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Here are some of the many useful links for Orlando residents and visitors. What's your favorite Orlando website? News Websites and Publications. Downtown Orlando Official Site. Orlando and Central Florida Event Blogs. Central Florida Top 5. Museums in Central Florida. Orlando Museum of Art. The Orange County Regional History Center. Art and History Museums - Maitland. The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. The Mennello Museum of American Art. Cornell Fine Arts Museum (Rollins College).
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Finding Joy in Florida | Searching the Past, Present, and In Between the Lines | Page 2
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Finding Joy in Florida. Searching the Past, Present, and In Between the Lines. Newer posts →. Orlando’s really big star. November 29, 2013. The 1950s incarnation of Orlando’s Christmas star. In “Miracle,” Macy’s Santa (Edmund Gwenn) tells a frazzled mom (Thelma Ritter) that she can find the toy she’s seeking at Gimbel’s. As it turns out, shoppers love that spirit of cooperation. A shopping mother played by Thelma Ritter praises Macy’s Santa in the 1947 “Miracle on 34th Street.”. The star debuted the year...
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In the pines of Florida, Christmas everlasting | Finding Joy in Florida
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Finding Joy in Florida. Searching the Past, Present, and In Between the Lines. To Bedford Falls, with love. As April dawns, the tale of Palmetto Pete returns →. In the pines of Florida, Christmas everlasting. December 25, 2013. The perpetual peace garden at Christmas, December 2013. We know the story’s beginning thanks to Capt. Nathan S. Jarvis, a U.S. Army surgeon who kept a journal about his war adventures. The soldiers built a stockade made of upright 18-foot pine logs, sharpened at the top, and named...
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american history | Finding Joy in Florida
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Finding Joy in Florida. Searching the Past, Present, and In Between the Lines. Tag Archives: american history. In the pines of Florida, Christmas everlasting. December 25, 2013. The perpetual peace garden at Christmas, December 2013. Way back during the Seminole Wars, a peaceful place in the Central Florida pines became Christmas, every day. Long-ago soldiers named it in 1837, but we owe its role as a North Pole of the South to the history and work of the Tucker family. The only means of travel was by ox...
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Florida Crackers | Finding Joy in Florida
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Finding Joy in Florida. Searching the Past, Present, and In Between the Lines. Tag Archives: Florida Crackers. In Florida, It’s Absolutely Great to Be a Cracker. April 15, 2014. This Orlando postcard from the 1890s was captioned “The Cracker in Town.”. In a lot of places, you might be slugged for calling someone a cracker, if you mean a bigoted, redneck Southern white. But in Florida, it’s great to be a Cracker so much so that we capitalize it. Cracker: The Cracker Culture in Florida History. University ...
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captain Nathan S. Jarvis | Finding Joy in Florida
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Finding Joy in Florida. Searching the Past, Present, and In Between the Lines. Tag Archives: captain Nathan S. Jarvis. In the pines of Florida, Christmas everlasting. December 25, 2013. The perpetual peace garden at Christmas, December 2013. Way back during the Seminole Wars, a peaceful place in the Central Florida pines became Christmas, every day. Long-ago soldiers named it in 1837, but we owe its role as a North Pole of the South to the history and work of the Tucker family. The only means of travel w...
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Florida history | Finding Joy in Florida
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Finding Joy in Florida. Searching the Past, Present, and In Between the Lines. Tag Archives: Florida history. In Florida, It’s Absolutely Great to Be a Cracker. April 15, 2014. This Orlando postcard from the 1890s was captioned “The Cracker in Town.”. In a lot of places, you might be slugged for calling someone a cracker, if you mean a bigoted, redneck Southern white. But in Florida, it’s great to be a Cracker so much so that we capitalize it. Cracker: The Cracker Culture in Florida History. University o...
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Books | Finding Joy in Florida
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Finding Joy in Florida. Searching the Past, Present, and In Between the Lines. Orlando, City of Dreams (The Making of America: Florida). Historic Photos of Orlando. In stunning black and white photography. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Orlando and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Orlando! Remembering Orlando: Tales From Elvis to Disney. You are c...
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As April dawns, the tale of Palmetto Pete returns | Finding Joy in Florida
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Finding Joy in Florida. Searching the Past, Present, and In Between the Lines. In the pines of Florida, Christmas everlasting. In Florida, It’s Absolutely Great to Be a Cracker →. As April dawns, the tale of Palmetto Pete returns. April 1, 2014. A vintage view of Lake Eola Park. It was just about twilight when I found myself walking at the park behind a stooped, white-haired man with a long beard. Behind him on the pavement were what first appeared to be five flat, dark, oval stones. Ack! I said, thinkin...
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Florida tales | Finding Joy in Florida
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Finding Joy in Florida. Searching the Past, Present, and In Between the Lines. Category Archives: Florida tales. As April dawns, the tale of Palmetto Pete returns. April 1, 2014. A vintage view of Lake Eola Park. It was just about twilight when I found myself walking at the park behind a stooped, white-haired man with a long beard. Behind him on the pavement were what first appeared to be five flat, dark, oval stones. Ack! Thanks to ‘Anonymous Cow,’ Wikimedia Commons. See, this was back in the 1920s, he ...
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