After the Dec 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Dr. Charles Bressler-Pettis was galvanized to express the nation’s unity in a singular, towering vision, the Monument of States. The monument remains at Kissimmee’s Lakefront Park and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Dec. 8, 2015.
Julius Rosenwald became the president of Sears in 1908. With the Jewish ideals of tzedakah (charity) and tikkun olam (repairing the world) and the work of educator Booker T. Washington as inspiration, he established the Rosenwald Fund in 1917 and turned his resources to causes including the exclusion of Black children from education. His program built more than 5,300 schools in 15 states.
Florida Flashback continues to highlight some of the goings-on, people and places that spark a Central Florida history-lover’s gratitude at Thanksgiving, including a 95-year-old train station, nuns who first brought hope and hard work to Apopka 50 years ago and a new mural that celebrates Orlando’s citrus heritage.
Florida Flashback highlights some of the goings-on, people and places that spark a Central Florida history-lover’s gratitude at Thanksgiving, including a gift of books in 1921, Little Free Library collections and Henry Nehrling's home and gardens.