2013 Georgia History Festival

Featured Historical Character

John C. Frémont

 

  Library of Congress

 

 

Trustee Sponsor

 

 

Signature Sponsor

 

 

 

 Presenting Sponsors

 

 

 

 

 

   

 Signature Media Sponsor

 

 

 

 

Georgia History Festival's Purpose

 

Georgia History Festival is the signature K-12 educational program of the Georgia Historical Society. Held annually around the anniversary of the founding of the colony of Georgia on February 12, 1733, this commemoration brings history to life for students of all ages through a variety of programs including a series of school events and curriculum, crafts workshops, the two-day Colonial Faire and Muster living-history program held at Wormsloe State Historic Site, and the colorful Georgia History Festival parade.  By engaging students in interactive learning experiences, Georgia History Festival sparks the imagination, develops critical thinking processes, and opens the exciting world of the past to exploration, study, and understanding.

Educator Participation Forms

 

Click here for more information on Georgia History Festival classroom activities and how to register your students for the annual Georgia History Festival Parade and banner competition.

Schedule of Events

 

Click here to learn more about the exciting series of events planned for 2013 Georgia History Festival!

Curriculum Materials

 

Every year GHS develops curriculum materials for teachers of students at all grade levels that focus on the Georgia History Festival Featured Historical Character. These contain biographical information about the subject and historical information about the times in which that subject lived. All materials are correlated to GPS, Common Core, and NCSS standards. Click here for more information on 2013 Georgia History Festival Featured Historical Character, John C. Frémont.

 

 

 

 

 

John C. Frémont (1813-1890)

Main Collection,  E415.9.F8 B5.

Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

 

 

Click here for more about the 2012 Georgia History Festival and Featured Historical Character Juliette Gordon Low.   

 

Georgia History Festival Classroom Photo Contest

 

Each year, teachers across Georgia engage their classes in exploration of the state's rich history throu innovative and engaging programs and activities.  GHS is issuing a call for photos documenting creative classroom history lessons throughout Georgia through the inaugural Georgia History Festival Classroom Photo Contest .  K-8 classrooms across Georgia are eligible to apply.  Photos will be sent to the Georgia Historical Society for judging and the winning classroom announced at the Georgia Day Parade in Savannah on February 12, 2013.  The winning classroom teacher will receive a Georgia History Traveling Trunk, and a plaque to be presented at their school.

 

Click here for forms and instructions

 

2013 Georgia History Festival Corporate Sponsors

 

Trustee Sponsor

 

Signature Sponsor

 

Presenting Sponsors

   

 

 

Signature Media Sponsor

 

Platinum

 

 

Camden Real Estate Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold

 

 

 

 

The Olde Pink House Restaurant and Garibaldi’s Restaurant

 

 

 

Silver

BB&T Company

Cay Insurance Services

Hancock Askew & Co., LLP

Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, PC

International Paper

Lummus Corporation

Minis & Co., Inc.

Seacrest Partners, Inc.

Synovus

Treadwell and Associates

TSYS

 

Bronze

Bloomquist Construction

Bouhan + Falligant

Chatham Steel Corporation

First City Capital Management

Fuji Vegetable Oil, Inc.

H. J. Russell & Company

J.T. Turner Construction Company, Inc.

Montag & Caldwell

Sea Island Bank

Sterne Agee

Willis

 

Foundations and Institutions

Bradley Foundation

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.

Society of Colonial Wars

Walmart Foundation

Williams Family Foundation of Georgia, Inc.

 

Media

Adventure Radio

Connect Savannah

Georgia Trend

Savannah Chamber of Commerce and Visit Savannah

Savannah Magazine

Savannah Tribune

WSAV

WTOC

 

Special Thanks

Bernard Williams & Company

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brown, Jr.

Curry Cleaners

Savannah Tire

Mr. and Mrs. Marty Vernick

 

For information on how your company can become a Corporate Sponsor of the Georgia History Festival, please contact Caroline Stevens or 912.651.2125, ext. 116.

 

2013 Georgia History Festival

Festival Co-Chairs

Mr. James H. Blanchard & Mr. Felker W. Ward, Jr.

 

2013 Trustees Gala

Host Committee

(In formation) 

 

Honorary Co-Chairs

The Honorable Thurbert E. Baker

The Honorable John Barrow

The Honorable Sanford Bishop

The Honorable Paul Broun

The Honorable Casey Cagle

The Honorable Buddy Carter

The Honorable Jimmy Carter

The Honorable Saxby Chambliss

The Honorable Terry England

The Honorable George Hooks

The Honorable Penny Houston

The Honorable Johnny Isakson

The Honorable Lester G. Jackson

The Honorable Brian Kemp

The Honorable Jack Kingston

The Honorable Jeff Mullis

The Honorable Sam Olens

The Honorable Butch Parrish

The Honorable David Ralston

The Honorable Kasim Reed

The Honorable Calvin Smyre

The Honorable Lynn Westmoreland

The Honorable Tommie Williams

 

Benefactor

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Blanchard

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Holder

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones III

Mr. and Mrs. Don Kole

Mr. and Mrs. John F. McMullan 

 

Chair

Dr. Victor Andrews

Dr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Bolch III

Mr. and Dr. John C. Helmken II

Mr. and Mrs. Wyck Knox

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Montag

Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Smith

Mr. William W. Sprague III

Mrs. Helen R. Steward

 

Member

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Barrow III

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Black

Mrs. Ann Carter Boardman

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cortese

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Cousins

Mr. and Mrs. Glen M. Darbyshire

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Davis

Mr. and Mrs. Beverly M. DuBose III

Mr. and Mrs. George Fawcett

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hungerpiller

Mr. and Mrs. Phil Jacobs

Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Kerdasha

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lauretti

Mrs. Robert O. Levitt

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris

Mr. and Mrs. George Olmstead

Mr. and Mrs. Billy Payne

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Platt

Mr. and Mrs. Graham Sadler

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Solomons, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Tarbutton

Mr. Robert E. Turner III

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wallace

Mr. and Mrs. Felker W. Ward, Jr.