10:30 – 11:30 am | Wednesdays, July 16 through August 20
$50/$100 for the series, or $10/$20 per lecture

James Oglethorpe: a Grave Mystery
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Roger Smith
10:30-11:30 am |Wednesday, July 16

Interred at All Saints’ Parish Church in Cranham village in 1785, Oglethorpe was forgotten in Britain until the 1920s when a Georgian launched a legendary search.

Tomochichi: A Grave and a Monument
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Robin Williams (invited) |

10:30-11:30 am | Wednesday, July 23

A marker indicates Tomochichi’s burial in the center of Wright Square—beneath a monument honoring someone else. 

Deadly Pestilence: Yellow Fever in Savannah
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Jamie Credle and Raleigh Marcell

10:30-11:30 am | Wednesday, July 30

Yellow fever was an annual killer in Savannah and other cities of the South, with casualties particularly high during the already tragic years 1820, 1854, and 1876.

Button Gwinnett: A Duel, A Lost Founder, and the World He Lived In
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Stan Deaton
10:30-11:30 am | Wednesday, August 6

Dead in a duel with fellow patriot Lachlan McIntosh in 1777, Button Gwinnett left a legacy as a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as well as mysteries about his gravesite.

The Burial Grounds and the Squares
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Luciana Spracher
10:30-11:30 am | Wednesday, August 13

Early maps show cemeteries where Savannah would later develop wards and squares, raising questions about proper acknowledgements and place names.

Samuel Nunes: Saving the Georgia Colony
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Bruce Cohen
10:30-11:30 am | Wednesday, August 20

Five months after the founding, Savannah was in trouble, losing settlers to a mysterious disease. Dr. Samuel Nunes, part of a

group of Jewish refugees, saved the day.