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Wright Square

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Wright Square

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Wright Square

Name: Wright Square
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Location: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States

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1. Savannah Riverfront to Forsyth Park Loop — Savannah, Georgia

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2. Chippewa Square – Monterey Square loop from Savannah

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3. Forsyth Park Fountain – Madison Square loop from Savannah

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January 10, 2023

Wright Square has two of the most impressive monuments in all of downtown – a towering statue and an enormous boulder. Its layout materialized in 1733. The original name of the square was Percival in honor of Viscount Percival, who became the Earl of Egmont. Later, the city decided to rename it Wright Square, after Sir James Wright, Georgia’s third and last Royal Governor. The central monument honors William Washington Gordon, the founder of the Central of Georgia Railroad, and the boulder in the southeast corner memorializes Tomochichi, the leader of the Yamacraws, a friend of General Oglethorpe and ally of the English. Tomochichi negotiated a treaty that gave General Oglethorpe the land that became Savannah and was a key part in establishing the military outpost against the Spanish invasion. After he died in the Yamacraw Indian Village in 1737 he was brought back to Savannah to be buried among his English friends, at his request. His body lies in the center of the square with a pyramid of rocks placed over his grave. General Oglethorpe’s ordered the burial arrangements.
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Location: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States

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