Brunswick Lecture Series

The Brunswick Lecture Series will return in October, featuring four speakers who will cover a new range of Brunswick-centered historical topics. The series will be held at the College of Coastal Georgia on Tuesdays, October 1, 8, 15, and 22 from 4-5:30 p.m. The cost for the series is $50.

The first lecture, on October 1, will feature the Society’s Senior Historian Buddy Sullivan. Sullivan will cover the history of Brunswick from the colonial settlement of Georgia to the 20th century, concentrating on the city’s development as a commercial center and seaport.

On October 8, CGHS Director of Public Programming Allison Dupuis will speak about the Huston House, which was destroyed by fire in July 2024, and its builder, T. L. Huston.

Hector Montford, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History at the College of Coastal Georgia, will present “God Willing, I’m Going to Brazil: Paul Redfern and the 1927 Brunswick-to-Brazil Flight” on October 15.

The conclusion of the series on October 22 will feature Mason Stewart, a local author and historian, who will present “Temple Beth Tefilloh: A Historic Synagogue in the Middle of the Bible Belt.”

Host or Publisher Coastal Georgia Historical Society