YOU are part of Florida History, and we are telling YOUR story!   During the months of November and December ALL donations of any amount will be MATCHED dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000 thanks to Emily and Larry Lisska, the Lempel Donor Fund, Christopher Ranck, and other contributors.

Your $25 donation=$50 and your $500 donation=$1,000!   SELECT BELOW to donate now, and THANK YOU!

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You can also send a check to FHS, 435 Brevard Avenue, Cocoa, Florida 32922 or call 321-468-7797.

Just $31,470 to go in our overall goal of $100,000!

 

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FLORIDA FRONTIERS TV SERIES

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  • Today in Florida History November 21, The First Seminole War began in response to Andrew Jackson’s attacks into Spanish Florida against the Seminole Indians. This was not the first time the United States had made military excursions into the Spanish territory. Although Spain expressed outrage at having foreign military troops in their territory they eventually decided to cede the Floridas to the United States in 1819. Once the Adams-...Read more
 

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2025 Public History Forum

 

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YOU are a part of Florida history, and we are telling YOUR story. The Florida Historical Society preserves books, maps, postcards, photographs, documents and more at the Library of Florida History. We publish the latest research in the Florida Historical Quarterly, and in FHS Press books. We produce our “Florida Frontiers” radio and television programs, and podcasts. We gather for two conferences annually, make daily posts on Facebook, and much more.

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FHQ Reception, Nov 20th

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The Rollins Museum of Art in Winter Park is hosting a reception on November 20, from 5:30-7:00pm, commemorating the upcoming special issue of the Florida Historical Quarterly on “Puerto Ricans in Florida.”
The reception is presented in conjunction with the exhibit “Nostalgia for My Island: Puerto Rican Painting from the Museo de Arte de Ponce (1786-1962).”
 

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Recorded Virtual Conferences

FHS Virtual Conferences
The past 2021 and 2020 FHS conferences where held virtually due to the pandemic and the recordings can be viewed: