Bonaventure Historical Society, Inc.

Bonaventure Historical Society, Inc. Learn more about the Bonaventure Historical Society and become a member at bonaventurehistorical.org
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Did you buy your tickets for Bonaventure Speaks yet? Funds raised from these events help us restore and preserve Bonaven...
09/20/2024

Did you buy your tickets for Bonaventure Speaks yet? Funds raised from these events help us restore and preserve Bonaventure Cemetery! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€

Join Bonaventure Historical Society for Bonaventure Speaks, a 90-minute walking tour featuring costumed interpreters and historic architecture. Two dates: October 17 & 20. Tickets online only!

09/10/2024
As Savannah continues to be impacted by Tropical Storm Debby, the City of Savannah has announced most non-essential city...
08/07/2024

As Savannah continues to be impacted by Tropical Storm Debby, the City of Savannah has announced most non-essential city offices will remain closed on Wednesday, August 7. This includes Bonaventure Cemetery. Please refer to savannahga.gov for official information regarding City operations. The City of Savannah Cemeteries Division will be assessing the safety of Bonaventure before reopening to the public.

โœจ Don't take this lecture for granite, it's sure to be marbleous! โœจJoin us for an afternoon that's set in stone with Vir...
07/20/2024

โœจ Don't take this lecture for granite, it's sure to be marbleous! โœจ

Join us for an afternoon that's set in stone with Virginia Mobley of Oglethorpe Marble and Granite Company! Learn about the rich history and intricate craftsmanship that carves our past into the present. You won't want to miss this monumental event!

๐Ÿ“… Date: Sunday 7/21/24
๐Ÿ•’ Time: 2 PM
๐Ÿ“ Location: Jewish Chapel at Bonaventure Cemetery, 330 Bonaventure Rd, Savannah, GA

Come rock with us and get your questions chiseled out by the expert herself! ๐Ÿชจ๐Ÿ’ฌ

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง!๐Ÿชฆโ€ŒJoin us this Saturday and Sunday, July 13th and 14th, for our fre...
07/13/2024

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง!๐Ÿชฆ
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Join us this Saturday and Sunday, July 13th and 14th, for our free tours starting at 2 PM in the Colonial Monument Gardens area of Bonaventure Cemetery.
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While the tours are free, we gladly accept donations to help the preservation of this historic Victorian garden cemetery. If you miss it, our other free tour weekends are below.
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August 10th and 11th, September 14th and 15th, October 12th and 13th,
November 9th and 10th, and
December 14th and 15th
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๐™ป๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š— ๐š–๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š‹๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐š, ๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐š’๐šœ๐š๐šœ, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐š’๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐™ฑ๐š˜๐š—๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐šž๐š›๐šŽ! ๐ŸชฆJoin us this Saturday and Sunday, June 8th and 9th, fo...
06/07/2024

๐™ป๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š— ๐š–๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š‹๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐š, ๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐š’๐šœ๐š๐šœ, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐š’๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐™ฑ๐š˜๐š—๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐šž๐š›๐šŽ! ๐ŸชฆJoin us this Saturday and Sunday, June 8th and 9th, for our free tours starting at 2 PM in the Colonial Monument Gardens area of Bonaventure Cemetery.
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If you miss it, our other free tour weekends are below.
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July 13th and 14th,
August 10th and 11th, September 14th and 15th, October 12th and 13th,
November 9th and 10th, and
December 14th and 15th
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PSA. The Bonaventure Historical Society's free walking tours of Bonaventure Cemetery are this weekend. At 2PM, both Satu...
06/07/2024

PSA. The Bonaventure Historical Society's free walking tours of Bonaventure Cemetery are this weekend. At 2PM, both Saturday and Sunday, you can take a free history tour of the cemetery led by trained BHS volunteers. Follow the blue signs to the starting point and donations to the Society are gladly accepted.

Free tour weekend is Saturday May 11th and Sunday May 12th! Tours begin at 2pm! Follow the blue signs! Beauty awaits โ™ฅ๏ธ
05/05/2024

Free tour weekend is Saturday May 11th and Sunday May 12th! Tours begin at 2pm! Follow the blue signs! Beauty awaits โ™ฅ๏ธ

Join Enocha Edenfield on our free tour weekends! They are hosted the second weekend of each month! Saturday and Sunday a...
05/01/2024

Join Enocha Edenfield on our free tour weekends! They are hosted the second weekend of each month! Saturday and Sunday at 2pm.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) โ€“ When we think of beauty, a cemetery usually doesnโ€™t come to mind. But thatโ€™s not the case in Savannah. Historian and tour guide, Enocha Edenfield, sat down โ€ฆ

At the Bonaventure Historical Society, we love our volunteers. April is National Volunteer Month and, to honor our folks...
04/28/2024

At the Bonaventure Historical Society, we love our volunteers. April is National Volunteer Month and, to honor our folks, we recently had a volunteer appreciation party.
BHS is so lucky to have such a great group of volunteers but we are always happy to welcome more. If you enjoy meeting new people and are interested in learning more about the beautiful and historic Bonaventure Cemetery, just go to our website at bonaventurehistorical.org and click on โ€œvolunteerโ€. The commitment is only 3 hours on 1 weekend day per month.

