Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial

The Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium occupies a 6.2-acre site. Masses of graceful trees and shrubbery frame the burial area and screen it from passing traffic. At the ends of the paths leading to three of the ...

American Museum of Natural History

Located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest and most acclaimed museums in the world. The Museum is comprised of over 20 interconnected buildings, housing exhibition halls, research laboratories, ...

Unearthing Florida: Dade's Massacre

When Major Francis Dade marched his troops from Fort Brooke in Tampa to Fort King in Ocala - in the winter of 1835 - they had no idea it would ignite the longest Indian war in American history.

At about the ...

Unearthing Florida: Battle of Okeechobee

In the year 2000, a portion of the largest battleground of the Second Seminole War was purchased by the state and designated as Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park.

The battle occurred on Christmas Day of 1837 on the north shore of ...

Unearthing Florida: Fort Caroline

Often a historical settlement is well known to historians. But, to archaeologists they can be very elusive. Such is the case with the French Fort Caroline, near present day Jacksonville.

It was in 1564 that French Huguenots, seeking to escape religious ...

Unearthing Florida: Fort King

In 1827 the U.S. Army built a fort near Ocala to keep the Seminole Indians within specified reservations. The garrison, which became known as Fort King, played a major

The Second Seminole War stemmed from President Andrew Jackson’s policy of ...

Unearthing Florida: Rosario

In 1992 University of West Florida archaeologists discovered the remains of the Rosario, an early, 18th century Spanish fragata that sank in Pensacola Bay over 300 years ago.

The “Rosario” was a large, 50-gun frigate that was built of mahogany and ...

Unearthing Florida: Downtown Forts

Starting in the 1750s, there were three main forts built along the waterfront in what is now downtown Pensacola.

The first fort, San Miguel de Panzacola, was a small wooden garrison built by the Spanish about 1755. All that we ...

Unearthing Florida: Geroges Valentine

On October 13, 1904 the three-masted ship Georges Valentine set sail from Pensacola carrying a load of lumber destined for Buenos Aires. A few days later the vessel encountered a violent storm in the Straits of Florida.

After three consecutive days ...

Unearthing Florida: 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet

Shipping riches of gold, silver, and exotic resources from the New World across the Atlantic was often dangerous for Spanish sailing fleets centuries ago: especially during hurricane season.

In July of 1733 the New Spain fleet, made up of four armed ...