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Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks died March 5, 1770 during the Boston Massa...
Colonel Thomas Cass
Colonel Thomas Cass was born in Queens County, Ireland and...
Chinatown Heritage Mural
The Chinatown Heritage Mural Located at Oxford Street and ...
Chinatown Gate
The South Cove area that the Chinese immigrants turned int...
Arlington St. Church
On April 11, 2001, seven same-sex couples filed a suit aga...
Cain and Abel
Did you know that the last execution held ...
Cursing on a Sunday
Palafox Street has developed a reputation ...
Obscenity
Authorities in Pensacola once strictly enf...
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Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks died March 5, 1770 during the Boston Massacre. He is considered the first martyr of the American Revolution and later became a role model during the civil rights movement of the 1850s. Little is known about Attucks, but ...
Colonel Thomas Cass
Colonel Thomas Cass was born in Queens County, Ireland and then moved to Boston when he was nine months old. While in Boston he married, owned vessels that traded in the Azores Islands, had a share in a towboat company, ...
Chinatown Heritage Mural
The Chinatown Heritage Mural Located at Oxford Street and Oxford Place is a replica of Chinese artist Wang Yun’s “Autumn Mountains with Travellers.” The piece is hidden away in an alley among closely clustered buildings. The street used to be ...
Chinatown Gate
The South Cove area that the Chinese immigrants turned into their home was once home to all of the different immigrant groups throughout Boston’s history, with the Chinese being the last group to move into Boston. The Chinese began immigrating ...
Arlington St. Church
On April 11, 2001, seven same-sex couples filed a suit against the Department of Public Health in the state of Massachusetts. These seven couples wanted the right of civil marriage extended to same-sex couples. The individuals’ reasons varied, but they ...
Cain and Abel
Did you know that the last execution held in Pensacola occurred at noon on July 30, 1920? The condemned man’s name was Hosea Poole who had been found guilty of brutally murdering his brother.
On a warm summer ...
Cursing on a Sunday
Palafox Street has developed a reputation for its nightlife, but that aspect of Pensacola’s most important street was not always looked upon with fondness.
A little background… Spain ceded Florida to the United States through a treaty ...
Obscenity
Authorities in Pensacola once strictly enforced anti-obscenity laws in the city, including a prohibition on swearing in public and the sale of any literature deemed indecent. These restrictive laws do not date back to the prudish Victorian Era but ...
