Georgia Historical Society

2011 Georgia History Festival

Trustee Sponsors

 

 

 

 

 

2011 Georgia History Festival

Signature Sponsor

 

 

 

2011 Georgia History Festival

Presenting Sponsors

 

    

 

 

Photo from McKenney and Hall's, The Indian Tribes of North America available in the GHS Library and Archives.

Georgia History Festival Kickoff Event and Lecture

Thursday, February 3, 2011, 7 P.M.

Trinity United Methodist Church

225 W. President Street, Savannah

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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Georgia History Festival Colonial Faire and Muster

Saturday (Family Day) and Sunday, February 5 - 6, 2011, 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Wormsloe State Historic Site, Savannah

Take your family back in time to the site of one of the earliest and most beautiful colonial-era plantations of the Georgia coast. This popular annual living-history event features costumed re-enactors and vendors offering students and adults a taste of the excitement and adversity of life for the first settlers of colonial Georgia. Highlights of this weekend-long event include cannon and musket firing; blacksmithing, craft, and cooking demonstrations; Native American and slave life interpretations; and period music and dance. An hourly schedule of events will be available upon arrival at Wormsloe. Free and open to the public.

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Additional support provided by: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia 

 

 

Georgia History Festival Super Museum Sunday

Sunday, February 6, 2011, 12:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Multiple Savannah-area sites

(click here for 2010 map, click here for last year's museum list, or contact individual sites of interest)

Georgians and visitors alike experience our area’s rich history and cultural life as historic sites, house museums, art museums, and other points of interest in Savannah and coastal Georgia open their doors to the public, providing an exceptional opportunity to experience the history in our own backyard. From Statesboro to Darien, over 40 cultural institutions throughout coastal Georgia participate in this popular annual GHS family event. 

 

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Georgia History Festival Shuman Cup Cricket Tournament

Thursday, February 10, 2011 from 9:30-11:30 A.M.

Shuman Elementary School, Savannah

Come cheer on the teams for the first ever colonial cricket tournament for Chatham County elementary schools!  Local teams are introduced to the Georgia Colony’s favorite sport during this fun and educational experience the day before the annual Georgia Day Parade. Team registration is open to all Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools.  Call Shuman Elementary School at 912.395.4500 for more information.  Free and open to the public.

 

 

Georgia History Festival Dignitaries' Coffee

Friday, February 11, 2011, 9:00 A.M.

Savannah

An invitation-only event for dignitaries, sponsors and special guests prior to the Georgia History Festival Parade. Featuring greetings from dignitaries, introductions of costumed characters, and a continental breakfast, this event also includes the unveiling of new plaques honoring the creators of named endowment funds at the Georgia Historical Society.

 

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Georgia History Festival Parade

Friday, February 11, 2011, 10:30 A.M.

Bull Street from Forsyth Park to City Hall, Savannah

Thousands of costumed local elementary school children march behind their hand-made banners in commemoration of Georgia’s founding in 1733.  A colorful parade of students, musicians, local dignitaries, and costumed characters is preceded by a military color guard and marching band. Beginning at Forsyth Park and continuing around all five squares of Bull Street, the procession culminates with a program in front of City Hall, where the mayor and other officials bring greetings and present awards for the annual Banner Competition.

 

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Georgia History Festival's

Trustees Gala

Saturday, February 12, 2011

The Georgia Historical Society’s premiere annual fund-raising event and the exciting finale of the Georgia History Festival is the annual Trustees Gala. Each year, this elegant and much-anticipated event draws Georgia’s top business and civic leaders to honor and pay tribute to the best our state has produced.

This year, GHS’s two-week commemoration of Georgia history—with an emphasis on the life and legacy of Festival Honoree Sequoyah, legendary creator of the Cherokee syllabary—culminates in a lavish banquet with the theme “Georgia Blues.” Guests will enter through a festively decorated juke joint atmosphere to an elegantly appointed ballroom for a sublime evening of dining and entertainment, featuring the live music of John Lee Hooker, Jr.

The highlight of the Gala is the induction by the Governor of the year’s Georgia Trustees, two citizens of Georgia who exemplify a lifetime of excellence in their work and philanthropic accomplishment. The 2011 Trustees, legendary University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley and former U.S. Senator and global policy maker Sam Nunn, will be in attendance to receive their awards. Following the presentations, the new Trustees will engage in a moderated conversation, featuring questions on topics ranging from business to philanthropy to history and life philosophies.

GHS will hold a raffle of enviable items related to the evening’s theme, and live music and dancing will round out the night. Held in Savannah the weekend before Valentine’s Day, the 2011 Trustees Gala honors the service and accomplishments of the new Trustees, celebrates the founding of our state, and highlights the richness and diversity of Georgia history and its people.
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The Georgia Trustees
In conjunction with the Governor’s Office, the Georgia Historical Society reconstituted the Georgia Trustees as a way of recognizing Georgians whose accomplishments and community service reflect the highest ideals of the founding body of Trustees.  The original Georgia Trustees, a governing body chartered and appointed by His Majesty King George II of England in 1732 to establish a new colony in North America, founded the Georgia colony upon the principle of Non Sibi, Sed Aliis, “Not for Self but for Others.” They established and governed the colony with this vision until their disbandment in 1752, after which Georgia became a royal colony. Reestablished in 2009, the Governor will make an annual appointment of new Trustees whose history-making accomplishments and service reflect the original Trustees’ ideals.

 

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Georgia History Festival 275th Anniversary of Fort Frederica Living History Encampment

Saturday and Sunday, February 19-20, 2011,

from 10 A.M. – 4 P.M.

Fort Frederica National Monument

6515 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island

As part of the commemoration of the 275th anniversary of the founding of Frederica, demonstrations and hands-on activities will help bring to life the history of the site.  Call Ft. Frederica at 912.638.3639 or visit www.nps.gov/fofr for more information. Free and open to the public.

 

 

Georgia History Festival Scottish Highland Dinner

Saturday, February 19, 2011, 7 P.M.

Fort King George State Historic Site, Fort King George Drive, Darien

This annual event features a Scottish dinner, hosted by Oglethorpe himself, at the Fort King George barracks.  This event is organized by Fort King George and the Lower Altamaha Historical Society.  For more information, please call 912.437.4770.  Reservations required; a fee will be charged for dinner.