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