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Program Number
74
Program Date
11-23-2010
Segment Summary
SEGMENTS | Florida's Maritime Heritage | 1513 Moment - The "Real" First Thanksgiving | Paris in South Florida | Peter Mathiessen - Killing Mr. Watson
Keywords
Florida Frontiers; Maritime History; Florida Artists; Colonial History; Holidays; Development
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 Program #74" (2010). Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society. 67.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-radio/67
Program Segments
Florida's Maritime Heritage
Editor Dan Smith talks about finding and publishing a sketchbook by Phlip Ayer Sawyer in the Florida State Archives. It contained more than 100 sketches of Florida vessels, including sailboats, steamers, and Seminole Canoes. Sayer was part of the WPA project called HAMMS—Historic American Merchant Marine Survey.
Mark-In Point: 01:17 Length: 14:08
1513 Moment - The "Real" First Thanksgiving
Historian Dr. Michael Gannon discusses St. Augustine, the first permanent European colony in the modern United States and the first Thanksgiving held there, which predated the one between the Massachusettes Pilgrims and Native Americans by fifty-six years.
Mark-In Point: 16:02 Length: 01:52
Paris in South Florida
John Unruh discusses the 1920s development on Vero Beach of the Royal Palms by his grandfather Walter Buckingham and Waldo Sexton.
Mark-In Point: 18:00 Length: 04:28