In 2024, the Heritage Center welcomed Bo Edwards and Marion Nelson who shared the history of the Oconee Greenway; Mike Brown, author of The Last Laird of Sapelo; Jessica Whitehead, photographer, who discussed her photography of Central State Hospital, compiling an exhibit entitled Seeking Asylum; and Marsha Fort Herren with memoires from her book, From My Perspective…It Was All Golden.

Previous years have brought Christopher Lawton and Dr. Randy Reid, authors of Seen/Unseen: Hidden Lives in a Community of Enslaved Georgians; Ashley Quin with her search for 19th and 20th century signed gravestones in central Georgia; and Charlie Brown, author of Railroading in Milledgeville: A Researcher’s Guide with a focus on “The Dummy Line”; Walter Reynolds with his look at Central State Hospital Past & Present; and Dr. Bruce Harshbarger, our guide for Lafayette’s 1825 visit to the United States and Milledgeville.