We appreciate our volunteers' efforts at the Thomas Square cleanup event and their help in spreading the word about our ...
04/13/2024

We appreciate our volunteers' efforts at the Thomas Square cleanup event and their help in spreading the word about our organization!

Join us the weekend Saturday April 13 and Sunday April 14 for our monthly Free Tours! Weโ€™ll begin the tour at 2pm! both ...
04/09/2024

Join us the weekend Saturday April 13 and Sunday April 14 for our monthly Free Tours! Weโ€™ll begin the tour at 2pm! both days!

Keep Savannah clean with โ€˜The Great Savannah Clean Upโ€™! Bonaventure Historical Society will be at the Thomas Square Neig...
04/07/2024

Keep Savannah clean with โ€˜The Great Savannah Clean Upโ€™! Bonaventure Historical Society will be at the Thomas Square Neighborhood Market from 12p-3p Saturday April 13. Meet us under the tent to become a member of BHS! Enjoy food and crafts from some great local vendors! Come out and support Savannah, The Thomas Square Neighborhood and of course Bonaventure Historical Society!

This weekend March 23 and 24 we are offering Free Tours! 2 pm both days!! The azaleas are at their peak! Let our knowled...
03/20/2024

This weekend March 23 and 24 we are offering Free Tours! 2 pm both days!! The azaleas are at their peak! Let our knowledgeable guides show you the splendor of Bonaventure!

Our Free Tours for today have been cancelled! Be safe and stay dry! Weather permitting, we will still go forward with to...
03/09/2024

Our Free Tours for today have been cancelled! Be safe and stay dry! Weather permitting, we will still go forward with tomorrowโ€™s tour!

Free Tour Weekend! Join us and walk thru this Beautiful Historic Cemetery! Saturdayโ€™s free tours are canceled due to wea...
03/07/2024

Free Tour Weekend! Join us and walk thru this Beautiful Historic Cemetery!
Saturdayโ€™s free tours are canceled due to weather, but we still have Sunday March 9th at 2pm!

Simply follow the blue signs upon entering the gates!

Bonaventure Historical Society is holding our Spring Membership Drive! Unique to the drive is that any new memberships p...
03/04/2024

Bonaventure Historical Society is holding our Spring Membership Drive! Unique to the drive is that any new memberships paid for in the month of March will ALSO be entered into a drawing for a chance at:
โ€ข 2 tickets to see the Savannah Bananas at Historic Grayson Stadium or
โ€ข Free BHS membership for a year
Already a member, prefer to only enter the drawing, or want additional chances to win? Each additional donation of $20 will count for an entry in the drawing.
Memberships applications and donations can be completed in-person at the Bonaventure Cemetery Visitorโ€™s Center on any weekend in March, or through our website by visiting the link in our bio.
All drawings will be held the 1st week of April and be announced to the winner by the Membership Secretary. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at [email protected]

Bonaventure Historical Society is not affiliated with Savannah Bananas Tickets hold no monetary value.

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It is that time of year! The Camellias are in full bloom, and the Bonaventure Historical Society is holding our Spring M...
03/04/2024

It is that time of year! The Camellias are in full bloom, and the Bonaventure Historical Society is holding our Spring Membership Drive!
BHS membership helps us attain our three goals:
1. Educating the public on the rich historic significance of Bonaventure.
2. Preserving the man-made and natural beauty of the cemetery.
3. Enhancing the visitor experience.
Bonaventure Historical Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization. We receive no city, state or federal funding. We rely on membership fees, visitor donations and the occasional grant to carry out our mission.
Benefits of Membership always include:
โ€ข Souvenir Gifts.
โ€ข Quarterly Newsletters sent out to members to keep updated on our restoration & preservation efforts.
โ€ข Invitation to the Annual Membership Dinner held in November.
โ€ข Discounts for Living Lecture Series events.
โ€ข Opportunities for local & regional special events.
โ€ข Volunteer opportunities.
Click the link in our bio to join Bonaventure Historical Society.

Bonaventure Cemetery is looking for a new sign! A few months ago, there was an unfortunate car accident that resulted in...
02/27/2024

Bonaventure Cemetery is looking for a new sign!

A few months ago, there was an unfortunate car accident that resulted in the destruction of our former sign, included in the images. While sad, are are seeing it as an exciting opportunity to install a new sign at the entrance for Bonaventureโ€”and we want your help! We are currently taking submissions for inspiration, ideas, and sketches to contribute to the final design.

What we want:
-โ€œBONAVENTURE CEMETERYโ€ will be prominently displayed, visible and legible
-A design in keeping and reflecting the beautiful designs in the cemeteryโ€“something that reflects the Victorian grandeur found in Bonaventure
-The design will be made using materials that match the time period, such as brick, stone, and/or iron.

