. Eli Whitney, a native of Massachusetts, and Yale Law graduate, came to Georgia to teach school in late 1792, at age 27. Mrs. Catherine Greene, widow of General Greene, invited Whitney to her plantation and urged him to design a cotton gin. He secluded himself for 10 days in the spring of 1793, with a basket of cotton bolls. He discovered that a hooked wire could pull the lint through a slot in the basket leaving the seeds inside. In his patent application Whitney described the process as: consisting of spikes driven into a wooden cylinder and having a slotted bar through which these spikes passed and having a brush to clean the spikes. The result was a hand operated cotton gin which produced over 50 pounds per person per day. It was patented March 14, 1794. Henry Ogden Holmes, of Georgia, a resourceful, practical mechanic of the Kincaide Plantation of Fairfield County South Carolina, invented an improved gin and was granted a patent on May 12, 1796. His continuous flow gin used rip-saw teeth on a circular steel blade which passed through spaces between ribs. The circular saw gin with improvements, capable of gibing 1000s of pounds per day was still in use in 1985. Officials of the cotton exchange commission building, which faces this marker, shipped from the port of Savannah thousands of bales to a new worldwide industry and brought prosperity to the south. Dedicated by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers -- July 1986
6. SAVANR_040513_075.JPG: Old City Exchange Bell This bell, which is believed to be the oldest in Georgia, bears the date 1802. Imported from Amsterdam, it hung in the cupola of the City Exchange from 1804 until a short time before that building was razed to make way for the present City Hall. In its day, the bell signalled the closing time for shops and was rung by a watchmen when fire broke out. Its rich tones were heard in celebration of American victories during the War of 1812. It pealed a welcome to such distinguished visitors to Savannah as Monroe, LaFayette, Polk, Fillmore, Clay and Webster and it tolled tributes for America's illustrious dead. The tower of the City Exchange, where the bell hung, was a favorite resort of those anxious about the arrival of vessels. The replica of the tower in which the historic bell presently reposes was erected in 1957 through the combined efforts of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce, the Pilot Club of Savannah, and the Savannah-Chatham Historic Site and Monument Commission.
7. SAVANR_040513_086.JPG: Chatham Artillery's "Washington Guns" These bronze cannon were presented to the Chatham Artillery by President Washington after his visit to Savannah in 1791. Of English and French make, respectively, they are excellent examples of the art of ordnance manufacture in the 18th century. An inscription on the British 6 pounder states that it was "surrendered by the capitulation of York Town Oct. 19, 1781." The English cannon was cast in 1758 during the reign of George II and the royal insignia and motto of the Order of the Garter appeal on its barrel. The French gun was manufactured at Strasburg in 1756. On its elaborately engraved barrel appear the coat of arms of Louis XIV; the sun which was the emblem of that monarch, and a Latin inscription (which Louis XIV first ordered placed on French cannon) meaning "Last Argument of Kings." The dolphins were emblematic of the Dauphin of France. The gun was individually named "La Populaire." Reminders of America's hard-won struggle for independence and of the great man who led the Continental forces in the Revolution, the historic "Washington Guns" were placed on public display here through cooperation of the Chatham Artillery and the City of Savannah.
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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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