2009 - 0CTOBER - SAVANNAH, GA |
Thanks to Lynn & Charles Davis for hosting this reunion |
Most of the Reunion Crew - does not include
some late arrivals and one or two who |
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The Venue on the edge of Savannah's Historic
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The Gathering |
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Enroute to Belsford's Restaurant |
Just one table (of several) at Belsford's |
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Each year Savannah commemorates the |
Charles and Lynne give us particulars about the |
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Federal Building - note decorative panels under top cornice contain marble/granite from all Georgia counties. | |
Decorations on monument to Wm. Washington Gordon are all railroad motifs to commemorate Gordon's success in bringing railroads to much of Georgia's interior. |
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Roundhouse Museum - derelict roundhouse and shops are being renovated to show the full flower of railroading in GA | |
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We counted twenty-one items on the tables, served family-style - NO ONE went away hungry! | |
Friday night - @ City Market Free folk/country concerts
Yes, the gift shops, ice-cream/candy
parlors, There was even a woman trying to climb out of a guitar! |
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Saturday morning, |
Professional tour-guide at work! |
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Examples of Federalist and French architecture in the Historic District | |
National Guard Building - carrying canon, rifle
slits, battlement motifs from Fort Pulaski |
Town-house garden |
Free Masonry Temple - ornate! |
Jasper's monument |
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Count Casimir Pulaski's
contribution to the Revolutionary cause, and his death from wounds
suffered in the Battle of Savannah at Spring Hill, are commemorated in this monument. |
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The Candler (live) Oak - on the grounds of the
Candler Hospital 270 years old. |
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Low-Country Boil (or whatever they call this feeding frenzy!) Oysters, shrimp, corn, sausage, beans, potatoes... What a great feast! |
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Charles and daughter Vicky | |
Sunday walk to church... 3rd largest St. Patrick's Day Parade after Boston and New York!
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Bearded trees...... | |
Off to the Telfair Museum/Jepson Center |
Refreshing lemon water urn - Marriott lobby |
Note the interior walls slant and curve - |
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Students from the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) |
This is what they were sketching |
The ceiling - glass/louvers! |
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Nancy and friends at entrance to
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At the time of Lafayette's return to America (1925), this was a boarding house and he stayed here. Legend has it that one of the addresses he made to the populace was made from the portico/balcony at the left. |
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Sunday night - last big gathering |
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The Three..........? |
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Some folks stayed for Monday - main event was a trip to Fort Pulaski (which Nan and Ted had done Thursday AM) | |
To see what the reduced-size group (after Monday departures)
degenerated to, after visiting Fort Pulaski Click Here and then hit the :"RETURN" button to return to this page. |