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Program Number
12
Program Date
3-28-2009
Segment Summary
SEGMENTS | Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden | Queenie, the Water Skiing Elephant | The Last Slave Ships in Key West
Keywords
Florida Frontiers; Florida Industry; Agriculture; Tourism; African American
Sponsors
Brevard Cultural Alliance's mission is to build and sustain a dynamic and vibrant arts and cultural sector integral to Brevard County's quality of life.
Florida Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities
With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, FHC grants primarily respond to the needs of local communities, but they often address topics of statewide interest. FHC is particularly interested in projects that are collaborative, attract diverse audiences, encourage active participation from the public, and explore humanities topics and disciplines in interesting and engaging ways.
This project is sponsored in part by The Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
STARS Citation
Brotemarkle, Dr. Ben and Florida Historical Society, "Florida Frontiers Radio Show #12" (2009). Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society. 21.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-radio/21
Transcript - Radio Program #12
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Program Segments
Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden
Staff and visitors discuss the Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden in Delray Beach and the history of Japanese pineapple farmers in the area.
Mark-In Point: 01:13 Length: 13:03
Queenie, the Water Skiing Elephant
Liz Dane remembers what it was like to perform with Queenie, the water-skiing elephant, when Dane was a child in Vero Beach.
Mark-In Point: 14:18 Length: 5:16
The Last Slave Ships in Key West
Cory Malcolm, director of archaeology at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, and Madeleine Burnside, president of the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society, discuss the capture of three slave ships in the 1860s by the U.S. Navy that were brought to Key West. Local residents protected the Africans until they were relocated to Liberia.
Mark-In Point: 19:43 Length: 06:17