Showing posts with label fort pickens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fort pickens. Show all posts
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Memorial Day in the South, 2013

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Monument to First Memorial Day Columbus, Georgia Memorial Day has its roots in the South, where in the year or so after the close of th...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Fort Pickens - Santa Rosa Island, Florida

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Fort Pickens Battered over the years by hurricane, war and even a massive accidental explosion, the old brick walls of Fort Pickens conti...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Road Access restored to historic Fort Pickens, Florida

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After years of work by the National Park Service, historic Fort Pickens at Pensacola, Florida, can once again be reached by car. Hurricane I...
Thursday, February 5, 2009

Fort Pickens - Pensacola, Florida

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Construction is now underway on the road repairs that will soon reopen the Fort Pickens area of Gulf Islands National Seashore to cars once ...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

The Site of Fort McRee - Pensacola, Florida

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The sandy point visible in the distance on the right side of this photograph was an important site during the Civil War on Pensacola Bay. Th...
Monday, February 4, 2008

Pensacola Lighthouse - Pensacola, Florida

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One of my favorite old Southern lighthouses is the Pensacola Light, seen here. Built in 1858 and first lit in 1859, the lighthouse towers 16...
Sunday, February 3, 2008

Historic Pensacola, Florida

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The first part of our new section on the historic city of Pensacola, Florida, is now online at www.exploresouthernhistory.com . The site of...