Hop On/Hop Off Trolley Tour

Forrest Gump

A lady of the Civil War era- she and the other ladies
kept the bells ringing in the church next to the house where
T. S. Sherman stayed during his occupation of Savannah-
they irritated him a bit, so the story goes.

Monument to Confederate Soldiers who lost their lives.
This was commissioned by the ladies of Savannah,
built in Canada and shipped via the Atlantic so as
to never touch Union soil.

Garden of Fragrance- Forsyth Park

The Fountain at Forsyth Park
Made of painted cast iron, this fountain was ordered from a catalogue
and installed in 1858. Similar fountains exist in
New York,Peru, and France.

The Oldest House in Savannah "The Herb House"
This house was built in 1734 to house the gardner for the
 Trustees Garden- a test garden to see what would grow best
in the Savannah region. The Pirate's House, a "watering
hole" for rough seamen (and pirates) was built and
incorporated the old house. 

Currently a bed and breakfast, almost everything white
on this house is cast iron. It was originally built and owned
by a man who owned the iron works in Savannah.

Bay Street down to Factor's Walk and River Street.
All of the stones used to pave this area came to Georgia
as ballast stones in the bottoms of trading ships here to pick
up loads of rice and cotton. They make for a rough cobblestone!

The oldest trade building on Factors Walk and River Street
A cotton factor was that day's equivalent of today's Wall
Street traders- they would deal with the seller and the buyer-
they profitted extremely from their trading!

The 1996 Olympic Yachting Flame Cauldron 

The George and Martha Cannons
Captured from the British during the Revolution and presented
to the Chatham Artillery by George Washington after his visit to
Savannah in 1791.

City Hall

The First African Baptist Church

Poets and Presidents Fence

Fanny Kemble came on board to tell us about her
life as a British actress-turned-Southern belle (almost)-
turned "unlikely abolitionist."

We met Button Gwinnett also, a signer of the
U.S. Declaration of Independence. He died after
contracting a severe infection from the bullet wound
he received during a pistol dual with Brigadier General
McIntosh. Gwinnett had wanted this promotion for himself
and was quite jealous over McIntosh.

"Lucky Joe" Jones- and airman in the Mighty Eighth
Airforce. He fell 13,500 feet in the tail section of his
plane and survived with lacerations to his tongue and ear,
and some bruises.

Colonial Cemetery
(Incidentally, there are five old cemeteries buried under the'
current structures and roads of Savannah.)

Pirates House again- the shutters and doors are painted "Hain't Blue."
It ain't green and it ain't blue- it's "Hain't Blue."
This color was believed by the African Americans to ward away
evil spirits. Today Savannah has a lot of ghost tours and
spirit-world related traditions- which I believe likely dates back
to the traditions and beliefs of the African slaves.

The Old Harbor Light

Street View of City Hall