Georgia History Festival’s FREE Georgia Day Parade, Feb. 19, Savannah
Popular FREE kids’ events of the upcoming 2014 Georgia History Festival in Savannah include:
Georgia History Festival’s Colonial Faire and Muster
Saturday and Sunday, February 8-9, 2014
10 AM – 4 PM.
Wormsloe State Historic Site, Savannah
Experience the everyday life of colonial times during the 18th century through historical re-enactments, cannon firings, demonstrations of craft techniques, period music and dance. Food concessions will be available. Free and open to the public. Details here.
Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday
Sunday, February 9, 2014, 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.
Multiple sites throughout Coastal Georgia
From downtown to the edge of the city, from Statesboro to Darien, over 40 cultural institutions, historic sites, house museums, art museums, and other points of interest in Savannah and coastal Georgia open their doors to the public for this Georgia Historical Society tradition. Free and open to the public. Details here.
Georgia History Festival’s Georgia Day Parade
Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 10:30 a.m. Along Bull Street from Forsyth Park to City Hall, Savannah
As part of the annual commemoration of the founding of the Georgia colony of February 12, 1733 by James Edward Oglethorpe, a tradition dating back to the earliest years of the colony’s founding, students, musicians, local dignitaries, and costumed historical figures march through Savannah’s historic squares during this beloved annual event. Free and open to the public. Details here.