We spent some time in the Savannah Historical Museum. This train engine was there. There was quite an exhibit on the importance of trains.
Eli Whitney and his version of the cotton gin were invented in the area. Here is a model of one.
Train conductor hat and ticket.
A set up for an old dentist office.
Some of Forrest Gump was filmed in the area. Here is a copy of one of the benches they used. The scene where he sits on the bench with the chocolates was filmed in one of the squares of Savannah.
One of Johnny Mercer's academy awards and grammy awards.
The founder of the Girl Scouts, Juliette Gordon Low was from Savannah. There was a large exhibit on her and her life and the Girl Scouts. This is one of her gowns. She was a small woman.
An early Brownie uniform. I had one like this.
There was a textile exhibit.
We toured the Davenport home. Again no photos allowed inside, but I found this one on line of the famous staircase. Isn't it beautiful? The house it self was a relatively ordinary middle class home.
The front of the Davenport house.
We found a copy of the bird girl at the historical museum.
The garden of the Davenport home.
As you can already tell, we went to several cemeteries on our trip. Here are the last of the photos that I wanted to post and it's a mash up of Laurel Park East in Savannah, Laurel Park West, which was the Black Cemetery, one more modern one in Savannah and a historic one we stopped at in South Carolina on our way back to Charleston.
This is Juliette Gordon Lowe's grave. She is the founder of the Girl Scouts of America.
Confederate soldiers graves
In the Jewish section of the cemetary
A cardinal.
This is the grave of the "waving Girl" and her brother. She was a woman who lived at a light house island with her brother in Savannah, from the time she was small. She gained fame by waving a white cloth at all the ships who went by.
Fancy
Tiffany nearly swooned when we found this angel statue.
She was carved by an Italian from Carrera marble. That is what Michelangelo used.
We watched this raccoon run across the grass and up the tree.
Tiffany looking at the slave graveyard
This is the old graveyard, Church site we found on our way back. We made the mistake of walking through the wooded, untended site. Chiggers!
