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Society News The Huguenot Society of Georgia held its Fall Meeting on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at

the McKinnon’s Louisiane Restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia. We wish to thank Dr. Jeffrey

Burson, Professor of History at Georgia Southern University, for his enlightening and

informative presentation. Photos from meeting below.

Welcome to our online member newsletter designed to keep our members up-to-date

with what is going on in our society as well as with individual members!

If you would like to share any news or information about yourself or family to be

included in our next newsletter, please send to me at my email address

lethe2@hotmail.com . Spread the word to other members to join our online source of

information by sending me their email address to be added to our database. This is a

great opportunity to increase communication among our Huguenot family.

Marion Martin, Editor January 1, 2014, Issue 4

Huguenot Societ y o f Georgia

The Messenger

Geoff Oosterhoudt, President

Douglas Frey & Rachel Janet Butler Walker

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Burson

Speaker

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Society News C o n t ’ d

H u g u e n o t ’s N e w e s t M e m b e r s

We extend our warmest welcome to our newest members Mary Elizabeth Swann Whitley and Susan Beach Sloan .

S c h o l a r s h i p W i n n e r

Congratulations to David Kirk Peavy, Jr. on winning the Zada Bird Brannen

Scholarship Award.

Mary Elizabeth Swann Whitley

Susan Beach Sloan

Rev. & Mrs. George B. Salley

Susan Reagans-Barksdale

Juanita Nichols Jones

Carolyn Glover & Gail Golden

Sheila Richards & Wood Hughes

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The Georgia Huguenot Society welcomes our newest officers for the new year!

78th Annual Congress of The National Huguenot Society held in Tulsa,

Oklahoma on Friday, October 4th at The Summit Club. Left to Right: Rev.

Paul W. Smith, First Vice President General; Sheila Richards, 2nd Vice

President of National; Geoffrey Oosterhoudt, President of The Huguenot

Society of Georgia; and Juanita Jones, Treasurer, Georgia Society.

The next meeting of The Huguenot Society of Georgia will be Saturday, April 26, 2014. We will be touring the Old State

Capitol and the Old Governor’s Mansion in Milledgeville.

Members, Gina Wolf and Tina Peavy, tour The Huguenot Church in Charleston, South Carolina (The last functioning

Huguenot Church in America).

H u g u e n o t ’s N e w e s t O f f i c e r s

Gail Golden, Recording Secretary

Wood Hughes, Curator

7 8 t h A n n u a l C o n g r e s s o f T h e N a t i o n a l H u g u e n o t S o c i e t y

T h e H u g u e n o t S o c i e t y o f G e o r g i a S p r i n g M e e t i n g 2 0 1 4

To u r o f T h e H u g u e n o t C h u r c h

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A History of the Huguenot Church

By the late 17th century, Huguenots had settled in New York, Philadelphia, and other

Eastern coastal areas. These early groups were greatly augmented when Louis XIV

caused the Edict of Nantes to be revoked in 1685, thereby divesting French Protes-

tants of all religious and political prerogatives. The English were happy to encourage

these refugees to settle in the colonies, most of whom were representative of France’s

prosperous merchant and professional classes.

In April of 1680 the ship Richmond arrived in Charleston with 45 French Protestants (Huguenots) aboard. More refugees

followed, and in 1687, a church was built on what is now the corner of Church St. and Queen St. in downtown

Charleston. About four hundred and fifty Huguenots had settled in the Low Country of South Carolina by 1700.

In France, just like many places in the world, the New Year is rung in with considerable fanfare and merry making.

However, in France you will find that there is more emphasis placed on the meal that is eaten than in many other places

in the world. Lots of people will eat out in a restaurant, where they will be served an elaborate, many coursed meal. The

restaurant will provide entertainment and music and perhaps a place to dance. Towards midnight, silly hats and confetti

will be distributed and everyone counts down to the New Year together. After that there is considerable commotion as

everyone in the room exchanges hand shakes or kisses and wishes each other a Bonne Année. Traditional New Year’s

Eve Dinner listed below.

Fine egg mousse, raw and cooked green asparagus, black truffle paste soldiers

Langoustines wrapped in nori, foie gras foam, crustacean broth

Line caught sea bass with imperial caviar, green cabbage and whipped lemon butter

Beauce hare à la Royale, celery root and chestnut stuffed conchiglioni pasta

Aged Brie de Meaux with walnuts

Pink Champagne granité, gilt grapefruit and hibiscus jelly

Soft coconut cream, strawberry and wild strawberry elixir

Sweets, stuffed fruit and chocolates

Joyeux Noël to you and yours during this Blessed Season

from the President and Executive Committee of the Huguenot Society of Georgia

A n n o u n c e m e n t o f To u r o f F r a n c e A p r i l 2 0 1 4

To u r o f T h e H u g u e n o t C h u r c h C o n t ’ d

Dwyn Mounger is sponsoring a Huguenot/Waldensian Tour of France in April 2014. For those who are interested, please

contact Dwyn Mounger at dwynmounger@gmail.com.

N e w Ye a r ’ s E v e Tr a d i t i o n i n F r a n c e