The Siege of Savannah

Hero Imprints by Jeannette Holland Austin

1778. December 29. Siege of Savannah

As the news of the Declaration of Independence reached Georgia, President Bullock read it aloud to a crowd assembled in a public square at the site of the liberty pole. But the celebration got out of control when a few ship captains and Tory merchants were ordered to leave the province. On July 24th, a Whig mob tarred and feathered John Hopkins and paraded him through Savannah streets to the liberty pole where he was forced to drink a toast to American freedom. Another incident was…