Friendship - Georgia, USA

The Friends of Oglethorpe is a local voluntary organisation formed to foster friendship between Godalming and the State of Georgia.

The Oglethorpe Connection
The Friends of Oglethorpe is a local voluntary organisation formed to foster friendship between the State of Georgia in general and the cities of Savannah and Augusta in particular.

The organisation reflects the modern day link with one of Godalming's most famous sons, General James Edward Oglethorpe, the local Member of Parliament who at the bidding of King George II, took the sailing ship Anne and 100 souls to found the State of Georgia, in the Deep South,1733.

The Friends of Oglethorpe initiate and organise visits to Georgia and welcome and host visitors from Georgia both as individuals and in groups who come to Godalming to seek the roots of their founder. The friends also organise local events and liaise with the Parish Church in Cranham where he is buried. The Oglethorpe family home was Westbrook House, now the Meath Home near Godalming Station which can be visited by arrangement.

More information is contained in Godalming Parish Church and in the Oglethorpe Room in the Town Museum where enquiries about membership of the Friends may be made.

http://www.cviog.u.../gainfo/gahist.htm - read a history of Georgia

Link :Oglethorpe website
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/jeo300/