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Augusta County Historical Society saves local history - AOL
3+ week, 4+ day ago (275+ words) As the century-old, but now out-of-business, Waynesboro Nurseries prepared to give up its main office building to Junior's Welding, another phone call went out. As Max Quillen, one of the Quillen family members who worked the wholesale nursery business, walked…...
North Augusta honors victims of Hamburg Massacre 150 years later
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (59+ words) NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Community members gathered at the Fifth Street Bridge to mark 150 years since the Hamburg Massacre, one of the darkest chapters in the area’s history. NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Community members gathered at the Fifth Street Bridge to mark…...
Georgia’s three signers of Declaration of Independence: ‘Unlikely patriots’?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1509+ words) Button Gwinnett didn’t want to be in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress in the summer of 1776, and not just because a heat wave gripped the city and delegates dressed in wool and powdered wigs. Gwinnett, one of three Georgians…...
Meadow Garden is Augusta home of Declaration signer George Walton
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (325+ words) George Washington hadn't slept here. Another George did. Meadow Garden is considered Augusta's oldest standing house, and George Walton, at age 26, one of the youngest signers of the Declaration of Independence, lived there from 1791 to his death in 1804. By the time…...
Discover the Georgia battlefield where the Patriots were victorious - AOL
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (641+ words) No journey in Georgia to discover historic sites from the American Revolutionary War would be complete without a trek to Wilkes County and the city of Washington. The historic battle took place about 9 miles outside what would become the city…...
George Washington slept here: First president visited Augusta in 1791
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (353+ words) George Washington slept here. At least 17 current or former U.S. presidents have visited Augusta over its long history, beginning with the nation's first chief executive. Washington's Southern Tour from March to June 1791 was punctuated by parades, speeches, and other celebrations in…...
Archaeologists Reveal a Lost Civilization in the Georgia Highlands
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (915+ words) Ancient Origins Archaeologists Reveal a Lost Civilization in the Georgia Highlands High in the rugged peaks of the South Caucasus, archaeologists have uncovered the sprawling remnants of a forgotten civilization that thrived for millennia. A new study published in Antiquity…...
New chapter for Augusta history: Land secured for future museum
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (487+ words) GREAT FALLS — After months of uncertainty, the Augusta Area Historical Society, a non-profit organization, has taken a major step toward rebuilding by officially purchasing land for a future museum. The group finalized the acquisition of a 0.20-acre lot located at 117 Broadway…...
Vietnam War still isn’t over for my father and other Agent Orange victims
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (572+ words) We first noticed my father’s hands shaking in 2018. It was his grandson’s First Communion, and as we knelt together in the pew, he couldn’t stand without trembling....
Bill to change Georgia’s time zone for year-round daylight saving time fails
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (227+ words) A bill that would switch Georgia to a different time zone to make daylight saving time permanent didn’t make it out of the Gold Dome. The Georgia House did not call for a vote on the Georgia Sunshine Protection Act…...