~Shipbuilders on the coast of Georgia built over 200 cargo ships, called "Liberty ships," between 1942 and 1944 to transport troops and cargo for the Allies during World War II.
~The city of Baxley, Georgia, began producing sweet potato plants in 1917. This crop gained national attention during the Great Depression when the local Kiwanis Club donated one million of these plants to Atlanta in 1933, a year when the city was having its greatest economic troubles.
~ In 2003 Sonny Perdue became the first Republican governor since Reconstruction, and he easily won reelection in 2006. By 2009 the Republican Party controlled both houses of the General Assembly, and both of the state's U.S. senators were Republican, as were seven of its thirteen members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
~The city of Baxley, Georgia, began producing sweet potato plants in 1917. This crop gained national attention during the Great Depression when the local Kiwanis Club donated one million of these plants to Atlanta in 1933, a year when the city was having its greatest economic troubles.
~ In 2003 Sonny Perdue became the first Republican governor since Reconstruction, and he easily won reelection in 2006. By 2009 the Republican Party controlled both houses of the General Assembly, and both of the state's U.S. senators were Republican, as were seven of its thirteen members of the U.S. House of Representatives.