October 23, 2017 WRITER: Jean Cleveland, jclevela@uga.edu, 706-542-8079 CONTACT: Sheila McAlister, mcalists@uga.edu, 706-542-5418 Digital Library Hits 1 Million Newspaper Pages ATHENS, Ga — The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is celebrating its 1 millionth digitized historic newspaper page. The premier issue of the Georgia Gazette, Georgia’s first newspaper, published from 1763-1776 in Savannah, will become […]
July 25 is the seventieth anniversary of the Moore’s Ford lynchings, where George W. Dorsey, Mae Murray Dorsey, Roger Malcom and Dorothy Malcom, all Walton County sharecroppers, were killed by a white mob near Moore’s Ford Bridge in Monroe, Georgia. The lynching was reported in the national press, and was investigated by both the Georgia […]
Who doesn’t love monkeys? Monkey Day is December 14. The holiday provides an opportunity to celebrate simians, and focus on issues related to monkeys, such as animal rights, monkey habitats and evolution. Many people make donations to primate sanctuaries, or visit zoos, many of which hold events observing Monkey Day. In honor of Monkey Day, […]
Seventy-four years ago, on December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the Pearl Harbor naval station on Oahu Island in Hawaii. More than 2,400 Americans, mostly non-combatants, were killed. The next day, the United States entered World War II by declaring war on Japan. On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, all federal agencies and interested organizations are […]
World AIDS Day is observed December 1st each year to generate awareness of the AIDS pandemic and provides an opportunity for people worldwide to work together to fight HIV, to demonstrate support for people living with HIV, and to remember people who have died of AIDS. You can learn more about World AIDS Day at https://www.aids.gov/news-and-events/awareness-days/world-aids-day/. […]
Did you know that November is National Adoption Month? National Adoption Month was instituted by President Bill Clinton in 1995, and expanded upon National Adoption Week, established by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. The 2015 National Adoption Month initiative is centered around the adoption of older youth in foster care. You can learn more about […]
November 1 , 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Crawford Long, the North Georgia surgeon and pharmacist acknowledged as the first practitioner of anesthesia. Long was born in Danielsville Georgia, received his undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia in 1835, then attended medical school, where he began at Transylvania College in Lexington, […]
Home Movie Day is an event held at numerous locations worldwide on October 17th, and provides people with the opportunity to share home movies, promote amateur filmmaking, and appreciate the importance of home movies as historical and cultural documents. You can learn more about Home Movie Day at http://www.centerforhomemovies.org/hmd/ If there isn’t a Home Movie […]
In the early hours of October 12, 1958, fifty sticks of dynamite exploded in a recessed entranceway at the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, Atlanta’s oldest and most prominent synagogue, more commonly known as “the Temple.” The incident was but the most recent in a string of bombings throughout the nation affecting churches and synagogues associated with […]
September is National Wilderness Month. The Georgia wilderness is a habitat for the state’s wildlife, and the breeding ground for many animal species. We would like to point you to some DLG resources that feature the protection of Georgia’s wild places and natural resources. Field operations weekly report (Georgia. Wildlife Resources Division. Law Enforcement Section) […]