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The Moore's Ford lynchings, also known as the 1946 Georgia lynching, refers to the July 25, 1946, murders of four young African Americans by a mob of white men. Tradition says that the murders were committed on Moore's Ford Bridge in Walton and Oconee counties between Monroe and Watkinsville, but the four victims, two married couples, were shot ...
The group held funeral services for all the men the next day at the U.S. Military Cemetery on the outskirts of Palermo. Night of 23–24 November The Deutsche Luftfahrt Sammlung (Berlin Air Museum), at Lehrter Bahnhof , is destroyed in an RAF bombing raid by 383 aircraft:365 Avro Lancaster , 10 Handley Page Halifax , and 8 de Havilland Mosquito ...
The city of Augusta, Georgia, the largest city and the county seat of Richmond County, Georgia, is the birthplace and home of several notable individuals. This is a list of people from Augusta, Georgia and includes people who were born or lived in Augusta for a nontrivial amount of time. Individuals included in this listing are people presumed ...
Lawton Leroy Pratt (1886–1943) was an American businessman, mortician, and funeral director. He and his wife owned a prosperous undertaking business, L. L. Pratt Undertaking in the LaVilla neighborhood in Jacksonville , Florida.
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Circulation. 17,238 Daily. 19,351 Sunday (as of 2018) [1] ISSN. 0747-1343. Website. augustachronicle.com. The Augusta Chronicle is the daily newspaper of Augusta, Georgia, and is one of the oldest newspapers in the United States still in publication. The paper is known for its coverage of the Masters Tournament, which is played in Augusta.
Sibley Mill. / 33.487277; -81.991975. The Sibley Mill is a historic building located on the Augusta Canal at 1717 Goodrich Street near downtown Augusta, Georgia, United States. Designed by Jones S. Davis, it was built on a site previously occupied by the Confederate Powderworks, and was completed in 1882. While the interior is typical of any ...
The Augusta Riot was a collective rebellion of Black citizens in Augusta, Georgia, and the largest urban uprising in the Deep South during the Civil Rights era.Fueled by long-simmering grievances about racial injustice, it was sparked by White officials’ stonewalling in the face of Black citizens’ demand for answers about the beating death of Black teenager Charles Oatman.