Savannah, Georgia

Just these past weeks I came home from South Carolina. But on my trip there I was on the border of Georgia and got to go to Savannah, Georgia, which is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The city is awesome and set out in 26 squares. The oldest street there is River Street and it has many little shops and places to eat. Savannah has many of their old historical houses up and it’s really neat. They say it is also one of the most haunted cities in the U.S. and everywhere you step whether that be on the sidewalk street or on top of a floor board in a house people are buried under you. Savannah is also known for the introduction of voo doo in the U.S. back in the 18th century people brought slaves over from Africa and hence then they brought voo doo with them. Voo doo can be good and bad, when you look at all the older houses in Savannah you will see blue shutters. This is said to protect the people and house from evil spirits entering. The first people in to ever be in Savannah were Indians. They were about 7 to 8 feet tall and then here come settlers from England whose average height was about 5’8 except the leader who befriended the chief of the Indians and who helped him lay out and build Savannah. In one of the squares you will see a huge rock in the middle of it, the rock was dedicated to the chief and underneath he lays resting. In that same squares they use to have the gallows there and no moss grows there and if you look everywhere else moss is everywhere. The story is that someone was hung there and they were innocent well what happened is they cursed that place. From then on moss has never grew there even if the wind blows hard the moss will not come on that square but every other square has moss. Then there is the Pirate’s House, which is the coolest place ever. Pirates from the early time all lived there and in Savannah you can find tunnels all over the city from the pirates bootlegging alcohol, because back then the only alcohol they could drink was wine and beer. So the pirates would sneek in hard liquor, especially rum. Now the pirate’s house is suppose to be the most haunted place in Savannah and was actually featured on Ghost Hunters. I would advise going there it is fun and especially if you’re a history person Savannah would be your place to go.