Historic sites in Georgia

Historic Sites & Monuments

Georgia’s historic landscape spans centuries of military, architectural, and local history. This collection features Savannah’s oldest burial grounds, including Colonial Park Cemetery with plots from the 1700s and the riverside Bonaventure Cemetery. Military history is represented by the 19th-century Fort Jackson and the modern World War II memorial. Architectural highlights include late 1800s covered bridges in Thomaston and Hilton, while the legendary "Tree That Owns Itself" in Athens offers a rare example of legal property rights granted to nature.

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Bonaventure Cemetery

Bonaventure Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, east of Savannah, Georgia.

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Fort Jackson

Fort James Jackson is a restored nineteenth-century fort located one mile east of Savannah, Georgia, on the Savannah River.

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Colonial Park Cemetery

The oldest cemetery in Savannah. Come and see family plots dating back to the 1700s.

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Savannah WWII monument

Located on Savannah's River Street, this memorial features a split bronze globe representing the divided world during the conflict. It honors Chatham County veterans who served in World War II, with names of the fallen inscribed on the surrounding granite walls.