This barn, constructed in 1876 for Major William Webb, was most likely built from re-used lumber. It was used for storing farming implements and produce to be shipped. The barn was restored in 1999 with the assistance of a grant from the State of . . . — — Map (db m171584) HM
On these grounds, May 6-9, 1914, the United Confederate Veterans celebrated their 24th annual reunion. Expecting no more than 25,000 reunion goers, the city was nearly overwhelmed when an estimated 70,000 visitors including 8,000 Veterans converged . . . — — Map (db m73952) HM
On Saturday, August 27,1960, 40 Youth Council demonstrators from the Jacksonville Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) advised by local civil rights leader Rutledge H. Pearson (1929-1967), sat in at the . . . — — Map (db m58011) HM
Pioneer Abraham Lincoln Lewis (1865-1947) and others founded Florida’s oldest African-American insurance company, Afro-American Life in 1901, which spread throughout the South as far as Texas. In 1926, A.L. Lewis opened Lincoln Golf and Country Club . . . — — Map (db m58382) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m143358) WM
Artifacts recovered by archaeologists provide clues as to who these enslaved African men, women and children were. This is most easily recognized within the realm of spirituality or religion, which is resistant to change. However, the physical . . . — — Map (db m41193) HM
>br>The birthplace of African-American archaeology can be traced to Kingsley Plantation, where archaeologists in 1968 first began to search for artifacts that reflected African identity. Many of the slaves that lived here during Zephaniah Kingsley's . . . — — Map (db m40852) HM
In May 1777, 400 soldiers from the Continental Army and 165 members of the Georgia militia organized in Sunbury, Georgia, just north of the Florida border for an expedition into British East Florida in retaliation for raids conducted by British . . . — — Map (db m93071) HM
The Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia was one of the most notorious military prisons in American history. Following the Civil War and under the direction of Congressman William Seward; Clara Barton and Dorrance Atwater, a former . . . — — Map (db m142654) HM
In 1806 Anna Madgigine Jai, a 13 year old girl of royal lineage in Senegal, West Africa, was sold into slavery and brought to the port of Havana, Cuba. There she was purchased by 38-year-old Zephaniah Kingsley, Jr., a wealthy white plantation . . . — — Map (db m138877) HM
On September 17th, 1862, Union General Ambrose E. Burnside’s corps of 12,000 men attempted to cross a 12-foot-wide bridge over Antietam Creek. Georgian sharpshooters took up positions behind trees and boulders on a steep wooded bluff some 100 . . . — — Map (db m142718) HM
The Apalachicola Harbor Live Oak stands at the site of an important Confederate port, blockaded by Union ships during the Civil War. The port, located southwest of Tallahassee, Florida, was a central shipping point for cotton, one of the South’s . . . — — Map (db m142813) HM
In Central Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union General Ulysess S. Grant met at Appomattox Court House to discuss the formal terms of surrender. On April 9, 1865 Lee and Grant signed the terms effectively ending the Civil War. . . . — — Map (db m142733) HM
Archaeology at Camp Milton
In 2003, professional archaeologist investigated Camp Milton. On behalf of the City of Jacksonville, they searched for evidence of Civil War activities and examined the camp’s defensive earthworks. . . . — — Map (db m149144) HM
From 1847 until sometime before 1860 Jacksonville University campus was the site of the Chesterfield farm of Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley, former slave and widow of white plantation owner Zephaniah Kingsley. This farm was at the center of the . . . — — Map (db m138876) HM
Arlington Grammar School was built in 1921 to serve the children of white families living in an area of approximately 48 square miles stretching from the St. Johns River on the west eastward to what is today St. Johns Bluff Road and from the St. . . . — — Map (db m138830) HM
The grounds of Arlington National Cemetery were originally part of Arlington House, the 1,100-achre home of General Robert E. Lee and his family before the war began. Today, the cemetery covers 612 acres and is the final resting place for more . . . — — Map (db m142584) HM
On August 27, 1960, members of the NAACP
Youth Council organized peaceful demonstrations
in downtown Jacksonville to challenge
segregation and unequal treatment.
