City of Sanford World War Memorial

Dedicated

By the City of

Sanford to her

Sons who made the

Svpreme Sacrifice

In the World War

A D 1926

Marker can be reached from Seminole Boulevard north of North Park Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy ...

Unearthing Florida: St. Augustine

While we know that St. Augustine is America’s oldest city, traces of the very first settlement there have only recently been discovered.

In 1565, Spaniard Pedro Menendez landed in St. Augustine with 800 people. He hastily moved into a Timucua ...

Unearthing Florida- Blockade Runners

Confederate vessels that slipped cargo past U.S. naval ships blocking Florida’s seaports were called blockade runners. They faced a constant threat of capture or destruction.

Two such vessels, discovered in the Hillsborough River near Tampa, highlight the risks these smugglers ...

Unearthing Florida: Narcisuss

Throughout the Civil War, Union steamships like the U.S.S. Narcissus played a crucial role in Florida by blockading the coastline, transporting troops, and raiding salt work operations.

Commissioned in 1863 by the U.S. Navy, the Narcissus served as a tugboat ...

Hammock Landing

In the summer of 2010, archaeologists investigated a Civil War cannon emplacement in Florida’s Torreya State Park along the Apalachicola River.

In 1862, the Confederate government of Florida made it a priority to defend the Apalachicola, which led to the ...

Unearthing Florida: Yulee Mill

Built and run by slave labor, the Yulee Sugar Mill was one of many essential industrial operations in Florida that supported the Confederacy during the Civil War.

The Yulee Sugar Mill near Homasassa was part of a 5100-acre plantation owned ...

Unearthing Florida- The Maple Leaf

In March of 1864, the Union Transport Ship Maple Leaf struck a Confederate mine and sank to the bottom of the St. John’s River near Jacksonville.

Minutes after the deafening blast, the Maple Leaf and its cargo spilled out across ...

Westview Cemetery World War Casualties Memorial

In Memory of World War Casualties

War No. I

Thomas Adjer

Scott Hill

Ollie Rutledge

War No. II

James Joyner

Johnnie M. Leroy

Frank Lewis

John M. McBride

Mayor

Richard A. Shirley

City Manager

John R. Moore, Jr.

Public Works Director

M. Anthony Norris

City Council Members

Beatrice R. Thompson

Thomas W. Dunaway III

James A. Stewart

Dennis H. McKee

Blake ...

Salem Village Witchcraft Victims’ Memorial

In memory of those innocents

who died during the

Salem Village Witchcraft Hysteria

of 1692

Back Monument:

“I am an innocent person. I never had to do with witchcraft since I was born. I am a Gosple woman.”

Martha Cory

“The Lord above knows my innocencye . ...

32 Legare Street

Sword Gate House

Legare Street is named for goldsmith Solomon Legare “the Huguenot,” who built the first house on this property. Before the lot left the family in 1803, his descendants had become wealthy plantation owners and commission merchants.

This ...