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Adventures with history and culture in the Sunshine State

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

From Tampa to the Moon with Jules Verne

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Today, Google ’s homepage features an interactive doodle celebrating author Jules Verne’s 183rd birthday. Although the doodle features his w...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Shuffling Away

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Shuffleboard courts in downtown Avon Park, Florida Shuffleboard and golden days of retirement are entwined in Florida mythology. In the mid...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Happy Presidents Day, Florida!

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Brass band awaiting Grover Cleveland's arrival in Lakeland, Florida, 1894 ( Florida State Archives ) Today, a U.S. president overlooks F...
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Friday, July 03, 2009

Miscellany, for Surfing on a Rainy Day

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10 Most Endangered Roadside Places , from Visual Ephemera " Hav-A-Tampa Closes Its Factory " St. Petersburg Times, June 24, 2009 ...
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Thursday, July 02, 2009

Hindu Temple of Tampa

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In the future, will the Hindu Temple of Tampa be a historic landmark? The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) guidelines ask for bu...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Edward Heberton

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Edward Heberton is buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery in Waldo, Florida. His marker is a rather plain marble stone: "Rev. Edward P. H...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Laurel Grove Cemetery: Grave Marker Symbolism

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Lillies are commonly associated with funerals in the United States - they are said to represent purity, but offer the practical aspect of be...
Monday, June 29, 2009

Main Street Daytona, More Than a Century Ago

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A circa 1895 cyanotype of Main Street Daytona (photograph courtesy Paul Jones)
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Laurel Grove Cemetery - William Gadsden Green

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William Gadsden Green Co K 2 Regt Fla Inf CSA 1839-1918 This headstone is the type authorized by the federal government in 1930 to be place...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Waldo's Laurel Grove Cemetery

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An impulsive right-hand turn down a narrow and flooding side street in Waldo, Florida , led us to the Laurel Grove Cemetery. This country ce...
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