Media release from the Georgia Archives:
The Georgia Archives is proud to present the 2026 April History Symposium, Tracing Footsteps: Beyond the Founding Story in Revolutionary Georgia, a two-day event examining underrepresented voices of the Revolutionary era in the South as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of independence. Through perspectives often left out of traditional anniversary narratives, this year’s symposium invites attendees to reconsider how the era was experienced, remembered, and recorded.
This year’s symposium will highlight stories that complicate the familiar “founding” narrative of America’s Revolution, including the life of Austin Dabney, the legacy of Nancy Hart, and Loyalist voices that reveal the divisions within communities. Together, these sessions show how race, gender, class, and allegiance shaped the choices people made and the consequences they lived with long after the fighting ended. Understanding these perspectives is essential not only for historical accuracy but for recognizing how public memory gets built and whose experiences are elevated or erased.
To view and share the event flyer, please visit: tinyurl.com/AHS2026Flyer. The symposium is free and open to the public and will take place in person at the Georgia Archives, located at 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30252. Advance registration is strongly encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome as space allows. Register here: tinyurl.com/GAArchivesAHS2026.
This event is sponsored in part by the Clayton County Tourism Authority (seeclaytoncountyga.com) and the Friends of Georgia Archives and History (FOGAH.org).
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