SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's oldest city, steeped in history predating the American Revolution, made a historic break with its slavery-era past Thursday as Savannah's city council voted to rename ...

Savannah is on Georgia’s Atlantic coast, just south of the South Carolina state line. Hilton Head, S.C., is less than an hour away, and Tybee Island, Ga., is a half-hour drive.

With towering live oaks and blooming azaleas framing benches at its center, the square near the southern edge of Savannah's downtown historic district has been without a name since Nov. 10, when ...

For years, Savannah was caught in a time capsule. What routinely drew waves of visitors to this cobblestoned city in the Old South were its historic squares, mossy boulevards and an epic 300-year ...

A plaque marking the 1851 dedication of Calhoun Square in Savannah, Ga., is shown recessed into a walkway on Nov. 10, 2022.

Savannah's city council voted in November 2022 to remove from the square the name of former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun, an outspoken advocate for slavery in the decades before the Civil War.

The oak-shaded square that will bear Taylor’s name near the southern edge of Savannah’s downtown historic district had spent 170 years named for John C. Calhoun, a former U.S. vice president ...