Category Archives: FORUM Article Archive

Seminole territory
The Seminole Story, Preserved

The Seminole Story, Preserved Photographs, maps, art and other objects in the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum document [...]

Woman painting a mural at a skate park during sunset as young people gather nearby.
In the Present Tense

In the Present Tense An historian reflects on why Americans still struggle to see Native [...]

Since time immemorial lake canoe
Since Time Immemorial

Since Time Immemorial The Miccosukees have a deep connection to Florida’s land, and a mandate [...]

View of Jacksonville’s Theatre Row, between 1930-1945.
Lights, Camera, Jacksonville

Lights, Camera, Jacksonville Before there was Hollywood, there was Jacksonville, and the city’s historic theaters [...]

The_English_Ship_Hampton_Court_in_a_Gale ship wreck
Shipwreck, Plunder and Betrayal

Shipwreck, Plunder and Betrayal How the Golden Age of piracy dawned on Florida’s shores By [...]

Painting of Bernardo deGálvez Pensacola siege
‘Yo Solo’: Bernardo deGalvez’s Bold Strike at Pensacola

‘Yo Solo’: Gálvez’s Bold Strike at Pensacola How a daring Spanish general defeated the British [...]

image of the Battle of Thomas Creek. Showing men on horses in revolutionary garb fighting with small swords and revolver pistols. Artwork by Jackson Walker.
A Loyal Province in a Rebel Age

A Loyal Province in a Rebel Age In Britain’s East Florida, Loyalists repelled three Continental [...]

A page from Mary Macklin's memoir of life during the American Revolution.
A Loyalist’s Life

A Loyalist’s Life The discovery of Mary Port Macklin’s lost memoir reveals a Revolutionary-era saga [...]

Revolution in the Streets, Revelations in the Swamp

Revolution in the Streets, Revelations in the Swamps As musket fire echoed in the colonies, [...]

Buried Secrets
Buried Secrets

Buried Secrets Florida’s deepest history lies hidden in ponds, sinkholes, and swamps, revealing a world [...]