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Woodrow Wilson Plaza honors P...
Convent of the Sacred Heart
The Convent of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic all-gi...
Appel's Department Store
Jewish Merchants on Duval Street
Many of the first ...
Unearthing Florida: Dade's Massacre
When Major Francis Dade marched his troops from Fort Brook...
Unearthing Florida: Battle of Okeechobee
In the year 2000, a portion of the largest battleground of...
Unearthing Florida: Fort Caroline
Often a historical settlement is well known to historians....
Unearthing Florida: Fort King
In 1827 the U.S. Army built a fort near Ocala to keep the ...
Unearthing Florida: Rosario
In 1992 University of West Florida archaeologists discover...
Unearthing Florida: Downtown Forts
Starting in the 1750s, there were three main forts built a...
Unearthing Florida: Geroges Valentine
On October 13, 1904 the three-masted ship Georges Valentin...
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Make No Little Plans
Woodrow Wilson Plaza honors President Woodrow Wilson, noted scholar and former president of Princeton University. Located just inside the Ronald Reagan building ahead is the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the nation's memorial to our ...
Convent of the Sacred Heart
The Convent of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic all-girl school in the Manhattan borough of New York City and the oldest private school in the city.
Founded in 1881 by the Society of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic ...
Appel's Department Store
Jewish Merchants on Duval Street
Many of the first Jewish settlers in Key West worked as peddlers. In 1891, the Key West City Council passed an anti-immigrant, anti-peddler annual tax of $1,000 per cart. As a result, many of the ...
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 ...
