page_title: Dublin, Georgia
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Dublin, Georgia / History
caption_attribution_description: File name: 06_10_014045 Title: Veterans Administration Bldg., Dublin, Ga. Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print (postcard)&#160;: linen texture, color&#160;; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Genre: Postcards Subject: Military facilities Notes: Title from item. Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: No known restrictions
context_page_description: Dublin is a city in Laurens County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 16,201. It is the county seat of Laurens County.
context_section_description: The original settlement was named after Dublin, Ireland.
  Dublin, according to a historical marker at the town's main Oconee River bridge, was one of the last encampments at which Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family stayed before being captured by Union forces in May 1865.
  In the Dublin riot of July 1919 there were a series of violent racial riots between white and black members of the community. These were part of a larger series of racial violence during the 1919 Red Summer.
caption: Veterans Administration building
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