Opposition groups armed with axe handles
and clubs attacked mostly Black citizens . . . — — Map (db m309776) HM
Constructed in 1901, the Barnett Mansion was the home of William D. Barnett, son of William D. Barnett, founder of the Bank of Jacksonville. The architect for the home was Leon Beaver of Knoxville, Tennessee. The building remains relatively . . . — — Map (db m239801) HM
On April 12th, 1861, at 4:30 a.m., a mortar shell from Fort Johnson, Johns Island, South Carolina, arched across the sky. The shell exploded almost directly over Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Within minutes of the first mortar explosion, . . . — — Map (db m142598) HM
The Battle of Selma Live Oak tree stood witness to the fall of Selma, Alabama, on April 2, 1865, and the end of the Civil War seven days later. Confederate troops in Selma had braced for an invasion of Union soldiers. In an effort to bring an to . . . — — Map (db m142790) HM
Here at the foot of Market St. stood a bay tree which served as the starting point for the original survey of Jacksonville in June 1822. Market was the first street laid off and named. A total of 20 squares were platted, bounded by Ocean, Duval, . . . — — Map (db m58012) HM
Honoring all who served, and especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, in Beirut, Lebanon and Grenada 1982-1984 ★★★ In Memoriam to the 241 US Marines, Sailors and Soldiers of 24th Marine . . . — — Map (db m239890) HM WM
Bessie Coleman was the first African-American female to become a pilot, and the first African-American to hold an international pilot license.
She was born in Texas in 1892. After hearing stories of American airmen returning from World War I, . . . — — Map (db m237315) HM
Black Historical Tour
Bethel Baptist
Institutional Church
founded in 1838
Jacksonville’ first organized
Baptist church
“Bethel’s light must ever shine
God’s message it must send
and it must beam eternally
into the hearts of men” . . . — — Map (db m220937) HM
On March 23, 1969, an interracial group of Southern musicians held a jam session in the front room of this house, known as the "Gray House." The jam went so well that veteran Muscle Shoals session guitarist Duane Allman barred the doorway and . . . — — Map (db m131320) HM
James Weldon Johnson wrote Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing as a poem in 1900. Johnson’s brother J. Rosamond, set the poem to music.
James Weldon Johnson wrote "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" as a poem in 1900 and his brother, J. Rosamond, . . . — — Map (db m312407) HM
The Spaniard[s]committed a horrible execution... each trying to outdo the other in slaying... I would not find greater cruelty among wild beasts.
Nicolas le Challeux, la Caroline carpenter
At the break of dawn on . . . — — Map (db m310970) HM
Booker T. Washington was born to Jane Ferguson, slave and cook on the James Burroughs plantation, in Hardy, Virginia, in 1856. Beneath the trees of a local park, a group of slaves, including 9-year-old Washington, learned of their freedom when . . . — — Map (db m142588) HM
In 1931 the red brick building that housed Brewster Hospital, the first private medical facility available to African Americans in Jacksonville opened.
