Programs & Projects

2008-2009 Programs and Projects That Support our Mission

  • Completion of $1.1 million conservation project for the Andrew Low House, partially funded by a Save America’s Treasures Grant
  • Partnered with the GA Trust to provide 2 scholarships to historic preservation graduate students
  • Sponsorship of high school essay contests on American history subjects; four Georgia winners are sent to Washington for the Congressional Seminars
  • 6th-8th graders participated in a “My Place” project designed to develop patriotism through a creative project
  • Participated in naturalization ceremonies, taking pictures of new citizens
  • Athens, Columbus, Rome, Thomasville and Waycross town committees involved in cemetery projects
  • Care packages sent to our service men and women overseas as well as to GA veterans
  • Americus Town Committee partnered with the Andersonville Guild to restore the Drummer Boy Museum
  • Moultrie Town Committee produced 2 educational DVD’s — one about Indian George and one about the historic Thigpen Trail


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The National Society

The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America actively promotes our national heritage through historic preservation, patriotic service, and educational projects. The NSCDA, founded in 1891, is an association of 45 Corporate Societies with over 15,000 members. The Society headquarters is located at Dumbarton House, a Federal period museum house in Washington, D.C.

The Georgia Society

The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of Georgia
Headquarters located on the ground floor of the Andrew Low House Museum
329 Abercorn Street
Savannah Georgia 31401
(912) 233-1828 FAX: 912-233-9239
www.nscdaga.org
Director: Sbohlin@andrewlowhouse.com

The Georgia Seal

The Seal of the Georgia Society is that of the Colonial Trustees of Georgia, encircled by the name of the Society. Two figures resting upon urns represent the rivers Savannah and Altamaha, the northeastern and southwestern borders of the colony.