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Georgia Day speaker shares state's rich history
Historian speaks of heritage, culture at annual DAR banquet
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Former Director of Tourism Product Development for the Georgia Department of Economic Development Bruce Allen Green conductions a brief tour of Georgia history and historic sites during the Archibald Bulloch Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Georgia Day luncheon at the First Baptist Church's Perry Fellowship Hall Thursday.
Members and guests of the Archibald Bulloch Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution enjoyed a virtual trip through time Thursday during the group's Georgia Day luncheon at Statesboro's First Baptist Church. Bruce Allen Green, director of the Communications, Research and Rural Development with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and avid historian, spoke during the luncheon, sharing intriguing bits of Georgia's rich and colorful history with about 70 listeners. He began with talking about James Oglethorpe's landing in what is now Savannah in 1713 and ended in Rex, Georgia, talking about a mulatto slave woman named Melvinia who was reportedly First Lady Michelle Obama's "great, great, great, great grandmother," he said.
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