I spent the day with my sister (Lisa) walking around Savannah. We first decided to tour the Green-Meldrim House. It was built in the early 1950's by Charles Green, an Englishman who came to Savannah in 1833. He became wealthy as a cotton trader and ship owner. It was this home that General William Tecumseh Sherman made his headquarters after his march through Georgia in 1864.

The way the story goes is that as Sherman and his army were approaching Savannah, Mr. Green had an aide go to meet with Sherman a few miles north of town. The aide informed Sherman that the Confederates had cleared out of town so there was no need to destroy and burn Savannah as he had done to towns from Atlanta all the way down to Savannah. The aide also invited Sherman to use the Green house as his headquarters. The plea worked and Sherman left Savannah intact, staying with Mr. Green as his guest. You see, Mr. Green didn't want his house burned down.

We had lunch at the Gryphon Tea Room. I had a Grilled Pimento Cheese with onion confit, applewood smoked bacon, and jalapeno cornbread sandwich. It was delicious! We spent the rest of the day looking through various shops and just enjoying the architecture. It's been a good day.