The Jacksonville Historical Society has a long history of teaming up on meaningful projects with the University of North Florida. One such project...
The Many Lives of Viola B. Muse
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Bicentennial Bytes
History is a collection of stories that, when shared, begin to educate the community about its past and to help shape its future. Everyone has a story and we are seeking yours for a bicentennial book. If you would like to share how, when and why your family came to Jacksonville, please click here to send us your story.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
A question that occasionally surfaces in Jacksonville is, who was Andrew Jackson? In the 200th year of our city’s existence under that name,...
Douglas Anderson: A Legacy 100 Years in the Making
In 2022, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (DASOTA) celebrates its centennial. The institution has evolved and seen many faces over such an...
How will you commemorate the city’s 200th birthday?
A city only gets one chance to celebrate a bicentennial and Jacksonville’s 200th Birthday would not be complete without a milestone event. To...
Our Bicentennial Year is Here
We live in a city whose location we did not select, that we did not design or build, dependent on technologies that we did not invent, speaking...
The Green Book
The month of December is often described as a time of peace, harmony and good will to all. Yet the Green Book, a relic from the past, tells of a...
American President Grover Cleveland visits Jacksonville not once but twice!
Jacksonville isn’t generally known as a mecca for Presidential visits, but in February 1888 it happened. Grover Cleveland and his wife, accompanied...
Becoming Jacksonville
At the beginning of its bicentennial year Jacksonville ought to be an easier place to describe than it is. By population and area, Jacksonville is...
How Pearl Harbor Shaped Jacksonville
Eighty years ago, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor helped bring Jacksonville fully into the 20th century. The most obvious reason has to do with...