{"id":626063,"date":"2010-01-09T20:13:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T01:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercity.com\/showthread.php?t=1041965"},"modified":"2010-01-09T20:13:29","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T01:13:29","slug":"savannah-ga-christmas-day-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/626063","title":{"rendered":"Savannah, GA, Christmas Day 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Visited family near Savannah for Christmas and decided to take a brief excursion downtown.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2787\/4227212842_75d050d445.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2782\/4227214860_2f85d6deb5.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2660\/4227153932_ffacd461dd.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Historic Colonial Park Cemetary<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4038\/4226333397_d225deb0e0.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4054\/4227102910_17dc0508bc.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4026\/4226337153_33f4e0f351.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2482\/4227107052_5868c178be.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4033\/4226340789_141c5ca811.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cathedral of St. John the Baptist<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4015\/4227110588_9c9bf91249.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4038\/4227112902_c1039ae9ff.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4070\/4227226210_a51db854b4.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2770\/4227115304_6061e2051d.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4055\/4227117504_80ee8231f6.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2746\/4227118960_23602eb6fd.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2642\/4227122090_1c28a545a8.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2728\/4227120408_3cd8169c7b.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2609\/4226355789_648dee081d.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4063\/4226813989_1fcc40b327.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" 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\/><\/p>\n<p>Madison Square<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2619\/4227172270_a1a5e4957a.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monument of Revolutionary War hero, Sgt. William Jasper<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4064\/4226406269_6a6d132507.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4046\/4226408315_39c69496be.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4001\/4226410425_504c97a4f6.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4060\/4227182542_484256b572.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2549\/4226482401_273bee28c9.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4018\/4227254376_d15d7dc9f1.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Green-Meldrim Mansion, which  served as the lodging of choice for General William Tecumseh Sherman during his somewhat unwelcome stay in Savannah. From a desk in an upstairs bedroom, Sherman dictated a telegram to Abraham Lincoln, offering the city as an extravagant 1864 Christmas present.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2699\/4227252744_fc74440a09.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>St. John&#8217;s Episcopal Church<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2235\/4227260128_93e0da27bc.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pulaski Square<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4066\/4227184706_5172d504f3.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4065\/4226418777_e79fbd6fe1.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2621\/4226477219_9979fb2700.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2796\/4226479269_1969d00b71.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2564\/4226480845_29450a676e.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Orleans Square<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2457\/4226426717_3e5dbdf3cf.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2686\/4227196994_e0afe8c568.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" 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