Brewster Hospital evolved out of a class to train African-American women as nurses at the . . . — — Map (db m237314) HM
During the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, the famed Washington Artillery of New Orleans was posted around Marye House, known as Brompton. Confederate Colonial J.B. Walton used the house as his home and headquarters, as he held back . . . — — Map (db m142792) HM
Joy was in the air. After seven French ships arrived with fresh supplies and men, women, and children in August 1565, the colonists went to work completing their village outside the fort. Men sawed logs into timbers, framed houses, and thatched . . . — — Map (db m311376) HM
"Every one of us - noblemen, soldiers, workmen, sailors - worked hard to get our post ready to shelter us from the weather and protect us against enemies." Jacques le Moyne, 1564 la Caroline colonist and artist Measuring a piece of . . . — — Map (db m46572) HM
On March 1st, 1864, in this general area, the final battle of the Olustee Campaign was fought. Many of the dead from the Skirmish at Cedar Creek reside within these gates. — — Map (db m149080) HM
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Florida Division
On March 1st, 1864, a running battle known as
"Skirmishes at Cedar and McGirt’s Creeks, Fla"
began near Whitehouse. Still reeling from
their defeat at Olustee, five hundred men . . . — — Map (db m148746) HM WM
This tablet marks the camp site
of the
Forty-Ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Colonel William G. Dows
Commanding
1898-1899
War with Spain — — Map (db m58576) HM
On April 25, 1898, the United States declared war on Spain after the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana harbor resulted in the deaths of 260 Americans. When President William McKinley called for 125,000 volunteers, camps were established to . . . — — Map (db m165852) HM
AMVETS Of Nassau County Post 2007
And
AMVETS National Service Foundation
AMVETS Department Of Florida Service Foundation
Dedicated This Carillon As A Living Memorial
To America’s Veterans Who Served Their Country
Honorably For . . . — — Map (db m143142) WM
Built ten months after the great Jacksonville Fire of 1901. It serves as the most obvious link between present day Jacksonville and its turn of the century catastrophe, which is still the largest metropolitan fire ever to occur in the South. . . . — — Map (db m172477) HM
The Freedom Tree
with the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
This tree is dedicated to
Cdr. Jim Hall
And all
Prisoners of War
And
Missing in Action
1973 — — Map (db m136101) WM
Founded in 1866, Edward Waters College (EWC) is the oldest historically black college in Florida. The history of the college is closely tied to the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. In 1865, the Reverend Charles H. Pearch, a presiding elder . . . — — Map (db m93073) HM
Although much of the military infrastructure and facilities still remain after the closure of NAS Cecil Field in 1999, the base chapel has come to be recognized as the physical embodiment of the “Spirit of Cecil Field” defined by . . . — — Map (db m136258) HM WM
Two Catalpas, gnarled with age, stand on the lawn of the imposing brick mansion called Chatham that served as the Union headquarters during the bloody battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862. Union General Ambrose Burnside camped his . . . — — Map (db m142821) HM
Chemical weapons are one of the most destructive military weapons, causing mass destruction because they are fast acting and toxic. These chemicals cause major losses to the enemy or direct hazard for many people, animals and plants in general. . . . — — Map (db m264827) WM
Built in 1870 for Edward M. Cheney, editor and publisher of the Florida Times Union, it occupied a site near present-day Cummer Gallery of Art. Lumberman Wellington W. Cummer built a large house adjacent to the Cheney property in 1898, at which time . . . — — Map (db m209650) HM
After the Civil War, slavery ended, but former slaves continued to live on the island. In this new era, former slaves and new landowners had to make difficult choices.
In 1869 the Rollins family settled at the former plantation and called it . . . — — Map (db m145390) HM
Fort Caroline National Memorial commemorates the men, women, and children who created the French Huguenot settlement here in 1565. Except for the colony's leaders, little or nothing is known about most of the colonists and what happened to them. . . . — — Map (db m311185) HM
Before Cosmo
The land where Cosmo was built was originally home to Indigenous peoples. Colonial records show that it was near a Native American village named Homoula. Europeans began arriving in Northeast Florida in the 1500s. They brought . . . — — Map (db m264508) HM
(East face)
To the Soldiers of Florida
This shaft is by a comrade raised in
testimony of his love, recalling deeds
immortal, heroism unsurpassed.
With ranks unbroken, ragged, starved
and . . . — — Map (db m59799) HM
Tomb
In Memory of my
shipmates of the
Confederate
Torpedo Boat David
Charleston S.C. Oct 5, 1863
Lieut. W.T. Glassell, C.S.N.
Pilot W.J. Cannon, C.S.N.
