9/4/2022

Weekly Update 9/4/2022

On Wednesday, I met the happy hour group at Mollys on Wilmington Island. I’m not able to get there often, but I knew I wouldn’t make it next week.  Jan, my friend, is going on an around the world cruise soon, and I wanted to see her before she left. 

Davenport House reopened on September 1!  And I was there to give one of the first tours!  It felt good to be back. I remembered everything as if it had been three days since my last tour, not three months. The tours were small and I’m not sure if tourists are aware that we are open again. But September and October are busy months in Savannah, and I expect we will be busy. I have missed it! 

On Saturday, one of the Wednesday group and I went on a narrated trolley tour of Savannah that focused on the Salzbrugers. I’d taken the tour a year ago, but this one was just a little bit different. Joyce is a descendant of the Salzburgers, but had never taken the tour. When we were talking a few weeks ago, I mentioned it, and she suggested that we could do it together. The Salzburger Emigrants were a group of German-speaking Protestant refugees from the Catholic Archbishopric of Salzburg (now in present-day Austria) that immigrated to the Georgia Colony in 1734 to escape religious persecution. On October 31, 1731, an Edict of Expulsion demanded that the Salzburg Protestants recant their faith or leave. King George II of Great Britain offered them refuge in his Georgia colony, which later became the town of Ebenezer, about 25 northwest of savannah. The first Salzburgers landed in Savannah, after two months crossing the Atlantic Ocean on March 12th, 1734. Some of the interesting landmarks in downtown Savannah are the Salzburger monument in Emmett Park, and the German fountain in Orleans Square. It was very interesting. 

Sports!  I watched a lot of tennis of course. I was happy that Serena had two wins, but now that is over. I was watching every point. UGA and SU had big opening day wins. Now my focus is on Thursday night. Go Bills!