Savannah's Stereotypes

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Savannah’s photogenic side has long served as a popular backdrop for movies. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was filmed in the Historic District in 1997, and two years later The General's Daughter was shot at Wormsloe Plantation.

The bench on which Forrest Gump seizes anyone who’ll listen, stood on the north side of Chippewa Square, Savannah, Georgia. If you want to sit and ponder exactly how much like a box of chocolate life is, you’ll find the seats are within the garden square itself. The actual bench now resides in the Savannah History Museum.

Debi’s Restaurant in the city of Savannah is where Jenny worked as a diner waitress in the movie. It’s a functioning eatery off Wright Square that serves Southern cooking; and it has to

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