The Gwinnett Remembrance Coalition, in partnership with the City of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, the Gwinnett Historical Restoration & Preservation Board, and the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) of Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated a historical marker honoring the memory of Charles Hale. Mr. Hale, an African American resident of Gwinnett County, was lynched in 1911 in Lawrenceville Square.
On Saturday, October 7, 2017, the Gwinnett Historical Society hosted the 39th annual Elisha Winn Fair held at the Elisha Winn House located at 908 Dacula Road, Dacula, Georgia.
On May 15, Lydia McGill and Ann Story, members of the Philadelphia Winn Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, gave a presentation on the DAR Museum at the Gwinnett Historical Society’s meeting. They highlighted the furnishings in the DAR Museum Period Rooms.
The Snellville Historical Society held the spring meeting at Snellville City Hall on April 23. The topic was the Development of the Medical Community in Snellville.
“We are living history and we each have our own personal stories to tell. What is today will be different tomorrow,” said Dacula’s Mayor Jimmy Wilbanks as he provided an overview of the history of Dacula on November, 2, 2016 at the Gwinnett County Public Library – Dacula Branch.
The Literacy Promotion Committee, Chaired by Debbie Houston, at the Philadelphia Winn Chapter NSDAR in Lawrenceville collected 475 books and gave away 391 at the Elisha Winn Fair October 1-2.
The Gwinnett Historical Society meeting on Monday evening, Sept 19th at 7pm will feature the author Carole Townsend!
Linda Blase isn’t a “doll” person. It’s one of the reasons that she’s so very good at restoring them. Being able to look at a doll and see all its separate parts is difficult for someone who loves dolls.
Concurrent with the 150th year anniversary of General Sherman’s bombardment of Atlanta during the Civil War, The Gwinnett Historical Society is pleased to announce that Civil War author Stephen Davis will speak at the Society’s May 19th meeting at the old Historical Courthouse in downtown Lawrenceville.
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