Florida Wine Making/ Mission San Luis

ALTHOUGH CALIFORNIA IS CONSIDERED A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR WINE TASTING TODAY, WINE WAS BEING PRODUCED IN FLORIDA THREE HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE CALIFORNIA BECAME A STATE. AROUND 1565, FRENCH HUGUENOTS NEAR JACKSONVILLE REPORTEDLY CONVERTED FLORIDA’S WILD MUSCADINE GRAPES INTO THE FIRST ...

Fernsehturm

Communist East Germany under Walter Ulbricht constructed the largest television tower in Europe. Rising above Alexanderplatz, the TV tower featured a revolving café and observation deck that were symbols of East German progress. After reunification, Fernsehturm became the one of ...

Greater St. James Missionary Baptist of Mims

In 1894, after organizing a congregation, St. James Colored Missionary Baptist Church acquired land in Mims, and with Rev. G. Brewer as pastor, built the first wooden church on this site in 1904 under the guidance of Rev. J.S. Gilbert. ...

Buffalo Soldiers Encampment Historical Marker

One of four all-black regiments in the regular army at the outbreak of the Spanish American War, the 10th Cavalry camped at this site on the shore of Lake Wire in the spring of 1898 while awaiting transport to Cuba. ...

Bethel African American Episcopal Church - Palatka

The residents of the community of Newtown organized the Bethel AME church in 1866. This Romanesque Revival style building was constructed by the congregation circa 1908-1912.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Photo courtesy of Fish Ministries.

Establishment of Tallahassee, Capitol of Florida

EVER WONDER WHY TALLAHASSEE IS FLORIDA'S CAPITAL?

IT GOES BACK TO WHEN FLORIDA BECAME

AN AMERICAN TERRITORY IN 1821.

THE UNITED STATES ACQUIRED WHAT HAD BEEN

TWO COLONIES, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA,

WITH CAPITALS IN ST. AUGUSTINE AND PENSACOLA.

THE ...

Theresa Coffey

Theresa Coffey lived in Guantanamo Bay when the Navy stationed her father there from 1961 to 1963. At age 13, she experienced the evacuation of the civilians from GTMO during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

Greater Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Home of the oldest black congregation in Miami, Greater Bethel AME Church was organized in 1896, several months before the city was incorporated. Construction of this Mediterranean Revival style building began in 1927 and was completed in 1942. It is ...

Bethel African American Episcopal Church - Punta Gorda

"Uncle Dan" Smith, a local African American religious leader constructed a thatch-roofed hut church on this site in 1886. Several white families, including Colonel Albert W. Gilchrist, who later became governor of Florida, were in attendance at the first service. ...

Garfield Cemetery

Dating back to the late-19th to mid-20th century, an archeological survey of this African American cemetery has found 13 marked graves.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.