Washington’s Southern Tour

Washington’s Southern Tour, Augusta, Georgia 2013-11-30

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Georgia Historical Society

Washington’s Southern Tour

During his Southern tour of 1971, President George Washington visited Augusta-at that time Georgia’s capital-from May 18-21. Washington met with Governor Edward Telfair and other “principal gentlemen of the place,” including George Walton and John Twiggs; attended a ball at Richmond Academy “at which there were between 60 & 70 well-dressed ladies;” toured the remains of Fort Cornwallis near St. Paul’s Church; and visited the falls on the Savannah River. He described the city as “well laid out with wide & spacious streets. It bids fair to be a large town.” Washington’s return to Philadelphia began on May 21 when he departed for Columbia, S.C.

Erected by The Georgia Historical Society, The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Georgia, and The Sons of the Revolution in the State of Georgia

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