An overview of the John D Mac Arthur State Park in Palm Beach County
On a recent Florida History Podcast we discussed future President Zachary Taylor and his military actions at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee which took place in December 1837. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for […]
A fantastic video which you can see in the Silver River Museum in Ocala.
Features an interview with the one and only Marjorie Harris Carr, who did as much as anyone to protect Florida’s fragile ecosystems.
This is an excerpt from my book Florida and the American Revolution Food and drink in 1780 St Augustine St Augustine was bustling population wise during the war yet only had about 400 homes, leading to many exiles living on the periphery of the town or outside it entirely. The town boasted about 40 taverns, […]
As a keen observer of UK politics (In the last decade I probably have followed British politics MUCH closer on a week-to-week basis than US (non-Florida) politics which as this site indicates I’m largely checked out of thanks to multiple factors) I’ve been in a deep mode of concentration the last few weeks. Because historically […]
This is an excerpt from my book Florida and the American Revolution. In recent years thanks to HBO’s wonderful, John Adams miniseries, a revival of interest in John Dickinson who was expertly played by Zeljko Ivanek has occurred. Dickinson opposed the Declaration of Independence as we learn in the miniseries. But before and after July […]
Today is Election Day in the UK – voters are expected to usher the Tories out of Westminster in a big way. I am rerunning my column from 2022 on Boris Johnson to remind our readers of what the recent era of Tory rule has done to Britain. — PREFACE: Please understand I am not […]
The Florida Squeeze 