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1854 Gov. Herschel Johnson signed legislation creating Coffee County as Georgia’s 108th county. Created from portions of Clinch, Irwin, Telfair, and Ware counties, the new county was named for Gen. … read more
2011 Georgia History Festival Kickoff Lecture
SAVE-THE-DATE
Georgia History Festival Kickoff Lecture
Featuring Gary E. Moulton
Author, John Ross, Cherokee Chief
Editor of The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Editor of The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Thursday, February 3, 2011, 7 P.M.
Trinity United Methodist Church
225 W. President Street, Savannah
Free and open to the public.
Join us as award-winning author and historian Gary Moulton (editor of the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition) discusses the dramatic and tumultuous events leading up to the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia in the 1830s. Moulton examines the struggles and pressure within the Cherokee Nation as well as those faced from the outside.The lecture will bring to life the 2011 Georgia History Festival designed to educate students of all ages and evoke an understanding of this year’s Festival Honoree Sequoyah, inventor of Cherokee syllabary.
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Atlanta, GA 30318
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260 14th Street, N.W., Suite A-148
Atlanta, GA 30318
Tel 404.382.5410
Fax 404.671.8570
Savannah Office:
501 Whitaker Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Tel 912.651.2125
Fax 912.651.2831
Toll Free 877.424.4789
Library & Archives: 912.651.2128
501 Whitaker Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Tel 912.651.2125
Fax 912.651.2831
Toll Free 877.424.4789
Library & Archives: 912.651.2128
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Office: Mon-Fri 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Library: Wed-Fri noon - 5 pm
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