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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-520c0ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"520c0ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augustahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/weareaugusta.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afc45b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afc45b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p align=\"justify\">For more than 70 years, the Augusta Historical Society (AHS) has collected, preserved and told Augusta\u2019s story.<\/p><p><span class=\"style1\">WE COLLECT IT<\/span>\u00a0through such projects as the Veterans History Project, in which we have completed video interviews with over 800 local veterans of World War II, and are interviewing veterans of Korea and Vietnam. These interviews are available locally at the Reese Library of Augusta University and nationally at the Library of Congress.<\/p><p align=\"justify\"><strong class=\"style1\">WE PRESERVE IT<\/strong>\u00a0through Special Collections in the Reese Library at Augusta University, which maintains 4,900 book titles and over 400 manuscripts as well as historical photographs, vertical files and other historical materials.<\/p><p align=\"justify\"><strong class=\"style1\">WE TELL IT<\/strong>\u00a0through\u00a0<em><strong>Augusta Richmond County History<\/strong><\/em>, the journal we publish twice a year; through the books on local history that we have published, through our stewardship of Heroes Overlook at Riverwalk and 10th Street; through participation in such projects as the Civil War Symposium and the World War I Symposium, and through public presentations and lectures on local history.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a62415e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a62415e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e67f64\" data-id=\"4e67f64\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9490f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e9490f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-181f055 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"181f055\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Veteran Voices<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07db3ad elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"07db3ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen title=\"youtube Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xn8qrZuIIcA?feature=oembed&amp;start&amp;end&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;mute=0&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=0\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8868ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8868ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"\/?page_id=240\">See More Video Interviews on our Projects Page for the Veterans History Project - CLICK HERE<\/a><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f878d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f878d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83d69da\" data-id=\"83d69da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbca0da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dbca0da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BECOMING A MEMBER<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fa1835\" data-id=\"2fa1835\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-860a841 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"860a841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p align=\"justify\">Becoming a member of AHS will entitle you to a free subscription to our journal, <strong><em>Augusta History<\/em><\/strong>. You will also receive invitations to our meetings on local history &#8211; at least four a year &#8211; and the reception that follows. Local historians such as Erick Montgomery, Leonard Todd, Bob Hester, and Tom Robertson have made presentations on the Augusta Fire of 1916, the slave-potter Dave and other interesting topics.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd48a04 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bd48a04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/?product=membership\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Join Today<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-230c904 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"230c904\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60acf6a\" data-id=\"60acf6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3486a0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3486a0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"style1\">WE PUBLISH IT<\/span>: Fourteen of the books we have published may be purchased here. Among them are books about the Revolutionary War in Augusta, the Academy of Richmond County, aviation in Augusta, the Augusta National Golf Course, and Augusta during the Civil War, and many other topics.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03553af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"03553af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augustahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/books-1024x231.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augustahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/books-1024x231.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augustahistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/books-300x68.jpg 300w, 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