Relive 250 Years of New Smyrna Beach (Hometown News) The second oldest city in Florida and site of the largest single attempt at British colonization in the new world, New Smyrna Beach will celebrate its 250-year anniversary Saturday, June…
Caption: The Saratoga of The South, Miami Racing Association Location: Hialeah, Florida Date: March 1931 Photographer: William J. Fallon Source: Library of Congress
Wacky Golf sign, Wacky Golf, Jacksonville, Florida. Courtesy of Library of Congress, John Margolies. By Robert Sanchez Florida must be doing something right or else thousands of people wouldn’t be moving here each year. Indeed, by most fair-minded assessments and…
Note: Members of an American landing party lend helping hands to others whose landing craft was sunk by enemy action off the coast of France during D-day. These survivors reached Utah Beach by using a life raft. Location: Normandy Beach Date:…
By Robert Sanchez As Florida’s millions of veterans observed Memorial Day 2018, they had one more reason to stand tall and proud: A newly released report ranks the Sunshine State as the best place in the United States for military…
Caption: Albumen photograph of the Everglades landscape with two hammocks Location: Florida Everglades Date: Circa 1880 Credit: Courtesy of Lillian Frow Peacock and Eunice Peacock Foundation,University of Miami Libraries