Submit your ideas to [email protected] before March 15 at 11:59 PM!

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Bonaventure Historical Society held a Volunteer Appreciation raffle. We raffled off 4 tickets to tonightโ€™s Banana game v...
02/23/2024

Bonaventure Historical Society held a Volunteer Appreciation raffle. We raffled off 4 tickets to tonightโ€™s Banana game vs Party Animals! Congratulations to Susan P and Cassis D for winning this Banana Land experience! Thank you for volunteering with Bonaventure Historical Society! If youโ€™re interested in volunteer opportunities with Bonaventure Historical Society, click the link in our bio!

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330 Bonaventure Road
Savannah, GA
31404

Telephone

(912) 412-4687

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Bonaventure Cemetery holds a lot of history, including some Hollywood history. ๐Ÿฟ๐ŸŽฌ๐ŸŽž๏ธ โ€Œ โ€Œ #visitsavannah #savannahgeorgia #savannahga #bonaventure #bonaventurecemetery #cemeterywandering #oscars #academyawards

The true tragic love story of Corinne Lawton โ€Œ โ€Œ #visitsavannah #savannahgeorgia #savannahga #bonaventure #bonaventurecemetery #cemeterywandering #cemeteryscapes #gravestones

๐’๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ! ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒธ โ€Œ We will be offering tours on January 27th at 2 p.m., February 10th at 12:30 p.m., and March 2nd 2 p.m. โ€Œ โ€Œ #visitsavannah #savannahgeorgia #savannahga #bonaventure #bonaventurecemetery #cemeterywandering #cemeteryscapes #camellias

Looking for some easy New Yearโ€™s Resolutions? The Bonaventure Historical Society has a few ideas. โ€Œ Like history and hanging out in cemeteries? Become a volunteer! You can help out at the visitor center, with tours, or with our azaleas and camellias. โ€Œ Donโ€™t have the time or donโ€™t live close? Become a member of the Bonaventure Historical Society! Membership gets you a quarterly newsletter with stories about the people who call it their final resting place and updates about the cemetery. Members also are invited to our annual dinner and get admission discounts for our Living History lecture series and our special fall tour. โ€Œ โ€Œ #visitsavannah #savannahgeorgia #savannahga #bonaventure #bonaventurecemetery #cemeterywandering #cemeteryscapes #gravestones

Bonaventure Cemetery has beautiful examples of sculptures from many artists around the world. How many of these have you seen? โ€Œ #visitsavannah #savannahgeorgia #savannahga #bonaventure #bonaventurecemetery #cemeterywandering #cemeteryscapes #gravestones

The next time youโ€™re at Bonaventure Cemetery (or any cemetery) see how many wingless angels you can find. โ€Œ #visitsavannah #savannahgeorgia #savannahga #bonaventure #bonaventurecemetery #cemeterywandering #cemeteryscapes #gravestones

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ. โ€Œ Please help us with our mission to continue of preserving and conserving Savannahโ€™s historic Victorian garden cemetery. โ€Œ Even if you canโ€™t donate, we are always looking for volunteers. DM or visit our website for more info. โ€Œ #visitsavannah #savannahgeorgia #savannahga #bonaventure #bonaventurecemetery #cemeterywandering #cemeteryscapes #gravestones

๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐–๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ. โ€Œ 1. American Legion Cemetery โ€Œ 2. Spanish American War veterans โ€Œ Learn more about our residents during our free tour weekends on November 11th and 12th as well as December 9th and 10th at 2 p.m. โ€Œ โ€Œ #visitsavannah #savannahgeorgia #savannahga #bonaventure #bonaventurecemetery #cemeterywandering #thingstodoinsavannah #cemetery #veteransday #historiccemeteries #cemeterywalk #headstonephotography #gravestones

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ โ€œ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—นโ€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€. โ€Œ Noble come over to Georgia on the ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ with Savannahโ€™s founder Gen. James Oglethorpe in 1733. He was eventually given the land that is now Wormsloe State Histotic Site. โ€Œ When he died in 1775, he was originally buried at Wormsloe but was later moved to Colonial Park Cemetery in Savannah. Finally, he was moved to Bonaventure where we hope he stays. โ€Œ #visitsavannah #savannahgeorgia #savannahga #cemetery #cemeterylovers #cemeterywandering #visitgeorgia #georgiahistory #bonaventurecemetery

Do you like to meet new people? Talk about all things cemetery? Have 3 hours a month? We have an opportunity for you!! Bonaventure Historical Society is looking for volunteers to work the front porch! If youโ€™re interested, click the link in our bio and sign up! We look forward to welcoming you! #volunteer #bonaventurehistoricalsociety #bonaventurehistoricalcemetery

Join Bonaventure Historical Society as we take you on a tour of the beautiful camellias blooming throughout the cemetery! Saturday March 4th at 2 pm! Meet us at the stairs of the Visitors Center. These blooms wonโ€™t last long! #camelliaclub #camellias #bonventurecemetary

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