Jacksonville, Florida
A few years back the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston digitized 2,500 assorted papers from their Hemingway Collection. Among them was a personal recipe from Papa Hemingway himself. A recipe for his favorite pan fried hamburgers. What better salute to Proud Papas Read More …
On October 1, 1968, the government of the City of Jacksonville and the government of Duval County were replaced with a new government called the Consolidated City of Jacksonville. On that same day, Jacksonville’s new City Council passed an ordinance declaring the official seal of Read More …
Join I’m A Star teen influencers for a viewing of the PBS Documentary Black Wall Street Saturday. Students ages 12-18 will learn about the thriving black business district in the affluent Greenwood community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. As 2021 marks 100 years since the Tulsa Race Read More …
Thousands of Floridians, and men from other states who had trained in Florida, took part in the largest amphibious military operation in human history on the Normandy coast of France 76 years ago on this date in 1944. Over 150,000 Allied troops participated in what Read More …
Today in 1963 The Florida Supreme Court responded, in a 5-2 decision in the Green v. American Tobacco Company suit, with the opinion that cigarette companies are not liable for the deaths of cigarette consumers. However they did argue, for the first time, that cigarettes Read More …
One hundred years ago today, the first bombs ever dropped on American soil were dropped on the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Ok. Greenwood – the most preeminent Black community in the United States at the time – was home to 10,000 residents and contained scores Read More …
“Lots of exciting things coming up, but the one I’m most excited for is Duval County Queer Pride! The Cabaret Hour is putting on a one of a kind floor show for you June 18th at The Volstead! $10 gets ya in for a night Read More …
The first Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Florida was established in Eastport near Jacksonville on this date in 1933. The CCC was a federal worker-relief program designed to get young men working on construction and conservation projects throughout the United States, as part of Read More …
Jacksonville was named for General Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of Florida who, incidentally, never visited Jacksonville. Duval Street, like the county, was named for William Pope Duval, the first Territorial Governor of Florida. Isiah Hart, who founded Jacksonville, named two of the city’s Read More …
It is unclear when and where Memorial Day began. More than two dozen U.S. cities claim to the be the “Birthplace of Memorial Day.” There’s Macon, Ga., and Richmond, Va. And Columbus, Miss., which claims women there decorated the graves of both Union and Confederate Read More …
Today in 1972, the Jacksonville Symphony held a sesquicentennial concert that featured an original composition by Duke Ellington entitled “Celebration”, written specifically for Jacksonville’s 150th birthday. Ellington himself was on hand at Jacksonville’s Civic Auditorium for the special evening and the performance received rave reviews. Read More …
The Florida State College for Women (FSCW) in Tallahassee was reorganized and renamed Florida State University (FSU) on this date in 1947. In response to the massive influx of World War II veterans returning to the state who were taking advantage of government-funded educational programs, Read More …
This Thursday will be National Buttermilk Biscuit Day. The day is to celebrate this high-rising breakfast staple we call the biscuit. Biscuits are made using baking powder or baking soda as a leavening agent rather than yeast. A typical buttermilk biscuit recipe contains flour, baking powder, baking Read More …
The first woman to break the speed of sound in an airplane, Jacqueline Cochran, was born in Muscogee, near Pensacola, on this date in 1906. Cochran began flying airplanes in the early 1930s after moving to New York, and was soon competing in a number Read More …
Commonly referred to as “Winged Victory”, the sculpture “Spiritualized Life” is the focal point of Memorial Park in Riverside. It is a bronze sculpture that depicts “the winged figure of youth” rising from the “mad maelstrom of earthly passions.” It was executed by Florida sculptor Read More …
Florida’s first telephone exchange opened on May 24, 1880 in Jacksonville. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company opened with thirty-four subscribers. Popularity for the new device slowly grew, and by 1897 the first long distance line from Jacksonville to Georgia was established, at a rate Read More …
The Title & Trust Company of Florida Building is a historic site in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 200 East Forsyth Street. On February 23, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. From the Florida Division of Historical Resources: Read More …
Inscription. On May 3, 1901 at 12:30 p.m., a fire began at the Cleaveland Fibre Factory, ten blocks northwest of this site. Chimney embers ignited sun-dried moss to be used as mattress stuffing. Fueled by wind and dry weather, the fire roared east destroying most Read More …