Sunday, December 18
We spent day 2 of our trip visiting Milledgeville and Eatonton, Georgia. Most of the day was spent in Milledgeville, which is the Antebellum Capitol of Georgia. Meaning, during the Antebellum time period, Milledgeville was actually the Capitol of the State of Georgia. The State Capitol was moved from Milledgeville to Atlanta in 1868.
While in Milledgeville, we visited...
The original Governor's Mansion
Georgia College and State University
The original State Capitol
various historic Antebellum homes
Fun fact that we learned while touring homes in Milledgeville...all of these houses still have their original windows in them and in the daughters' bedrooms you can still see where the girls' names are etched into the windows. Apparently, during this time period it was customary for girls to use their engagement rings to try and scratch their names into their bedroom window immediately after getting engaged. This way, they could make sure that their fiance gave them a real diamond. We saw this in pretty much all of the homes we toured in every town along the Antebellum Trail.
After leaving Milledgeville, we drove to Eatonton where we took a walking tour of the historic homes that surround the town square.
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