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| Salzburger Monument - Salzburger Park
 | The Salzburger Monument as given to the City of Savannah in 1994 by the State of Salzburg Austria.
The Monument was placed in an unnamed area on Bay Street between Lincoln and Abercorn Streets. The Salzburger Society petitioned City Council in June 1996 to have this half acre area named Salzburger Park. Upon unanimous approval at the June 6, 1996, City Council meeting, the park was officially named Salzburger Park. |
The Salzburger Monument as given to the City of Savannah in 1994 by the State of Salzburg Austria.
The Monument was placed in an unnamed area on Bay Street between Lincoln and Abercorn Streets. The Salzburger Society petitioned City Council in June 1996 to have this half acre area named Salzburger Park. Upon unanimous approval at the June 6, 1996, City Council meeting, the park was officially named Salzburger Park.
The Salzburgers arrived in Savannah in 1734 soon after General Oglethorpe landed. Soon after they moved to Ebenezer, Georgia, which became their permanent home. There they accomplished many things: the first saw mill, grits mill and rice meal in the State of Georgia. The first Governor of Georgia was a Salzburger, John Truman. Ebenezer was home to the first Sunday School and orphanage in the state.
The Salzburgers were very good people and their teaching abilities were so good that people in Savannah sent their children to Ebenezer for their education. |