Monthly Archives: April 2013

Sorting Fact from Fiction: President Wilson’s Grandparents’ Immigration Story

The Augusta Genealogical Society and the Augusta Museum of History are partnering with Erick Montgomery of Historic Augusta to present the program “Sorting Fact from Fiction: President Wilson’s Grandparents’ Immigration Story. The program will be held on Thursday, May 2, … Continue reading

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May Historic Downtown Library Tour

Once again Erick Montgomery, the director of Historic Augusta, will lead a walking tour of downtown historic Augusta. This time we will go down 9th Street to Broad Street and back again. Bring your walking shoes and your cameras! May … Continue reading

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Southern Cooking

May’s Brown Bag History Series Lecture AUGUSTA, GEORGIA (4/22/13) – As part of its continuing Brown Bag History Series, the Augusta Museum of History presents, Southern Cooking a talk given by Barbara Howard Ross, on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at … Continue reading

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Greenblatt Library Lecture

The Greenblatt Library at Georgia Regents University will be presenting the third lecture in their History of the Health Sciences series. “The Chronicle of George and Procuring Specimens for the Teaching of Anatomy” will take place on Friday, April 26 … Continue reading

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Historic Augusta’s Annual Cotton Ball

Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:30-9:30 pm At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond John Doumar 2644 Henry Street Historic Augusta’s annual Cotton Ball is an opportunity to mingle in a historic setting while enjoying a delicious meal, drinks, mint … Continue reading

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2013 Downtown Loft Tour

May 3-4, 2013 May is National Historic Preservation Month. Celebrate by taking an intimate look inside historic buildings in the Augusta Downtown Historic District during the annual Downtown Loft Tour. All proceeds benefit the projects and programs of Historic Augusta. … Continue reading

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Augusta’s Viewpoint: Understanding the Civil War

Georgia Regents University-Augusta will be conducting three programs in April as part of the Augusta’s Viewpoint: Understanding the Civil War series: Monday, April 15 Book Discussion, 7 pm, Washington Hall (Summerville) Dr. Debra van Tuyll, Professor of Communications at Georgia … Continue reading

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Sports in the CSRA

Sports in the CSRA April’s Brown Bag History Series Lecture  Augusta, Georgia (4/3/13) – As part of its continuing Brown Bag History Series, the Augusta Museum of History presents, Sports in the CSRA a talk given by Randy DuTeau, on … Continue reading

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Glass Bottle Exhibit

The Georgia Room will be displaying Bill Baab’s glass bottle collection during the months of April and May. Bill Baab is a CSRA resident and author (Augusta on Glass) and has been collecting bottles of various sizes and styles since … Continue reading

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Digital Scrapbooking Workshop

The Augusta Genealogical Society will be hosting a “Digital Scrapbooking and Photo Preservation” workshop at the Augusta Museum of History on Thursday, April 4 at 3pm. The workshop will be presented by Beryl Morgan, owner of Beryl Morgan Scrapulescence: http://www.berylmorgan.com/id75.html.  … Continue reading

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