Eatonville resident Nehemiah Wagner was interviewed at the Eatonville Library branch on April 12, 2025, by library branch manager and Eatonville History Preservation Project 2025 coordinator Sara Brown.
View Nehemiah Wagner’s interview on the Orlando Memory YouTube Channel or read a transcript of the interview.
Mr. Wagner donated several items for use in the quilt project, including patches from the NASA jacket, below, and a quilt that belonged to his grandparents.
The above quilt, donated to the Eatonville History Preservation Project 2025, belonged to Mr. Wagner’s maternal and paternal grandparents and great grandparents from Central and East Alabama and West Orange County, Florida – J. and R. Wagner, W. and J. Davis, A and L Wagner (R. Wagner’s mother-in-law) and S. and L. Wynn (parents of R. Wagner).
Learn more about the Eatonville History Preservation Project 2025 and the participants.
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Jacket with NASA patches.
Nehemiah Wagner donated two patches from burgundy Apollo jacket, 1 denim jacket, and quilt that belonged to his maternal and paternal grandparents...
Blue jean jacket
Nehemiah Wagner donated two patches from burgundy Apollo jacket, 1 denim jacket, and quilt that belonged to his maternal and paternal grandparents...
Quilt
Nehemiah Wagner donated two patches from burgundy Apollo jacket, 1 denim jacket, and quilt that belonged to his maternal and paternal grandparents...
Nehemiah Wagner Interview
Nehemiah Wagner Interview at the Eatonville Public Library on April 12, 2025.
Nehemiah Wagner Interview
Nehemiah Wagner Interview at the Eatonville Public Library on April 12, 2025.
Nehemiah Wagner Interview at the Eatonville Public Library on April 12, 2025.