Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. President Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union Address has become known as the Four Freedoms Speech. Spoken eleven months before the Japanese invasion of Hawaii, the speech…
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9/11 Timeline
Danny Federico ECB Publishing, Inc. 7:59 a.m. – American Airlines Flight 11, with 92 passengers on board, takes off from Boston, Mass., heading for Los Angeles, Calif. 8:15 a.m. – United Airlines…
When time stood still: The day America united
Danny Federico ECB Publishing, Inc. It’s a day many will never forget and, sadly, a tragedy generations to come will never fully comprehend. On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, individuals across the nation…
Keeping it collegiate in North Florida
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. As most colleges and universities in Florida started the fall semester between Aug. 18 and 25, class is back in session for students around the state. Many…
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup: a patent medicine that packed a powerful punch
Mickey Starling ECB Publishing, Inc. Any parent can recall the many adventures that came with living with an infant during their teething stage. The frequent crying caused by the discomfort of sore…
Madison County’s first baseball great: Archie Ware
Mickey Starling ECB Publishing, Inc. Before Greenville native Lorenzo Cain made Madison County proud with his World Series win with the Kansas City Royals in 2015, Archie Ware put Greenville on the…
At a loss for words: more idioms to consider
Mickey Starling ECB Publishing, Inc. If you have been to the grocery store lately and checked out egg prices or any number of other food items, you may have thought “this is…
History of tattoos
Leah Androski ECB Publishing, Inc. Tattoos have been around for approximately 5,000 years, with the oldest documented tattoos found on an iceman named Otzi who scientists say lived during 3,300 B.C. Here…
Do you like Shakespeare?
Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. Language is dynamic. It changes and evolves as a result of the passage of time, common usage, cultural variations, slang and so on. As such, it can…
Back to school, historical style!
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. To the delight or disappointment of children across Florida, August is passing us by, and the school year is once again in full swing. Today, most students…
Air conditioning across history
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The dog days of summer have drawn to a close, but that doesn’t mean the hot weather is anywhere near lightening, especially not for us Floridians. Did…
The Avera-Clarke House seeks a spot on the National Register
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Another one of Monticello’s beautiful historic homes is vying for recognition, and this time, it’s the Avera-Clarke House, the yellow two-story house from 1890 that’s served the…
A stroll through the streets of the past
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. We drive, walk and bike many of the same paths people have been traversing for centuries. Even before Monticello became a community in 1820s in territorial Florida,…
From boom to bust
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. It was the Roaring Twenties, and the postwar world seemed to be finding new life with its economic prosperity. That decade, Florida entered an era that would…
A tale told between the columns
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. East Pearl Street is the slow and shaded, oak-canopied road that runs from downtown Monticello until it turns into Ashville Highway. Parallel to Washington Street, or Highway…
History’s sports hero: Jim Rice
Mickey Starling ECB Publishing, Inc. When we think of an athlete being a hero, it usually means they made an outstanding play that won a game or at least kept a game…
What a scorcher!
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Whew, it’s really heating up outside! As Floridians, we’re certainly not strangers to what a hot, humid summer feels like. Florida consistently ranks as the hottest state…
Juneteenth Celebrating the path to freedom
Danny Federico ECB Publishing, Inc. “My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” – Desmond Tutu Known as one of America’s oldest holidays, Juneteenth (June 19)…
Henry B. Plant, “The King of Florida”
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Henry B. Plant was dubbed “The King of Florida” by a magazine called Success in 1898 for his tremendous impact on the development of Florida’s transportation and…
The history of the Watermelon Festival
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. For 74 years, Monticello has been the home of the annual Watermelon Festival, when Jefferson County has plenty of festivities to be found, old and new…