by Senior Scene | Apr 30, 2022 | Community, General Interest, Local History, Magazine, Top Story (C)
A Great Big Canary By Diane Barile, South Brevard Historical Society Miners kept a canary in the coal mine. A dead canary meant “This is no place for man or beast”. Our canary in the Indian River Lagoon is neither small or yellow, but...
by Senior Scene | Feb 28, 2022 | Community, Featured Article (03), General Interest, Local History, Magazine, Veteran News
Florida’s Key Role in the American Revolutionary War by Donn Weaver, Council Chairman History will be relived at the Veterans Memorial Center on March 12. When the American War of Independence ended in 1783, Florida was still a Spanish Colony and the Redcoats never...
by Senior Scene | Jan 31, 2022 | Community, Featured Article (03), General Interest, Local History, Magazine, Veteran News
Honoring Veterans Throughout History by Donn Weaver, Council Chairman For the past six years the Veterans Memorial Center (VMC) has been hosting a nationally recognized ceremony to honor “The Four Immortal Chaplains” of WWII fame. This year, with many seeking ways to...
by Senior Scene | Dec 31, 2021 | General Interest, Local History, Magazine, Top Story (C)
English Colony Melbourne, FL By Diane D. Barile, South Brevard Historical Society Perhaps tea was served everyday at four, or not. But indeed some of the first settlers in the village of Melbourne had strong Great Britain ties. The original settlers,...
by Senior Scene | Dec 31, 2021 | Community, Featured Article (03), General Interest, Local History, Magazine, Veteran News
Missing In America Project – Florida (MIAP) by Donn Weaver, Council Chairman YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN: Ceremony at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery on Dec 1, Honors 24 Veterans and 2 Spouses cremains that have previously gone unclaimed. On December 1, 2021, under...
by Senior Scene | Nov 30, 2021 | General Interest, Local History, Magazine, Top Story (C)
Bye Bye Birdie By Diane D. Barile, South Brevard Historical Society The last of the wild and free were killed in a large swamp at the head waters of the Sebastian River in the late 1800s. The head or hammock fed the meanderings of the river to the Indian River...
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