Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
East Florida in the American Revolution
FIRST ATTEMPTED AMERICAN INVASION OF EAST FLORIDA In August 1776, Major General Charles Lee who was the Continental Army’s Military Commander in the South authorized an invasion of East Florida. The previous year the Continental Army under General Richard Montgomery had invaded British-held Quebec, but Montgomery had been killed and Benedict Arnold led a retreat […]
West Florida in the American Revolution
Contrary to popular belief, Florida played a major role in the American Revolution. In honor of July 4, the next few days we’re going to look at this role, starting with the Gulf Coast campaign. Spain officially entered the war on May 8, 1779 as an ally of the United States and France. The Governor […]
Seven reasons Florida stayed loyal to Britain during the American Revolution
Happy 4th of July weekend folks! But it’s important to remind Floridians that our state stayed loyal to the British Crown during the war. Here are seven reasons why. Role of Catholicism in Florida staying loyal to the crown – Both East and West Florida had a far larger percentage of Catholics in 1775 than any […]
Southwest launching Fort Lauderdale-Omaha and resuming several Florida routes including Fort Myers Ian-related suspensions
Unsurprisingly Southwest Airlines took advantage of the buzz right before the holiday weekend to announce several new and resuming routes to the Sunshine State effective in January. New nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale to Omaha is included. In additional the following Florida routes that were previously flown either before Covid or last winter (in the […]
Paying attention to RFK Jr. is imperative to understanding the populist drift of the far left
He has been praised by Steve Bannon and appeared in conversation with Dr. Jordan Peterson. He’s regularly appeared on Newsmax and can count Jack Dorsey among his supporters. He’s gotten a co-endorsement (with Ron DeSantis!) from David Sacks. He’s parroted Russian talking points in terms of US’ foreign policy while expressed a level vaccine skepticism […]
4 Red Flags to Jacksonville’s Super League Announcement
My colleague at the Florida Soccer Report, Johnathan Starling has penned a great column about some red flags he sees with Jacksonville’s Super League Announcement. On Thursday, June 22nd, the group surrounding the Jacksonville Women’s Super League team made their grand presentation for the city of Jacksonville to see. However, in watching the presentation I saw four […]
Diplomacy between Spain and the US over Florida
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we dive into the negotiations and treaty that handed Florida over to the United States. We also discuss the angry reaction to Jackson’s invasion of Florida among Cabinet members, with one exception – John Quincy Adams. We discuss this historic irony as well. You can listen to the Florida […]
Lots and lots of Florida aviation news to catch up on
Apologies that this column hasn’t run in months. My father’s passing and other family and work responsibilities have taken me away from the commercial aviation space of late. But we have a load of updates below. Foreign carriers Norse Atlantic will shift its transatlantic services to Oslo and London (Gatwick) from Fort Lauderdale to Miami […]
The Florida Squeeze 