Berrien Historical Foundation Limited

Berrien Historical Foundation Limited Located at Courthouse on Square, Nashville, GA. BHF meets quarterly at Carrie Dorsey Perry Memorial Library, Nashville, GA. Presentations announced here.

The Berrien Historical Foundation was formed to preserve, share, and display the history of Berrien County since its creation in 1856.This requires the gathering of oral and written histories, artifacts, and photographs of events, and families...

The Day Smithsonian Came to Berrien” Photo essay by Wenda Gaile Bailey and commentary by Bryan Shaw, Thursday, April 16t...
04/02/2026

The Day Smithsonian Came to Berrien” Photo essay by Wenda Gaile Bailey and commentary by Bryan Shaw, Thursday, April 16th.

Almost ten years ago, the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street “Hometown Teams”, opened at the Nashville Community Center. And with it the local companion exhibit, “Berrien, Our Hometown Teams” opened in the Old Courthouse on the Square. All of the displays, activities, and hoopla attached to that historic day was documented by Nashville photographer, Wenda Gaile Bailey.
On Thursday, April 16, at the Perry Memorial Library starting at 7:00, the Berrien Historical Foundation Quarterly meeting will feature the premier showing of the docu-video “The Day Smithsonian Came to Berrien—A photographic essay by Ms. Bailey, with commentary by Bryan Shaw.
Come and relive the excitement of the historic day and all the planning and community involvement surrounding it for six weeks.
Admittance is free, with door prizes and Cracker Jacks to boot. Contact Bryan Shaw at 229-563-0586 for more information.

03/05/2026

Berrien Home Town Teams Exhibit
Reopens Saturday, March 14th
Old Courthouse on the Square, 2:00 to 5:00

It has been 10 years since the largest and most successful historical exhibit in the county’s history, the Smithsonian “Berrien Home Town Teams” display, opened in 2016. On Saturday, March 14, 2026 starting at 2:00, the Berrien Historical Museum in the Old Courthouse on the Square will hold a Mini-Grand Re-Opening of the exhibit that the Smthsonian Institution called “The Best Home Town Team Display in Georgia”. All of the wall panel displays have been re-installed, as well as the athlete banners, and several of the case displays. All the Berrien sports cards and sports magazines will be available free of charge. Even the Cracker-Jacks vendors and T-shirt door prizes will add to the festivities. Bring the entire family, especially those who were too young to remember how great that exhibit was, and to see what made it so memorable. For more information, contact Bryan Shaw at 229-563-0586.

January 2026 Berrien Historical Foundation meeting/quarterly program.
01/03/2026

January 2026 Berrien Historical Foundation meeting/quarterly program.

Berrien Historical Foundation Winter 2025 Newsletter:Our Oral History
01/03/2026

Berrien Historical Foundation Winter 2025 Newsletter:
Our Oral History

Berrien Native Lives ThroughWorst Hotel Fire in U.S. HistoryIt was early morning hours of December 7, 1946, exactly five...
10/09/2025

Berrien Native Lives Through
Worst Hotel Fire in U.S. History

It was early morning hours of December 7, 1946, exactly five years after the Sneak Attack of Pearl Harbor in 1941, and the Atlanta hotel that was “Absolutely Fireproof” erupted in flames. Two and a half hours later, 119 guests of the Winecoff Hotel were dead and 60 more had terrible injuries from the worst hotel fire in U.S. history. And a Berrien native was right in the middle of it.
This Thursday evening at 7:00 at the Perry Memorial Library, the Berrien Historical Foundation will present another video episode in its “Stories from the Best Little Museum” series. Learn more about this tragic event, and two other fascinating Berrien historical stories in this 45-minute program. The public is invited and free admission. For more information contact Bryan Shaw at 229-563-0586

Presentation “Little Country Stores of Berrien” Thursday August 21, 7:00 p.m. at Perry Memorial Library, Nashville, Geo...
08/19/2025

Presentation “Little Country Stores of Berrien”
Thursday August 21, 7:00 p.m. at Perry Memorial Library, Nashville, Georgia
One of the most nostalgic memories many folks have, is traveling the rural South Georgia landscape on a hot afternoon, coming across the occasional little country store, and getting a sudden hunger for an ice cold RC Cola and a Moon Pie.

Between 1930 and 1970 there were more than 30 of those stores spread throughout Berrien County. However, locating those little stores and their history is getting more difficult, as time has almost erased any sign of their existence, and the families that ran them.

This Thursday evening, August 21, the Berrien Historical Foundation will bring back some of those memories with a video presentation “Little Country Stores of Berrien” Episode One. The program starts at 7:00 at the Perry Memorial Library. Free admission and the public is invited. More information contact Bryan Shaw at 229-563-0586.

"Dirt Track Racers" ("Old Berrien" Summer Quarter 2025, Newsletter.)
06/10/2025

"Dirt Track Racers" ("Old Berrien" Summer Quarter 2025, Newsletter.)

Historical Foundation members and friends,The Old Berrien County Courthouse, The Old County Jail, and the Doughboy Monum...
04/14/2025

Historical Foundation members and friends,
The Old Berrien County Courthouse, The Old County Jail, and the Doughboy Monument. They are the most photographed subjects in Berrien County. All three are on the National Historical Register. And all three are in jeopardy. This Thursday evening, April 17th, at 7:00 in the Perry Memorial library, the Berrien Historical Foundation will give a video presentation with a brief history of these icons and report on their present condition and what is being done to preserve them. The public is encouraged to attend this important presentation. For more information contact me at 229-563-0586.

Berrien Historical Foundation Spring 2025 Newsletter.
03/11/2025

Berrien Historical Foundation Spring 2025 Newsletter.

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Berrien County Courthouse
Nashville, GA
31639

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