by Senior Scene | Jun 1, 2021 | Community, Featured Article (01), Local History, Magazine, Nostalgia
Trees, Pirates and the US Navy Diane Barile, South Brevard Historical Society The United States owned the world’s supply of wood in greatest demand for shipbuilding. These Southern Live Oak trees (Quercus Virginiana), were seen as an asset when Florida was accepted...
by Senior Scene | Jun 1, 2021 | Community, Featured Article (03), General Interest, Local History, Magazine, Veteran News
Raising POW/MIA Flags: 86th Completed at Mims Elementary by Donn Weaver, Council Chairman On May 11, 2021, at about 1:30 pm, the American Flag at Mims Elementary School was lowered and the striking black and white POW/MIA Flag was attached below it and both were...
by Senior Scene | May 1, 2021 | Community, General Interest, Local History, Magazine, Top Story (B), Veteran News
Terra Nova – A “Monument to the Fallen” at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery by Donn Weaver, Council Chairman Terra Nova, this month’s cover art, is one of 21 oil paintings created by Jeanne Harris Weaver in 2011 after her son, 1LT Todd Weaver, was...
by Senior Scene | May 1, 2021 | Community, Local History, Magazine, Nostalgia, Top Story (C)
Tom Tiger and the Last Canoe By Diane Barile, South Brevard Historical Society He set out simply to build a canoe. The leader of the Cow Creek band of Seminoles, living north of Lake Okeechobee, he was an icon of the tribe to white Floridians. But, to the native...
by Senior Scene | Apr 1, 2021 | Community, Featured Article (05), Local History, Magazine, Nostalgia
History of Brevard’s South Beaches By Diane Barile, South Brevard Historical Society Seeking a quiet place to settle and begin a new life after fighting in the Civil War, former soldiers traveled along the Indian River Lagoon seeking to settle along its...
by Senior Scene | Apr 1, 2021 | Community, Featured Article (04), General Interest, Local History, Magazine, Veteran News
Expansion of Veterans Memorial Park by Donn Weaver, Council Chairman On March 5, more than 100 joined in the Ribbon Cutting to open major new portions of the Veterans Memorial Park (VMP) at the Veterans Memorial Center (VMC) behind the Merritt Square Mall. The event...
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