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Program Number
04
Program Date
1-26-2009
Segment Summary
SEGMENTS | Rossetter House Museum | German POWs in Florida | Cape Florida Lighthouse
Keywords
Florida Frontiers; Women's History; Historic Preservation; World War II; Lighthouses
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 #4" (2009). Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society. 4.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-radio/4
Transcript - Radio Program #4
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Program Segments
Rossetter House Museum
This program is about Carrie Rossetter and her remembrances of life at the turn of the century when she was a child in Florida. Today, her family home is a museum dedicated to life in the late nineteeth century and early twentieth century in Florida.
Mark-In Point: 01:11 Length: 13:55
German POWs in Florida
Rupert Methrot, a former German prisoner of war, discusses what it was like to live in a POW camp in Florida during World War II.
Mark-In Point: 15:25 Length: 05:55
Cape Florida Lighthouse
Miami historian Dr. Paul George and author Dr. Kevin McCarthy discuss the Cape Florida Lighthouse, which is located on Biscayne Bay near Miami and is Florida's oldest lighthouse and the oldest structure in south Florida.
Mark-In Point: 21:26 Length: 06:37