Ita ce mai ba da izinin yin rajista ga duk jiragen ruwan shiga Savannah's Harbour
A tafiya tare da River Street a Savannah ya ba baƙi damar da dama iri cin abinci da kuma ra'ayi na jiragen ruwa mai girma fiye da yadda suke shiga cikin birnin.
Idan ka ga kanka kan jiragen ruwa kamar yadda jiragen ruwa ke gudana, kana da al'adar daga ɗaya daga cikin mutane da yawa da ke zaune a Savannah , daya daga cikin biranen mafi girma na Kudu. An tuna da jaririn Waving a wani mutum-mutumi a kan titin River Street, kuma ta dogara ne akan wani mutum mai gaskiya.
The Legend of Florence Martus
Florence Martus (1868 -1943), sanannun sawan Savannah da masu sufurin teku suna sananne ne a matsayin Waving Girl. Matar wani masarar da aka ajiye a Fort Pulaski, Florence daga baya ya koma gida kusa da kogin kusa da ƙofar tashar tare da dan uwan George, lokacin da aka sauke shi daga Coverspur Island Lighthouse zuwa Elba Island Lighthouse.
Kamar yadda labarin ke faruwa, rayuwa a gida mai nisa ya kasance kawai ga Florence wanda abokinsa mafi kusa shine abokiyar sadaukarwa. A lokacin da ya fara tsufa, ta sami dangantaka mai kyau tare da jiragen ruwa masu zuwa da kuma maraba da kowannensu tare da motsi na kayan aiki. Sailors ya fara dawowa ta gaisuwa ta hanyar tseren baya ko tare da busa ƙaho. A ƙarshe, Florence ta fara gaishe jiragen ruwa suna zuwa cikin duhu ta hanyar yin amfani da lantarki.
Florence Martus ta ci gaba da al'adunta na shekaru 44 kuma an kiyasta cewa ta maraba da fiye da 50,000 jirgi yayin rayuwarta.
Akwai damuwa da yawa game da batun Florence wanda ya fadi cikin ƙauna tare da wani jirgin ruwa wanda ba ya koma Savannah ba. Gaskiya, game da dalilin da ya sa ta fara da ci gaba da al'adun tayar da hankali har tsawon shekarun da yawa sun zama asiri.
A duk lokacin da ya faru, Florence Martus ya girma cikin labari na Savannah, wanda aka sani da nisa.
Ranar 27 ga watan Satumba, 1943, an haifi SS Florence Martus, mai suna Liberty ship. A cewar kamfanin tarihi na Georgia, shi ne "talatin da tamanin tamanin 'yan jiragen ruwa da aka gina a Savannah", kuma an kwashe su a Baltimore.
Florence an kwanta ya kwanta kusa da dan uwanta a Laurel Grove Cemetery a Savannah. Rubutun mahimman rubutun yana nuna sha'awar hidima ga tashar jiragen ruwa da baƙi.
A cikin ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwar ƙawata da ɗan'uwanta
Masu tsaron gidan hasumiya a tsibirin Elba, kogin Savannah na shekaru 35.
Matsayin Hotuna na Waving
Hoton da ke zaune a Savannah Harbour yau an halicce shi ne daga masanin fasalin Felix De Weldon, masanin tarihin tunawa da Marine Corps na Amurka a Arlington, Virginia (wanda aka fi sani da Iwo Jima Memorial).
Yana nuna Florence tare da takaddama mai aminci. Za'a iya gano wannan mutum a gabashin Kogin Yamma, yana kallon Ruwa Savannah daga bluff.
Sanarwar ta tabbata cewa kyaftin jirgin wanda ya kawo mutum-mutumin zuwa Savannah yana da irin wannan tunanin na Florence cewa ya ki biya biyan bashin.
Shirin jirgin sama na birnin Savannah ne ake kira Savannah Belles Ferry don ya girmama Florence da wasu mata masu daraja na Savannah.