Videos

Author Andrew Denson looked at how the 1830s forced Cherokee removal is remembered in the South through memorials and historic sites. The Georgia Historical Society hosted this virtual event…

University of Virginia Professor Grace Elizabeth Hale looked at the Cold War era and its influence on popular culture. The Georgia Historical Society and UVA Club of Savannah co-hosted the e…

The Georgia Historical Society’s senior historian Stan Deaton interviewed former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn about the Cold War 75 years after it began. Senator Nunn served from 1972 to 1997 as a …

University of Virginia History Professor William Hitchcock discussed presidential leadership during the Cold War-era and the Cold War’s lasting impact. He is the author of The Age of Eisenho…

University of Virginia Professor Kevin Gaines looked back to the Cold War era and explained how opponents of the civil rights movement associated it with communism and how similar methods ar…

Steve Oney talked about his book, And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank, about a 1915 murder case in Marietta, Georgia. In his book, he explores th…

Stan Deaton talked about commercialization and consumerism in post-World War II America. He spoke about the emergence of cars, television, fast food, and suburban communities and the impact …

Todd Groce, president of the Georgia Historical Society, talked about the significance of General William Tecumseh Sherman’s “March to the Sea” campaign and how it has been remembered. This …

Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, talked about John C. Fremont, who was an explorer, mapmaker, U.S. Senator from California, two-time Republican presidential candidate, Governor of the …

Justice Clarence Thomas spoke a dedication ceremony for a historical marker honoring the Pin Point Community. Following his prepared remarks the unveiling of the marker was shown.

Georgia secession banners supporting South Carolina’s departure from the Union were shown. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2011 LCV Cities Tour” in Savannah, Geo…

Todd Groce showed the historical marker at the place where General Sherman issued his famous Special Field Orders 15 -- more commonly known as “40 Acres and a Mule” -- which influenced gener…

A surviving original draft of the Constitution was shown, housed inside the vaults of the Georgia Historical Society. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2011 LCV Ci…

Civil War historians and social scientists discussed regional perceptions of the Civil War, which still differ 139 years later. The roundtable, titled “Why Are We Still Fighting the Civil Wa…