www.40acresandamule.org
History nerds, test your knowledge!
This is a trailer for the Savannah history tour video, "40 Acres and the Truth."
Tour Guide Fritz Rumpel takes you on a walk through six of Savannah's most historic squares, telling you the definitive story of 40 acres and a mule. Along the way, he employs photographs, illustrations, and audio and video clips to present you with a dramatic rendering of historic events that took place in Savannah from its founding in 1733 to the end of the Civil War in 1865.
"Everything we wanted to know about Savannah's history we learned from this tour. Fritz Rumpel took us back in time and he also showed us artistically, intellectually and even spiritually the roots of Savannah's wealth and growth."
Cassandra F,, Atlanta
"Can't stop thinking about this tour! Savannah's squares and nearby buildings hold seldom-told stories of events with civic and national impact. This tour's knowledgeable creator and guide weaves stories of six squares into a fascinating whole. You won't be bored, and you'll think about what you've seen and heard for days afterward."
Diane S., Cincinnati
"A thinking person's tour! No silly stories about ghosts, old women in hoop skirts or pirates, but real events that affected real people. This proves that Mark Twain was right when he wrote "“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't."
Keith G., New York
Every person living in America should hear the emotional story that Fritz relays. We are still reflecting on how much this tour moved us 4 months afterward."
Corey C., Seattle