JOHNSON SQUARE IS JUST ONE OF TWENTY TWO SQUARES IN THE CITY OF SAVANNAH.....THEY ARE JUST LOVELY LITTLE PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH BENCHES AND SHADE. MOST OF THE SQUARES ARE NAMED IN HONOR OR IN MEMORY OF A PERSON, OR PERSONS OR AN HISTORICAL EVENT. MANY CONTAIN MONUMENTS, MARKERS, STATUES, PLAQUES OR OTHER TRIBUTES. JOHNSON SQUARE IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SQUARES AND IS STILL THE LARGEST.
SAVANNAH WAS FOUNDED BY GENERAL JAMES OGLETHORPE, HE LAID OUT THE CITY OF SAVANNAH, AND THE SQUARES WERE USED FOR MILITARY EXERCISES. JOHNSON SQUARE IS NAMED FOR GOVERNOR ROBERT JOHNSON, A FRIEND AND AIDE TO OGLETHORPE.
THE FIRST CHURCH EVER BUILT IN GEORGIA SITS ON THIS SQUARE.
THERE IS ALSO A TALL WHITE OBELISK MEMORIALIZING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO, NATHANAEL GREEN, ANOTHER FRIEND OF JAMES OGLETHORPE.
WE MET UP WITH OUR GUIDE, DANIEL, THIS IS A FREE WALKING TOUR, THE GUIDES JUST WORK FOR TIPS.
DANIEL IS SAVANNAH BORN AND IT WAS OBVIOUS HOW MUCH HE LOVES SAVANNAH, HE IS VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND WE LEARNED A LOT OF HISTORY AND HE MADE IT FUN! WE WERE TO VISIT FIVE OF THE TWENTY TWO SQUARES.
THE SECOND SQUARE WE VISITED WAS WRIGHT SQUARE. THIS IS THE BURIAL SITE OF TOMOCHICHI, A LEADER OF THE CREEK NATION AND TRUSTED FRIEND OF JAMES OGLETHORPE.
WE GOT TO STOP AND REST HERE A LITTLE.
AND THEN IT WAS ON TO OGLETHORPE SQUARE.
ONE BLOCK NORTH OF THE COLONIAL PARK CEMETERY IS THE MODEST OGLETHORPE SQUARE WITH BENCHES LINING THE BRICK SIDEWALK. THERE ARE NO MONUMENTS ON THIS SQUARE WHICH PAYS HOMAGE TO JAMES OGLETHORPE, THE FOUNDER OF SAVANNAH. THE MOST ARCHITECTURALLY AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDING ON OGLETHORPE SQUARE IS THE OWENS THOMAS HOUSE.
IT IS CONSIDERED IN IT'S DAY AND TODAY SAVANNAH'S MOST SOPHISTICATED HOUSE.
WE WALKED THE ONE BLOCK TO COLONIAL PARK CEMETERY.
COLONIAL PARK CEMETERY, ONE OF SAVANNAH'S MOST BEAUTIFUL RESTORATIONS, IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF MANY OF SAVANNAH'S EARLIEST CITIZENS. THE CEMETERY WAS ALREADY CLOSED TO BURIALS BEFORE THE START OF THE CIVIL WAR AND NO CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS ARE BURIED THERE. BUT, THE WAR DID LEAVE IT'S MARK ON THE CEMETERY. FEDERAL TROOPS TOOK OVER THE CEMETERY GROUNDS DURING THEIR OCUPATION OF SAVANNAH AND MANY GRAVES WERE LOOTED AND DESECRATED.
THE SECOND SQUARE WE VISITED WAS WRIGHT SQUARE. THIS IS THE BURIAL SITE OF TOMOCHICHI, A LEADER OF THE CREEK NATION AND TRUSTED FRIEND OF JAMES OGLETHORPE.
AND THEN IT WAS ON TO OGLETHORPE SQUARE.
ONE BLOCK NORTH OF THE COLONIAL PARK CEMETERY IS THE MODEST OGLETHORPE SQUARE WITH BENCHES LINING THE BRICK SIDEWALK. THERE ARE NO MONUMENTS ON THIS SQUARE WHICH PAYS HOMAGE TO JAMES OGLETHORPE, THE FOUNDER OF SAVANNAH. THE MOST ARCHITECTURALLY AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDING ON OGLETHORPE SQUARE IS THE OWENS THOMAS HOUSE.
