{"id":9198,"date":"2025-05-14T17:13:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syta.runengine.com\/conference2025\/?p=9198"},"modified":"2025-05-14T20:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:22:00","slug":"savannah-fun-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syta.org\/conference2025\/2025\/05\/14\/savannah-fun-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"SAVANNAH FUN FACTS"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”1px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]With a unique combination of a rich historical background and modern sights and activities, Savannah is the perfect city for our members to explore for 2025 Annual Conference. But how much do you know about all that Savannah has to offer? Read these fun facts to get familiar with Savannah before Conference starts!<\/span>\r[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”1. Savannah was a Christmas present to President Abraham Lincoln.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

1. Savannah was a Christmas present to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.<\/span><\/h4>\r[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Savannah was a Christmas present to President Abraham Lincoln.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The story goes that after Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burned Atlanta to the ground, he arrived in Savannah with a plan to do the same. But, the city\u2019s beauty inspired him to spare it. Sherman sent a telegraph to Lincoln offering the city to him as a Christmas present.\r[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/syta.org\/conference2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/05\/Stained-Glass-at-First-African-Baptist-Church_Photo-courtesy-of-Visit-Savannah.jpg” alt=”Stained Glass at First African Baptist Church” title_text=”Stained Glass at First African Baptist Church_Photo courtesy of Visit Savannah” admin_label=”Stained Glass at First African Baptist Church” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2. The First African Baptist Church is the first black church in the country, and dates to 1777.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

2. The First African Baptist Church<\/a>\u00a0is the first black church in the country, and dates to 1777.<\/span><\/h4>\r[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”First African Baptist Church” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]It is also home to one of the oldest Jewish congregations in the United States. Congregation Mickve Israel<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0started in 1733.\r[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/syta.org\/conference2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/05\/Cocktail-to-go_Photo-courtesy-of-Visit-Savannah.jpg” alt=”Cocktail to-go” title_text=”Cocktail to-go_Photo courtesy of Visit Savannah” admin_label=”Cocktail to-go image” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”3. Take your cocktail to-go!” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

3. Take your cocktail to-go!<\/span><\/h4>\r[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Take your cocktail to-go!” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]3. Take your cocktail to-go! Savannah allows you to take a to-go cup within the historic district boundaries (West Boundary Street to East Broad Street and Jones Street).\r[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”4. Author Flannery O\u2019Connor grew up in Savannah and her childhood home still stands at 207 E. Charlton St.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

4. Author Flannery O\u2019Connor grew up in Savannah and her childhood home still stands at 207 E. Charlton St.<\/span><\/h4>\r[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Author Flannery O\u2019Connor” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Take a tour of the Flannery O\u2019 Connor Childhood Home Museum<\/strong><\/a>, open Thursday through Sunday.\r[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/syta.org\/conference2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/05\/Forsyth-Park-Fountain_Photo-courtesy-of-2013-Dylan-Wilson.jpg” alt=”Forsyth Park Fountain” title_text=”Forsyth Park Fountain_Photo courtesy of 2013 Dylan Wilson” admin_label=”Forsyth Park Fountain image” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”5. The fountain in Forsyth Park came from a catalog!” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

5. The fountain in Forsyth Park came from a catalog!<\/span><\/h4>\r[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Forsyth Park Fountain” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]City planners ordered it from the Janes, Beebe & Co. catalog. It was installed in 1858.\r[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/syta.org\/conference2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/05\/American-Prohibition-Museum_Photo-courtesy-of-American-Prohibition-Museum.jpg” alt=”American Prohibition Museum” title_text=”American Prohibition Museum_Photo courtesy of American Prohibition Museum” admin_label=”American Prohibition Museum” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”6. Alcohol, slavery, and lawyers were all outlawed in the city\u2019s first charter.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

6. Alcohol, slavery, and lawyers were all outlawed in the city\u2019s first charter.<\/span><\/h4>\r[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/syta.org\/conference2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/05\/Girl-Scouts_Photo-courtesy-of-2011-Dylan-Wilson-Weddings.jpg” alt=”Girl Scouts” title_text=”Girl Scouts_Photo courtesy of 2011 Dylan Wilson Weddings” admin_label=”Girl Scouts image” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”7. The Girl Scouts were founded in Savannah by Juliette Gordon Low!” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

7. The Girl Scouts were founded in Savannah by Juliette Gordon Low!<\/span><\/h4>\r[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Girl Scouts” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Visitors can learn more at the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Museum<\/a><\/strong>.\r[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”8. Horse hitches can still be found throughout the Historic District, in front of homes and businesses.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

8. Horse hitches can still be found throughout the Historic District, in front of homes and businesses.<\/span><\/h4>\r[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Horse hitches ” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]A hitch in the shape of a horse\u2019s head stands at the gate of a large house on East York Lane near East Oglethorpe Avenue. It dates to the early 1800s.\r[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”9. Other interesting architectural finds include haint blue porch ceilings and fish downspouts.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

9. Other interesting architectural finds include haint blue porch ceilings and fish downspouts.<\/span><\/h4>\r[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”haint blue porch ceilings” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]These decor choices stem from the Gullah\/Geechee as a way to ward off evil spirits.\r[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/syta.org\/conference2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/05\/Aerials-River-Street_Photo-courtesy-of-Historic-Tours-of-America.-2014.jpg” alt=”Aerial River Street” title_text=”Aerials River Street_Photo courtesy of Historic Tours of America. 2014″ admin_label=”Aerial River Street” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”10. Cobblestones that pave Savannah\u2019s popular River Street were originally used as ballast material on ships that sailed into the harbor.” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

10. Cobblestones that pave Savannah\u2019s popular River Street were originally used as ballast material on ships that sailed into the harbor.<\/span><\/h4>\r[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”River Street” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Some of those stones hail from Spain, France, and the British Isles.\r[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Conclusion” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]And these are just some of the amazing things to learn about Savannah! Want more Savannah trivia like these before we see you there? Click the button below to check out more fun facts on Visit Savannah’s website<\/strong><\/a>!\r[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/visitsavannah.com\/list\/9-rarely-known-facts-about-savannah” button_text=”Read More” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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