Past Programs (1998- 2005)
| Date | Program and Presenter |
| 1998-09-24 | Georgia's coastal fortifications and gun emplacements during Spanish American War of 1898 - Hans Neuhauser |
| 1998-10-15 | 1898 hurricane and 'tidal wave' - Buddy Sullivan |
| 1998-10-31 | Wassaw Island trip- guest of Ellie Legg |
| 1998-11-19 | Members bring items for show and tell |
| 1998-12-09 | Christmas party at Belvedere Island Plantation |
| 1999-04-15 | "Historical Cemeteries of the South: A Photographic Tour" -W. Todd Groce |
| 1999-05-01 | Field Trip- LeConte-Woodmanston Plantation -Gail Whalen site manager |
| 1999-05-20 | Delirium of the Brave by William C. Harris, Jr. author |
| 1999-06-17 | Brunswick the Ocean Port of Georgia by Bruce Fendig author |
| 1999-07-15 | Picnic - Sapelo Island Visitors Center |
| 1999-08-19 | Fort Morris at Sunbury, Georgia - Arthur Edgar, superintendent Fort Morris |
| 1999-09 to 12 ? | |
| 2000-01-20 | Kite Aerial Photography - Dr. Jon Traer |
| 2000-02-17 | From Beautiful Zion to Red Brick Creek , A History of Bryan County, Georgia - Buddy Sullivan author |
| 2000-03-16 | The Saga of Esso Baton Rouge and SS Oklahoma off the Georgia coast on the morning of 8 April 1942 by Michael Higgins - author |
| 2000-04-20 | "Communities displaced by Fort Stewart Military Reservation in 1941" by Wyman May of Hinesville |
| 2000-04-29 | Field Trip- Fort Stewart Museum |
| 2000-05-18 | "Native Americans- Tribe Development in Georgia" - Bill Merriman, Manager Sapelo Island Visitors Center |
| 2000-09-21 | Preservation of the First African Baptist Church at Racoon Bluff on Sapelo Island - Professor Bob Dickensheets, Savannah College of Art and Design |
| 2000-10-14 | Field Trip- Ossabaw Island - |
| 2000-10-19 | The Jekyll Island Club, "Recalled to Life" - Sue Anderson, Public Relations Director at the Jekyll Island Hotel |
| 2000-11-16 | "St. Catherines Island Wildlife Survival Center: Conservation of Vanishing Species" Jeff Spratt, Curator St. Catherines Survival Center |
| 2000-12-13 | Christmas party at Belvedere Island Plantation |
| 2001-01-18 | Bessie Mary Lewis and McIntosh County History - Buddy Sullivan |
| 2001-02-15 | The Scots of McIntosh - Michael Higgins |
| 2001-03-15 | Shadow Chasers: The Woolfolk Tragedy Revisited by Carolyn DeLoach author |
| 2001-04-19 | God, Dr. Buzzard and the Bolito Man by Cornelia Walter Bailey author |
| 2001-05-17 | The History of Hofwyl- Broadfield Plantation - Bill Gates, Superintendent - Manager Hofwyl- Broadfield Plantation |
| 2001-06-21 | Mary, Queen of Scots - Charles H. Haws, B.A.,Ph. D. |
| 2001-07-18 | Picnic Supper- Fort King George Historic Site |
| 2001-08-16 | "Will they Fight" A Look at African American soldiers during the Civil War - Patrick Shell, Chief Ranger at Fort Frederica National Monument |
| 2001-09-20 | Middle School students from Darien, Georgia, visit the Scottish Highlands - 3 students |
| 2001-09-22 | Historical Marker Unveiling - Burning of Darien |
| 2001-10-13 | Field Trip - Fort Jackson in Savannah |
| 2001-10-18 | Show and Tell |
| 2001-11-15 | Images of America - St.Mary's and Camden County - Patricia Barefoot |
| 2001-12-12 | Christmas party at Belvedere Island Plantation |
| 2002-01-17 | Medicine & Treatment in Eighteenth Century America - Scott Hodges |
| 2002-02-21 | Military Operations in Coastal Georgia during the Civil War - Buddy Sullivan |
| 2002-03-21 | Life and Times of Scots in Darien - Dr. Anthony W. Parker, FCS, ILTM, Director, School of American Studies, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK |
| 2002-04-18 | "Muskets, Knives and Bloody Marsh " The Fight for Coastal Georgia - Judson J. Conner |
| 2002-05-16 | British Seamen at The American Revolution - James J. Thompson |
| 2002-06-20 | "Confederate Submarine H. L. Hunley, history, recovery, ongoing restoration" - Randall B. Burbage, Hunley Commission |
| 2002-07-18 | Picnic Supper - Fort King George Historic Site |
| 2002-08-15 | Nineteenth Century Maritime Operations - Port of Darien - Gerhard Schwisor |
| 2002-09-19 | Historic Georgia Hurricane Landfalls : 1804- 1898 - Al Sandrik, Senior Forecaster, National Weather Service Office in Jacksonville, Florida |
| 2002-10-17 | Widow of Sighing Pines, and The Dodge Land Troubles, 1868-1923 by Jane Walker author |
| 2002-11-2 | Field Trip - Lantern Tour of Laurel Grove Cemetery |
