Ungumbonisi ongaziwa kuwo wonke amashaneli angena eSavannah's Harbour
Ukuhamba emgwaqeni oMfula i-Savannah kunika izivakashi izinhlobo zokudla okuhlukahlukene nokubukwa kwemikhumbi emikhulu kunempilo njengoba bengena emzini.
Uma uzithola ugijima njengoba imikhumbi idlulela, uqhuba isiko esivela kwenye yezakhamuzi eziningi ezivelele zaseSavannah , enye yamadolobha amakhulu kunawo wonke aseNingizimu. I-Waving Girl ikhunjulwe esithombeni ku-River Street, futhi isekelwe kumuntu ongokoqobo.
IThe Legend of Florence Martus
UFlorence Martus (1868 -1943), waziwa kahle ngabaseSavanna nabasolwandle basolwandle njengoWaving Girl. Indodakazi yesigodi esiseFort Pulaski, eFlorence kamuva yathuthela ekamelweni eliseduze komfula eduze nomnyango wechweba nomfowabo uGeorge, lapho edluliselwa esuka eCockspur Island Lighthouse eya e-Elba Island Lighthouse.
Njengoba le ndaba ihamba, impilo e-cottage eqhelile yayinesizungu kuFlorence owayengumngane wakhe oseduze kakhulu. Lapho esemncane, waqala ukusondelana kakhulu nemikhumbi ebeyidlula futhi wamukelwa ngamunye ngendwangu yesondo lakhe. Abasolwandle baqala ukumbuyisela ngokubonga noma ngokuqhuma kocingo lomkhumbi. Ekugcineni, uFlorence waqala ukubingelela imikhumbi efika ebumnyameni ngokufaka isikhanyiso.
UFlorence Martus waqhubekela phambili iminyaka engu-44 futhi walinganiselwa ukuthi wathola imikhumbi engaphezu kuka-50 000 ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe.
Kuningi lokucatshangelwa okungaqinisekisiwe mayelana neFlorence esebenzile ngothando nomkhumbi ongazange abuyele eSanannah. Kodwa-ke, amaqiniso, ukuthi kungani aqala futhi aqhubekele ukuguqula iminyaka eminingi kangaka ahlala engumfihlakalo.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani, uFlorence Martus waba ngumlando we-Savannah, owaziwa kabanzi nakude.
NgoSeptemba 27, 1943, i-SS Florence Martus, umkhumbi woLwazi, yavulwa ngokuhlonipha kwakhe. Ngokusho kweGeorge Historical Society, kwakuyi "engamashumi amathathu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili nesishiyagalombili imikhumbi eyakhiwe eSavannah", futhi ekugcineni yaqotshwa eBaltimore.
UFlorence ulalelwe ukuphumula eduze komfowabo e Laurel Grove Emangcwabeni e Savannah. Ukubhalwa kwekhanda eliyinhloko libonisa ukuhlonishwa kwenkonzo yabo echwebeni kanye nezivakashi zayo.
Inkumbulo yintombazane ekhukhumezayo nomfowabo
Abagcini be-lighthouse esiqhingini sase-Elba, i-Savannah River iminyaka engu-35.
Isitayela se-Waving Girl
Isifanekiso esihlala eSabannah Harbor namuhla sakhiwe ngumdwebi owaziwayo uFelix De Weldon, umdwebi we-United States Marine Corps Memorial e-Arlington, eVirginia (owaziwa nangokuthi yi-Iwo Jima Memorial).
Lichaza uFlorence nomngane wakhe oqotho. Lesi sithombe sitholakala ekupheleni kwempumalanga yoMfula i-River Street, esibheke uMfula i-Savannah kusukela ku-bluff.
Igoli liwukuthi induna yomkhumbi owaletha isithombe ku-Savannah yayinezikhumbuzo ezinjalo zaseFlorence lapho enqaba ukukhokha.
Inkonzo yomkhumbi egijima edolobheni laseSanannah ibizwa ngokuthi i-Savannah Belles Ferry ukuze idumise uFlorence nabanye besifazane abane abaphawulekayo baseSavannah.