Today we’re going to talk about two historical events that were separated by 100 yards but were a decade apart in history. The first incident in 1766 was over a little paper stamp. People got really riled up over...
Today we’re going to talk about two historical events that were separated by 100 yards but were a decade apart in history.
The first incident in 1766 was over a little paper stamp.
People got really riled up over this little stamp.
So why get aflutter about a small piece of paper… it only cost a few pennies?
Here’s why… It incident took place on the northeastern corner of Savannah’s Historic District in what locals call the Old Fort District.
Today the Charles H. Morris Center at Trustees’ Garden is on top of the bluff where Colonial Era Fort Halifax once stood.
Now, this spot is just a few feet away from Savannah’s world-famous Pirates’ House Restaurant, which is in a building that sits on the location of the old fort headquarters… and may, in fact… after pouring through old records and studying the construction of the facility… I suspect a section of the structure is the same building used by the British before and during the Revolution.
They also tie in geographically with two other historical events that took place on the same GPS location that we are looking at today.
Those are in different episodes.
Well, back in 1765, things were getting hot here in Savannah, Georgia. And we’re not talking weather kind of hot. We’re talkin’… if things had gotten out of hand, the American Revolution could have started a decade earlier… kind of hot.
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