City: Richmond Hill, GA

Category: Retirement

Telephone: (912) 756-4300

Address: 141 Timber Trail

Description: This apartment complex for seniors emphasizes independence. There are 120 apartments in the three-story complex, which opened in 1990. Rents range from $1,520 for the one-bedroom, 600-square-foot units and go up to $1,920 for the 900-square-foot, two-bedroom units. Housekeeping and all utilities except telephone service are included. The dining room provides a midday meal that is designed to be the major meal of the day. Amenities include a full schedule of classes and activities, and the property includes a lakeside walking trail and other fitness options. A limited number of assisted-living units are available. It is affiliated with the Methodist church and offers a chapel and variety of spiritual activities, but it is nondenominational and sets no religious requirements for eligibility. (Richmond Hill is a bedroom community just outside Savannah’s Chatham County.)

City: Richmond Hill, GA

Category: Tours & Attractions

Telephone: (912) 727-2339

Address: 3894 Fort McAllister Rd.

Description: This 1,725-acre park between the Ogeechee River and Red Bird Creek has two alluring identities: It’s a recreational area featuring amenities for campers and picnickers, and it’s also the site of an earthen fort where much of the Savannah area’s most significant Civil War action took place.Prior to 1980 these two attractions existed as Richmond Hill State Park and Fort McAllister Historic Site. That year, they were combined to form Fort McAllister State Historic Park, which today is operated by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. There’s a $3.50 to $5 parking fee to enter the park, which is open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (campers arriving later can register at their campsites); admittance is free on Wed. There are also three homey cottages (built 14 feet above the ground) to rent at this park for $125 per night. The cottages have two double beds in each bedroom and sleep eight. There are fully equipped kitchens with microwaves and dishwashers, heat, and air-conditioning. One, in particular, also has a lovely screened-in porch that overlooks the marsh.

City: Richmond Hill, GA

Category: Tours & Attractions

Telephone: (912) 884-5999

Address: 2559 Fort Morris Rd.

Description: This peaceful little spot on a low bluff on the Medway River was the scene of one of the classic rejoinders in American history. During the Revolutionary War, the British besieged the American earthworks of Fort Morris and the nearby town of Sunbury, and the Redcoat commander demanded a surrender. The fort’s commander, Col. John McIntosh, answered the demand in this defiant manner: “We, sir, are fighting the battles of America, and therefore disdain to remain neutral till its fate is determined. As to surrendering the fort, receive this laconic reply, ‘Come and take it!’” Lacking some expected support from another British force and the exact knowledge of the strength of the troops at Fort Morris, the Redcoats did not follow McIntosh’s suggestion; instead, they retreated. Fort Morris, however, eventually fell to the British and was dismantled. A smaller earthen fort, called Defiance in honor of McIntosh’s reply, was built during the War of 1812 from the remains of Fort Morris, and you can explore it by visiting this site. Strolling around the walls of the fort under the majestic oaks towering over it, you have a wonderful view of the Medway and its marshes, and you might even get a glimpse of a shrimp boat trawling in the river. The interpretive center/museum at the site tells the saga of the fort and of Sunbury, the town it was built to protect, and there’s also a mile-long nature trail through marsh and scrub oak forest. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which maintains the 70-acre site, offers several special events during the year, including the Independence Day Colonial Faire in July and the “Come and Take It!” reenactment in November. Admission to the site is $2.50 for adults, $2 for seniors, and $1.50 for youths ages 6 to 18; entry for children younger than age 6 is free. Fort Morris is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tues through Sat and from 2 to 5:30 p.m. on Sun. It’s closed on Mon, with the exception of federal holidays. While you’re at the interpretive center at Fort Morris State Historic Site, be sure to view the award-winning, 12-minute video, Sunbury Sleeps: The Forgotten Town of Sunbury, Ga. This hauntingly beautiful tribute to one of Georgia’s “lost towns” serves as the perfect introduction to the next stop on our day trip, the Sunbury Cemetery. The cemetery is a little more than a mile from the entrance to Fort Morris. After leaving the fort, turn right onto Fort Morris Road and keep to your left until you reach Sunbury Road. Turn left onto this dirt road and drive to Dutchmans Cove Road, then take a right and follow this unpaved lane a short distance to the cemetery.

City: Richmond Hill, GA

Category: Tours & Attractions

Telephone: (912) 884-7008

Address: 660 Trade Hill Rd.

Description: This 104-acre site portrays the history and culture of African Americans living in coastal Georgia during 1865 to 1930. Using authentic buildings and displays of artifacts, Seabrook brings that period to life. Among stops on guided and self-guided tours of the village are Bowen’s Farm, with its rice fields and a barn containing tools used in farming, gathering oysters, and making turpentine; the Ripley Corn Crib, where corn is ground into grits and meal; the Seabrook School, with its original wooden blackboard and desks made by former student John Stevens; the Gibbons-Woodward House, in which you can see a rural kitchen, a feather bed, and a replica of the original clay chimney; a mill and boiler house where stalks of sugarcane are ground by horsepower and cooked into syrup; the Delegal-Williams House, with its family photographs and local furnishings; and a train depot that was moved to the site from nearby Riceboro. While you’re visiting Seabrook, be sure to see the unusual artwork of Cyrus Bowen, with which he adorned local gravesites. Seabrook is open Tues through Sat from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Group tours lasting three hours and conducted by costumed guides are available, as are one-hour guided tours in the afternoon. The next stop on our tour is Midway, which was established in 1754 by a group of Congregationalists from Dorchester, South Carolina. Their Midway Society produced governors, cabinet members, U.S. senators and congressmen, numerous ministers, and foreign missionaries. The parish they settled, St. John’s, was a hotbed of patriotic fervor during the years leading up to the American Revolution, and two of its residents, Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett, were among Georgia’s three signers of the Declaration of Independence. To get to Midway, head west on US 84 back to I-95 and stay on US 84 until you reach US 17. Turn right onto US 17. Clustered just up the road are the Midway Museum, Midway Congregational Church, and the Midway Cemetery.