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Augusta Pride is the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) pride organization in Augusta, Georgia. It hosts a pride parade in downtown Augusta . [ 2 ] The event started in 2010.
The Miller Theater is a former movie theater and vaudeville house in Augusta, Georgia.The Miller was built by architect Roy A. Benjamin utilizing the Arte Moderne style of architecture and was owned by Frank Miller.
A fire destroyed much of Augusta, Georgia on March 22, 1916. Photographs captured the event. [1] The fire was blamed on an unattended iron in a tailor's shop. It was the worst fire in Augusta's history and impacted 25 blocks from 8th Street to East Boundary Street, including portions of downtown and Olde Town.
The city of Augusta, Georgia, the largest city and the county seat of Richmond County, Georgia, is the birthplace and home of several notable individuals. This is a list of people from Augusta, Georgia and includes people who were born or lived in Augusta for a nontrivial amount of time. Individuals included in this listing are people presumed ...
The Metro Spirit, now defunct, was a free alternative news weekly based in Augusta, Georgia (), that covered local entertainment, events and culture.At its peak, the paper had an estimated circulation of 19,000 and was widely available at newsstands across the Augusta area.
Dr. Murphey sold the estate to the Augusta Junior League in 1952. The organization used it as a reception facility until the 1970s, when they gave it to Historic Augusta. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] The City of Augusta purchased the property in 1987.
George P. Butler Comprehensive High School is a public high school located in the South Augusta area of Augusta, Georgia, United States. It is named for George Phineas Butler. Butler was the second white high school built in Richmond County prior to desegregation. It opened in 1960 and remained segregated until 1967.
May served five 1-year terms during the period of the Civil War. In 1865, he was ordered by Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown to burn the large amounts of cotton stored in Augusta warehouses "on the approach of the Yankees," so it would not fall into enemy's hands. As it turned out, the Union Army never came to Augusta. [6] James T. Gardiner 1866