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Oral History Interview with Larry Grimes
I was born in a Florida Hospital just up the road here on 17-92 between here and Winter Park, May 26, 1934. And my family, my parents had adopted two children. They were married several years, had no children and...
Events
Women's Rally Central Florida
On January 21, 2017 over 6,000 people rallied in solidarity as peaceful advocates and defenders of women's rights, safety, and health. The event took place at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando and coincided with more than 600 marches throughout...
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Panel Discussion Featuring Local Survivors
Holocaust survivor Gene Klein and Dr. Susan Bach, daughter of a Holocaust survivor, at The International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Panel Discussion Featuring Local Survivors, at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland...
People
Newton Pendleton Yowell
Newton Pendleton Yowell was born in Luray, Page County, Virginia on December 16, 1871. He was the first of five children of David and Susannah Yowell. In 1884, because of his father's serious illness the Yowell family moved to the...
People
Florida Supreme Court Justice James E. C. Perry
Oral history interview with Florida Supreme Court Justice James E. C. Perry at the Orlando Public Library, December 19, 2016.
My name is James Edward Clark Perry. I was born in New Bern, North Carolina. I was born in the housing...
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Oral History Interview with Donovan Dean
I'm Patrick Donovan Dean born here in Orlando General Hospital 28 September '39. I was born here, but during the war my folks moved to Lakeland. My father, Donovan Dean, was an architect, and became the base engineer for the...
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Pulse Memorial Paver Garden - Orlando Health
49 pavers with the names of the 49 lives lost on June 12, 2016 at the Pulse Nightclub circle the entrance of Lake Beauty Park at Orlando Health.
"Orlando Health has unveiled their Memorial Paver Garden on the shore of Lake...
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Six-Month Remembrance of the Pulse Nightclub Tragedy
December 12, 2016 marked the six-month anniversary of the Pulse nightclub tragedy which took 49 lives and injured 68 people. The Orange County Regional History Center hosted a special event with community leaders, local singers, and community members paying ...
People
George Alland: I Remember: Reflections of Eyewitnesses to the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor George Alland speaking at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, December 11, 2016.
This is the last program in the 2016 Holocaust Center series entitled, I Remember: Reflections of Eyewitnesses to th...
Events
Come Out With Pride Parade
The annual Orlando Pride Parade in downtown Orlando.
The Orlando Pride Parade was led by the color guard.
Forty-nine angel kites representing the forty-nine victims of the Pulse shooting were flown at the 2016 Come Out With Pride Parade.
A...
People
Maury L. Carter
Above: Maury L. Carter and his son, Daryl Carter, featured in Florida Trend, July 1991.
Maury Carter, born in Ferrum, Virginia. My dad was a farmer and a carpenter. We had a small farm, 100 acre farm in Virginia not far from Roanoke....
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Orlando - The Charm of the South
"Orlando - The Charm of the South" appears to be a promotional brochure created to encourage real estate purchase and home building in Orlando for permanent and winter residents.
It includes a map of the county and city published by the South Florida Sen...
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