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Sarah Jones, Tybee Island Historical Society, Pat Leiby, and Julia Pearce cut the ribbon during the official dedication ceremony for the Tybee Island Black History Trail on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
The Tybee Island Historical Society unfurled a giant 30-foot-by-60-foot American Flag over the railing of Georgia's tallest lighthouse to remember 9/11.
10th Street on Tybee was the site of the 1960s wade-ins. Markers at the North Beach and a Georgia Historical Society marker near the Pier and Pavilion also pay tribute to the historic events.
The Tybee Island mid-air collision was an incident on February 5, 1958, in which the United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 nuclear bomb in the waters off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia, United States. During a night practice exercise, an F-86 fighter plane collided with the B-47 bomber carrying the large weapon.
In 1999 a major restoration project was begun under the auspices of the Tybee Island Historical Society, who took possession of the light station in 2002 under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. [2] [3] As part of this project the tower was repainted in the 1916–1966 black-white-black daymark.
The Tybee Island Historical Society recently secured another grant to assist in the restoration of the lighthouse, which is currently in its third phase. Tybee Island Historical Society secures ...
The Union advance on Fort Pulaski began on November 24, 1861. Following reconnaissance that Confederates had abandoned Tybee Island, Du Pont ordered forward an amphibious raid with three gunboats at the Tybee Island Lighthouse. [35] Under a two-hour ship's bombardment, the Confederate pickets set fire to the lighthouse and withdrew. [36]
As the restoration for the iconic Tybee Island Lighthouse chugs along, TIHS has received a grant for $7,500 to help complete it. Tybee Island Historical Society receives grant to support $1.6 ...