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Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
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Georgia Day
US state holiday recognizing its founding
Georgia Day is the holiday which the U.S. state of Georgia recognizes in honor of its colonial founding as the Province of Georgia. On February 12, 1733 [NS] James Oglethorpe landed the first settlers in the Anne, at what was to become Georgia's first city, Savannah. Not a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
James Oglethorpe
British Army officer and politician (1696–1785)
Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's "worthy poor" in the New World,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Georgia (U.S. state)
U.S. state
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States. It borders Tennessee and North Carolina to the north, South Carolina and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Florida to the south, and Alabama to the west. Of the 50 U.S. states, Georgia is the 24th-largest by area and eighth…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Thirteen Colonies
British colonies forming the United States
The Thirteen Colonies were the English colonies and later British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America which broke away from the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and joined to form the United States of America.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Savannah, Georgia
City in Georgia, United States
Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city was the capital of the colonial Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
February 12
Day of the year
February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 322 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)