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Wizarding World of Harry Potter Grand Opening
The June 18-24 edition of the Orlando Sentinel Calendar section was published under the title of "The Daily Prophet edition" to herald the grand opening of Universal Studio Orlando's Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Complete with color photos and a...
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter Grand Opening - Universal News
ABOVE: The front cover of Universal Orlando Resort's employee magazine "Universal News" publication for June 21-July 3, 2010 features a photo from the Grand Opening celebration with John Williams. Additional photos from the grand opening are featured on page 3...
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter Preview Brochure
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter brochure was given to guests in 2009 and early 2010 to promote the Spring 2010 grand opening at Universal Orlando Resort. Provides artist's renderings of Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, Three Broomsticks, and Ollivanders.
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter Grand Opening - USA Today
USA Today newspaper devoted an entire page to the Spring grand opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort in Spring 2010. Included was a map that when held up to your computer camera would reveal...
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A T & T Honors Helen Greenspun
A T & T honors Holocaust survivor Helen Greenspun for her presentation to their organization on her Holocaust experiences.
Helen Greenspun has lived in Central Florida since 1973 and was recognized by Orlando Magazine, January 2010, as a "Good n...
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D-Day, June 6th 1944: Remembering the Fallen
The officers and men of the 6th Naval Beach Battalion dedicate this plaque to our fallen comrades who gave their lives in defense of good over evil. They are silent sentinels who from their final resting place above the cliff...
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Joan Buning, St. James Cathedral Parishioner
Joan Buning of St. James Cathedral expresses her gratitude for life in the United States in this excerpt from an oral history interview conducted on April 21, 2011.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Buning lived in the last family home on Lake...
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Memorial Day Remembrances at St. James Cathedral
ABOVE: Photo of Captain Tom Buning with General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, December 1990. Tom Buning graduated from West Point in 1981 and completed a combat tour in Desert Storm. Tom grew up in the last family home on Lake Eola at the corner...
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Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Sisters of Notre Dame nun.
ABOVE: March 18th, 2011 photo of Sister Mary Katherine Palisin in front of the Tabernacle at Saint James Catholic Cathedral in downtown Orlando.
Sister Mary Katherine Palisin, Sisters of Notre Dame nun, remembers how her parents had a "living love for...
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Knights of the Altar at St. James Cathedral
ABOVE: November 28th, 1980 photo of the altar servers in procession at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando.
In this March 26, 2011 oral history interview at St. James Cathedral parishioner Tom Wilkes traces the history of the development of the...
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Community Life at Saint James Cathedral - Jean Wilkes
ABOVE: Photo of the Wilkes family from the St. James Centennial 1885-1985 directory celebrating 100 years of St. James Catholic Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Pictured are Tom and Jean Wilkes with son Kevin and daughter Kelly.
Her first memory of Orlando wa...
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Investiture of Female Altar Servers at St. James Cathedral
Article from Jubilee, the St. James Cathedral parish newsletter, February 1996, documenting the historic transition to include female altar servers at the cathedral. On October 27th, 1995 the first female altar servers at Saint James Cathedral were invested....
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