May is Preservation Month in Georgia
Check our events calendar for events in May.  

Activities sponsored by HPD include:

- Preservation Month Lecture Series at Rhodes Hall, Atlanta in partnership with the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation every Thursday in May. Lectures and light refreshments are free and begin at 6pm.

- Georgia Preservation Month proclamation will be signed by Governor Deal on May 2.  Feel free to use the state proclamation text as a template for your own community's proclamation.  This year's theme is "Discovering Georgia's Hidden Gems."

- 2012 "Downtown Georgia" photo contest seeks photos of the state's diverse historic downtown buildings and streetscapes by May 24.

- Visit the Preservation Month page of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's website for more information and activity ideas.

May is Archaeology Month in Georgia
Check our calendar for events in May. 

This year's theme is "Commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812."  Visit the Society for Georgia Archaeology's website for more information and events, including their spring meeting and tour of Fort Daniel in Lawrenceville.