Savannah Honors... Memorials in Savannah, Georgia

Savannah honors its past and special events with monuments.






The Waving Girl Statue
is on the eastern end
of River Street.







Florence Martus lived with her brother, George, the Cockspur Lighthouse keeper on Cockspur Island. Locals tell the story of Florence falling in love with a sailor who promised to return to her. According to legend, she waved at every ship entering the Savannah Harbor for over 40 years, waiting for her love to return to her.  It's estimated that Florence welcomed 50,000 ships to Savannah.

The Olympic Cauldron was

erected in Morell Park for

the 1996 Olympics.

It was lit by the Olympic Flame from Mount Olympus at the 1996 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony on July 20, 1996.

Savannah honors its residents
of Irish descent with this
Celtic Cross in Emmet Park.

The Dr. Noble Wimberly

Jones Medical Monument

sits under a tree near

Emmet Park.

Jones is honored for his work

as the first president of the

Georgia Medical Society.

The bell from the City Exchange
hangs beneath the replica of
the Cupola from the City
Exchange, built in 1799.

It's located on Bay Street.

The Jewish Burial Marker on

Oglethorpe Avenue memorializes

the first Jewish burial ground

in Savannah.

Savannah honors its musical
heritage with this statue of
songwriter Johnny Mercer
located in Ellis Square.








Ellis Square was torn up to make way for a parking garage in 1954.  After the lease expired, fifty years later, the city took over the property and rebuilt the "lost square."  An underground parking garage operates below the square.

The Big Duke Fire Bell

is in the divider on

East Oglethorpe Avenue.

This bell was used as an

alarm for fires, for general

alarms & to announce

special event.

Visitors learn about Savannah's history as they stop and read the inscriptions on the city's landmarks.