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Old Town Trolley tours of Savannah closing until April 5th, due to Corvid-19.

Traveling to savannah???? Here's a current list of openings/closing..... https://www.visitsavannah.com/info/savannah-business-updates Joyce

St. Patrick's Day festivals and Parade cancelled due to Corona virus precautions.

Have you recently visited the Owen's Thomas House & Slave Quarters? Linda was my guide and gave an excellent tour, full of information and passionate about the O-T House. Beautiful "bridge" staircase on 2nd floor.

Happy Birthday Georgia !!! Georgia Colony Founded February 12, 1733 - Savannah... After years of planning and two months crossing the Atlantic, James Oglethorpe and 114 colonists climbed 40 feet up the bluff from the Savannah River on this day in 1733 and founded the colony of Georgia. George II granted the Georgia trustees a charter for the colony a year earlier. The trustees’ motto was Non Sibi Sed Aliisnot for self but for others. Georgia would be a philanthropic and military enterprise that would provide the worthy poor a new start and serve as a buffer between Spanish Florida and the English colonies. The trustees prohibited slavery and large landholdings; Georgians would work for themselves on small farms. In the end, there were no debtors among them. In November 1732 Oglethorpe and the colonists boarded the Anne in Gravesend and after stopping briefly in South Carolina, arrived safely in Georgia. The 13th and last of the British colonies on mainland North America grew to become the largest of the United States east of the Mississippi after its founding on February 12, 1733, Today in Georgia History.

St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival will be 2 seperate events next month. Festival will be the weekend before parade on Friday thru Sunday, 13th - 15th. The Parade will be on March 17th.

December 22, 1864 - Savannah, Atlanta "I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with 150 heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about 25,000 bales of cotton." Thus did U.S. General William Tecumseh Sherman notify President Lincoln that he had captured Savannah at the end of his March to the Sea.

Now that the weather is starting to get cooler, go explore some of our local history.

One of my favorite, Juliette Gordon Low

Wormsloe Plantation, great view of mile long drive with mirror image in water puddle. borrowed photo from Instagram.....

Celtic knot inside Baptismal Font, gold and emeralds

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist..... first 3 photos were taken last year and snow effects thanks to a Disney movie being filmed in SAV. Last photo is today with my Road Scholars. What a beautiful Cathedral.

Please be advised: Christmas on the River has been rescheduled! The new dates and activities are outlined below... SAVANNAH, GA Happy Holidays!!! Christmas on the River has been rescheduled, due to inclement weather forecasted this weekend. We will see everyone December 21st 23rd to enjoy the Christmas spirit with music, lights, Santa, decorations and holiday cheer! Grab some hot chocolate and visit arts & crafts exhibitors with unique local holiday gifts and stocking stu...ffers. Choral performances, dance groups and live entertainment will take place on the Rousakis Plaza Stage all weekend long. Festivities kick off Friday afternoon with lighting of our Christmas trees, performances by the Savannah Arts Academy Skylarks, Windsor Forest High School Concert Band and the So Unique Dance Company. Train Wrecks front man Jason Bible will keep things rolling with his soulful country sound on the Rousakis Stage Friday night. Savannah Waterfront Association proudly announces the Savannah Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as the Community Outreach partner for Christmas on the River. Representative Maci Varnell, has been selected as this year’s 2018 SWA Lighted Christmas Parade Grand Marshal! Maci was diagnosed at age 16 with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. She underwent 4 rounds of chemotherapy and is now in remission. She is a graduate of Effingham High School and has been an active volunteer for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for the past 3 years. She says, I like to help other people who are in the same situation that I was in. Her personal hero is Kelley Cowan, the Child Life Specialist that worked with her family through her diagnosis. Maci wants to pursue a career as a Child Life Specialist. We are so grateful to have Maci as our Grand Marshal -- her bravery, tenacity, and giving spirit is commendable, says Victoria Freeman Smith, executive director of the Savannah Waterfront Association. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give., Winston Churchill. Let’s all give back now and throughout the new year. A portion of our First Friday Fireworks donations and Kidz Zone activities will be donated to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Savannah, continues Smith. SWA will collect donations throughout the weekend. Santa Claus will be taking photos with families and children on Saturday 11AM-3PM and Sunday 12-4PM in Rousakis Plaza. Kids young and old can also create keepsake ornaments in the Waterfront Kidz Zone while enjoying the shopping and entertainment along River Street. Santa will also help us kick off the holiday season with the Lighted Christmas Parade at 5:30PM Saturday, December 22nd. See more