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Links of Note: Relive 250 Years of New Smyrna Beach and Other News

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…

Heads up, Floridians, the Jokes are on us

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…

Florida: The Best State For Military Retirees

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…

Photo of the Week: The Florida Everglades, ca. 1880

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