| 2002-11-21 | Christophe Poulain DuBignon of Jekyll Island - Martha L. Keber, Ph. D. |
| 2002-12-11 | Christmas party at Belvedere Island Plantation |
| 2003-01-16 | No Enemy But Time by William C. Harris, Jr. author |
| 2003-01-25 | Dedication of two Historical Markers - Sapelo Island & The Port of Darien |
| 2003-02-20 | TBD |
| 2003-03-20 | Historical Sailing - Southeastern Coast, Coastal Water and Sailing Ships During Three Centuries of Commerce and Wars - Joseph S. Jurskis |
| 2003-04-17 | Coastal Issues of the Southeast - Roger Pinckney - lives on Daufuskie Island, S.C. |
| 2003-05-15 | Georgia Historical Society - the founding and history - Mandi Johnson, Visual Materials Archivist at Georgia Historical Society |
| 2003-06-19 | All Under Bank, Roswell King, Jr. and Plantation Management in Tidewater Georgia, 1819- 1854 by Buddy Sullivan, author |
| 2003-07-10 | Picnic Supper - Sapelo Island Visitors Center |
| 2003-08-21 | Running The River: Poleboats, Steamboats & Timber Rafts on the Altamaha, Ocmulgee, Oconee & Ohoopee by Carlton A. Morrison, author |
| 2003-09-18 | Potable Ground Water in Southeast Georgia - Jim Harris, engineer with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division |
| 2003-10-07 | Field Trip - Sapelo |
| 2003-10-16 | Show and Tell |
| 2003-11-20 | Georgia: A State History, 1733-2000 by Buddy Sullivan, author |
| 2003-12-11 | Christmas party at Belvedere Island Plantation |
| 2004-01-15 |
"Old Meeting House Project — Georgia’s Lost Fort" will be the program, presented by Michael P. Higgins. |
| 2004-02-19 | "OUT OF SAVANNAH -- DOG COMPANY, USMCR" will be the program, presented by the author, James Edward McAleer. |
| 2004-03-18 | "Dinah on Scottish Heritage" will be the program, presented by Dinah Jackson. Dinah has a large collection of documented stories of the early Scottish families of McIntosh County. |
| 2004-04-15 | "Above the Fall Line, The Trail from White Pine Cabin" will be the program, presented by the author Amy Blackmarr. |
| 2004-05-08 | LAHS Field Trip —Cruise up Altamaha River |
| 2004-05-11 | Presented Buddy Sullivan Scholarship |
| 2004-05-20 | "Anna The Letters of a St Simons Island Plantation Mistress, 1817 - 1859" will be the program, presented by Melanie Pavich-Lindsay |
| 2004-06-17 | "Hello, Goodbye, I Love You: The Story of Aloha, A Guide Dog for the Blind" will be the program, presented by Pamela Bauer Mueller. |
| 2004-07-15 | Fellowship Picnic Supper for LAHS members and guest |
| 2004-08-19 | "Windows To The Deep" will be the program, presented by Margaret Olsen. |
| 2004-09-16 | "When Jefferson Dined Alone: An Evening With Thomas Jefferson" the life and legacy of one of our most enigmatic founding fathers, will be the program, presented by Stan Deaton. |
| 2004-10-21 | Homeland Security and FLETC’s Mission, will be the program presented by Rick Shelnutt and Tony Blanda. |
| 2004-10-23 | "A Visit to Seabrook Village" , Liberty County, Georgia |
| 2004-11-18 | "A Great Day for the Georgia Navy" will be the program, presented by Bill Ramsaur of St. Simons Island and Jerry Braddock of Charleston. |
| 2004-12-08 | LAHS Christmas Covered Dish Dinner Party. Belvedere Island Plantation Club House |
| Date | Details |
| JANUARY 20, 2005, 7:00 P.M. | "Dodge Land Troubles" will be the program, presented by Chris Trowell, co-author of a new book by this title by Jane Walker & Chris Trowell. The sets of this study focuses on the Big Bend Region of the Ocmulgee River. During the post-Civil War period wealthy and organized entrepreneurs moved onto the economic and political vacuum existing in the South, William E, Dodge and William Pitt Eastman were the principal figures, which acquired vast tracts of timber, built large sawmills at St. Simons Island and Darien, and extracted the previously unexploited resources. |
| February 17, 2005, 7:00 P.M. | "Memories from the Marshes of Glynn: World War II" will be the program presented by Sonja Olsen Kinard. German U-boats lurked off the Atlantic coast, torpedoing American supply ships and depositing spies along the eastern seaboard.., blackouts were imposed... sirens alerted citizens that an air raid was eminent. The war was brought to American shores when two oil tankers were torpedoed about 15 miles off St. Simons Island. Olaf Helmer Olsen, resident of St. Simons, father of two young girls Thora and Sonja, was the first to reach the tragedy. |
