On Thursday, Georgia celebrates the 293rd anniversary of its founding by British Gen. James Oglethorpe in 1733.
Georgia Day marks the 1733 founding of the last of the original 13 British colonies. In the American Revolutionary War, Georgia also was late to secure independence.
Georgia's success as a business hub is marred by low quality of life rankings. The article explores the state's history and calls for a focus on social welfare.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia's colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments of ...
Georgia Historical Society celebrates Peach State's past, present and future ...
Oglethorpe led the expedition that established Georgia as the last of Britain's 13 American colonies in February 1733. Thurmond, a history aficionado and the only Black member of a Georgia delegation ...
He says the Georgia colony ultimately protected slavery in its sister colonies by serving as a "white equivalent of the Berlin Wall” between South Carolina and Spanish Florida.Oglethorpe used slave ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia’s colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments of ...
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