The city of Savannah was laid out based on a plan developed by James Oglethorpe in which the basic design unit was the ward. Wards were composed of four tything (residential) blocks and four trust (civic) blocks, arrayed around a central square.

The square in the picture is Johnson Square, named for Robert Johnson, colonial governor of South Carolina and a friend of General Oglethorpe.  It was the first and is the largest of the 24 squares in Savannah.

Interred in the square is the Revolutionary War hero General Nathanael Greene.

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Nathanael Greene (August 7 [O.S. July 27] 1742 – June 19, 1786) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer. Greene suffered financial difficulties in the post-war years and died suddenly of sunstroke in 1786.

His Nickname was "The Fighting Quaker"

He said. "We fight, get beaten, rise, and fight again.“