| March 17, 2005, 7:00 P.M. | "Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Jekyll Island" will be the program presented by Elizabeth Shields Hines. In May of 2004 over 70 sea turtles washed up on Georgia’s beaches including the highly endangered Kemp’s Ridley, green and leatherback turtles, as well as the threatened loggerheads. While most were dead , three turtles were forced to be transferred to rehabilitation facilities in other states, with one dying during transport. |
| APRIL 21, 2005, 7:00 P.M, | Speaker for the evening will be McIntosh County historian Buddy Sullivan, Director Emeritus of LAHS, who will provide insight to members on an unusual topic. Buddy will share some of his research regarding the presence of mosquitoes, and mosquito-related illnesses, in McIntosh County and how these issues have affected local history, from a societal, cultural, and economic standpoint, as well as from the obvious perspective of local health. |
| May 19, 2005 – 7:00 pm | "Fort Pulaski , 1862" will be the program, presented by John Breen. In the year 1862, the compelling events at Fort Pulaski, Savannah, affected the course of United States history. This story will be told by John Breen, who for seventeen years was superintendent of Fort Pulaski National Monument. |
| JUNE 16, 2005, 7:00 P.M. | The Altamaha River will be the program, presented by James Holland, the Altamaha Riverkeeper. The Altamaha River and its headwaters-the Ocmulgee, Ohoopee and Oconee-make up is Georgia’s largest watershed and it is critical to the states ecological and economic future. The Altamaha River Delta provides food for thousands of migratory birds from around the world. |
| Thursday, July 28, 2005, 5:30 P.M. | Fellowship Picnic Supper for LAHS members and guest. Bring a dish that will serve about eight people that does not require a knife for eating. LAHS will furnish Fried Chicken, drinks, paper products. Fellowship and socializing will be the fare for the evening. There is no program planned. |
| AUGUST 18, 2005, 7:00 P.M. | "Fort Stewart Museum–the progress and processes and future" will be the program presented by Walter W. Meeks, III, Museum Director/Curator, Fort Stewart Museum, Fort Stewart, Georgia. Included in this presentation will be an over view of the mission of the museum, its de facto role in the Fort Stewart community and a few "sea stories" from Meeks, twenty three years as a museum professional |
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September 15, 2005, 7:00 P.M.
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"Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge – Past and Present" will be the program, presented by Patricia E. Metz and Richard S. Kanaski. The Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge has operated a most effective program in McIntosh County since 1962. A new office with new programs was dedicated at the Refuge earlier this year. The Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge contributes a valuable service to this community. The current "Wood Stork Project" will be of special interest . |
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October 20, 2005, 7:00 P.M. |
"Darien, Roswell, Marietta and Sackets Harbor, NY - 1842 -- l870" will be the program, presented by Connie Cox and Stephanie Curtis. In 1836, Roswell King, Sr., his son Barrington and other members of his coastal Georgia circle migrated inland to Cobb County where they founded the towns of Roswell and Lebanon, near the Chattahoochee River. |
| November 11, 2005 |
Trip to Cumberland Island It is strongly recommended that participants arrive not later than 11:00 am at the St. Marys dock, allowing for time to find a parking place. |
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November 17, 2005, 7:00 P.M. |
"Five Centuries of Book Arts" will be the program, presented by David W. Miller, Superintendent, Historic Ashantilly Press. The arts of wood cuts, making of lead type, setting of lead type, layout, paper, printing and bindings has been practiced for ages to create a book. |
| Wednesday Evening, December 7, 5:30 pm | Decorated for Christmas, the Belvedere Island Plantation Club House will be the setting for the 2005 LAHS Holiday Celebration. Howard and Jeanne Klippel will be our host for the evening. |