Editing Savannah, Georgia (section)

===Squares===
{{Main|Squares of Savannah, Georgia}}
Savannah is noted for its 22 squares and small parks along five historic streets running north to south. Each street has between three and five squares. The squares vary in size and character, from the formal fountain and monuments of the largest, [[Johnson Square (Savannah, Georgia)|Johnson]], to the playgrounds of the smallest, [[Crawford Square (Savannah, Georgia)|Crawford]]. Elbert, [[Ellis Square (Savannah, Georgia)|Ellis]], and Liberty Squares are classified as the three "lost squares" destroyed in the course of urban development during the 1950s. Elbert and Liberty Squares were paved over to make way for a realignment of U.S. Route 17, while Ellis Square was demolished to build the [[City Market (Savannah, Georgia)|City Market]] parking garage. The city restored Ellis Square after razing the parking garage. The garage was rebuilt as an underground facility, the Whitaker Street Parking Garage, and opened in January 2009. The restored Ellis Square opened in March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialsavannahguide.com/ellis-square |title=Ellis Square in Savannah |access-date=2021-08-25 |publisher=Official Savannah Guide }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=609|title=Squares of Savannah|access-date=2009-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305044537/http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=609|archive-date=March 5, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Conn |first=Lesley |date=2009-01-23 |url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2009/01/23/city-celebrates-whitaker-street-garage-next-phase-ellis-square/13602370007/ |access-date=2009-07-21 |title=City celebrates Whitaker Street garage; next phase at Ellis Square |newspaper=[[Savannah Morning News]] and Evening Press }}</ref> Separate efforts are now underway to revive Elbert and Liberty Squares.

[[Franklin Square (Savannah, Georgia)|Franklin Square]] is the site of Savannah's Haitian Monument, which commemorates the heroic efforts of the [[Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue]] in the 1779 Siege of Savannah and for an independent America. One of the few black regiments to fight for the American side in the Revolutionary War, the soldiers were recruited from present-day [[Haiti]], which was the French colony of [[Saint-Domingue]] until its independence in 1804. Chippewa Square honors the [[Battle of Chippawa]] during the [[War of 1812]]. It features a large [[James Oglethorpe Monument|statue of James Oglethorpe]], the city's founder. In popular culture, the square is the location of the park bench seen in the 1994 film ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' from which the title character dispenses wisdom to others waiting for a bus.<ref name="Smiths">{{cite news |last1=Geiling |first1=Natasha |title=Visit These Iconic Forrest Gump Filming Locations |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/forrest-gumps-america-180951933/ |access-date=30 January 2020 |publisher=Smithsonian Magazine |date=3 July 2014}}</ref>

Because both Calhoun Square (the official name until 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peebles |first=Will |title=Savannah City Council votes unanimously to remove the name of Calhoun Square |url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/local/2022/11/10/savannah-city-council-votes-unanimously-remove-calhoun-square-name/8322587001/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Savannah Morning News |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Whitefield Square (Savannah, Georgia)|Whitefield Square]] were named for prominent slaveholders, a movement was begun in 2021 to rename them Sankofa Square and Jubilee Square, respectively.<ref>[https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2021/02/01/name-change-sought-savannah-george-whitefield-john-calhoun-squares-slavery-graveyard-burial-ground/4265343001/ "Push to erase names of slaveholders from Savannah squares would be first change in a century"] – ''[[Savannah Morning News]]'', February 1, 2021</ref> Calhoun Square was renamed [[Taylor Square (Savannah, Georgia)|Taylor Square]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-25 |title=Savannah renames historic square in honor of a Black woman, replacing slave advocate |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/savannah-renames-square-honor-susie-king-taylor-replacing-john-c-calho-rcna101825 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>