IT IS CONSIDERED IN IT'S DAY AND TODAY SAVANNAH'S MOST SOPHISTICATED HOUSE.
WE WALKED THE ONE BLOCK TO COLONIAL PARK CEMETERY.
COLONIAL PARK CEMETERY, ONE OF SAVANNAH'S MOST BEAUTIFUL RESTORATIONS, IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF MANY OF SAVANNAH'S EARLIEST CITIZENS. THE CEMETERY WAS ALREADY CLOSED TO BURIALS BEFORE THE START OF THE CIVIL WAR AND NO CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS ARE BURIED THERE. BUT, THE WAR DID LEAVE IT'S MARK ON THE CEMETERY. FEDERAL TROOPS TOOK OVER THE CEMETERY GROUNDS DURING THEIR OCUPATION OF SAVANNAH AND MANY GRAVES WERE LOOTED AND DESECRATED.
IT WAS STARTING TO REALLY GET HOT AND HUMID.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE IS HOME TO THE ORNATE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE GOTHIC REVIVAL SPIRES CAN BE SEEN ALL OVER DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH.
THIS IS WHERE THE FAMOUS ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE STARTS.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE IS NAMED FOR A FRENCHMAN THAT WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON'S AIDE AND SERVED AS A MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.
THERE ARE NO MONUMENTS IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE. ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER IS THE ELEGANT ANDREW LOW HOUSE.
AFTER ANDREW'S DEATH, HIS WIDOW, JULIETTE GORDEN LOW, FOUNDED THE GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
THE LAST SQUARE WE VISITED WAS MADISON SQUARE. IT WAS NAMED AFTER OUR FOURTH PRESIDENT, JAMES MADISON.
THIS SQUARE WAS LAID OUT IN 1837 AND COMMEMORATES A SAVANNAHIAN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, SGT. WILLIAM JASPER. THIS LARGE STATUE IS IN THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE.
IT WAS CLOSE TO NOON BY THE TIME WE WERE DONE AND WE WERE, HOT TIRED AND HUNGRY. WE ASKED DANIEL TO RECOMMEND A PLACE TO EAT NEAR MADISON SQUARE AND HE RECOMMENDED ZUNZI'S.
WE WENT IN AND LOOKED AT THE MENU AND SAW THE SIZE OF THE SANDWICHES AND DECIDED TO JUST ORDER ONE AND SHARE IT. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO GET OUR FOOD.
WE WALKED BACK TO MADISON SQUARE, SAT DOWN IN THE SHADE OF THE OAK TREES AND HAD OUR LUNCH......THE SANDWICH WAS DELICIOUS AND LARGE!
WE FELT A LOT BETTER AFTER WE HAD EATEN AND RESTED SOME.
WE FINALLY GOT BACK TO THE RV AT 4:00, WE DON'T LIKE LEAVING MAGGIE AND MARLEE THAT LONG, BUT WE HAD ENJOYED OUR DAY!
LAFAYETTE SQUARE IS HOME TO THE ORNATE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE GOTHIC REVIVAL SPIRES CAN BE SEEN ALL OVER DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH.
THIS IS WHERE THE FAMOUS ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE STARTS.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE IS NAMED FOR A FRENCHMAN THAT WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON'S AIDE AND SERVED AS A MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.
THERE ARE NO MONUMENTS IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE. ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER IS THE ELEGANT ANDREW LOW HOUSE.
AFTER ANDREW'S DEATH, HIS WIDOW, JULIETTE GORDEN LOW, FOUNDED THE GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
THE LAST SQUARE WE VISITED WAS MADISON SQUARE. IT WAS NAMED AFTER OUR FOURTH PRESIDENT, JAMES MADISON.
THIS SQUARE WAS LAID OUT IN 1837 AND COMMEMORATES A SAVANNAHIAN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, SGT. WILLIAM JASPER. THIS LARGE STATUE IS IN THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE.
IT WAS CLOSE TO NOON BY THE TIME WE WERE DONE AND WE WERE, HOT TIRED AND HUNGRY. WE ASKED DANIEL TO RECOMMEND A PLACE TO EAT NEAR MADISON SQUARE AND HE RECOMMENDED ZUNZI'S.
WE WENT IN AND LOOKED AT THE MENU AND SAW THE SIZE OF THE SANDWICHES AND DECIDED TO JUST ORDER ONE AND SHARE IT. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO GET OUR FOOD.
WE FELT A LOT BETTER AFTER WE HAD EATEN AND RESTED SOME.
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