Fireman Jas.Sullivan, C.S.N.
Chief Engineer
James . . . — — Map (db m57587) HM
Alexander Memorial Methodist Church
Community life revolved around Alexander Memorial Methodist Church. Founded as Alexander African Methodist Episcopal Memorial Church in 1878, the first settled pastor was Rev. John Wilson. Services were . . . — — Map (db m264543) HM
The Arlington Crossroads was formed from 1800s wagon roads that connected thriving riverfront Spanish plantations and landings along the St. Johns River with the Richard Mill dam over Strawberry Creek. These roads were tied together and platted . . . — — Map (db m143895) HM
Mayo Clinic extends profound gratitude to Daniel L. and Patricia C. Louchery for providing leadership support to Mayo Clinic programs and facilities in medical care, research and education and the hospital in Jacksonville.
Dan and Patricia . . . — — Map (db m213927) HM
This house was the home in 1884-1885 of the English composer, Frederick Delius. Until 1961 it stood in Solano Grove, Picolata at which time Mrs. Henry L. Richmond deeded the house and site to the University. The Delius Trust in London and other . . . — — Map (db m172441) HM
September 1565
Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles
Founder of St. Augustine
and
Adelantado of the Floridas
under Phillip II of Spain
voyaged up this river
seeking a waterway to Mexico — — Map (db m93403) HM
In 1922, the Duval County Board of Public Instruction opened South Jacksonville School No.107, the only public school on the southside of Jacksonville for African-American children in grades one through nine. Spearheading the building of this . . . — — Map (db m172473) HM
In June 1964, following his detention in Jacksonville,
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. appeared before the
United States District Court at this site. The
proceedings were part of federal actions addressing
civil rights demonstrations in St. . . . — — Map (db m306800) HM
On June 11, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was
arrested and processed in St. Augustine during the
Monson Motor Lodge civil rights demonstrations. He
was transferred to Jacksonville and detained overnight
at this site, the former Duval . . . — — Map (db m306908) HM
In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stayed in
Jacksonville while engaged in civil rights activities
in Northeast Florida. The Clara White Mission.
founded by Eartha Mary Magdalene White,
provided lodging, meals, and support for
those . . . — — Map (db m306904) HM
On March 19, 1961, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the sermon "This is a Great Time to Be Alive" at Mount Ararat Missionary Baptist Church in Jacksonville, sponsored by the Duval County Citizens
Benefit Corporation and the . . . — — Map (db m306227) HM
In the 1930s a new subdivision, Durkee Gardens, was started in the Mid-westside district. The community takes its name from the Durkee family, prominent whites in Jacksonville, who originally owned much of the property in the area. Many of the homes . . . — — Map (db m237306) HM
Durkeeville is the historic African-American community that began in the 1930s. It encompasses Durkee Gardens (an affluent subdivision), and is partly located in Mid-Westside Jacksonville. The community is named for the Durkee family that owned . . . — — Map (db m149105) HM
Born 1784-Died 1854. Captain Mounted Rangers, War of 1812.
1813-1815, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
1821-1822, U.S. Judge, Eastern Florida.
1822-1834, First Civil Governor of Territory of Florida.
1838-1839, Member, Constitutional . . . — — Map (db m57597) HM
Proudly the citizens of Duval County
pay tribute to the men and women
who made the supreme sacrifice
in the Viet Nam conflict.
May their sacrifice merit God's
blessing of a permanent peace
for our nation.
May 30, 1974
This flame . . . — — Map (db m239902) WM
Duval County, established August 12, 1822, and named for William Pope DuVal, Florida's first civil governor, held its first court on December 1, 1823. Some 200 settlers gathered at the corner of Market and Forsyth Sts. to watch the session presided . . . — — Map (db m92951) HM
"Telling our story is not just about remembering Cosmo as it was, it's about preserving and protecting our heritage and legacy."
The late Ethel Deloris Anderson, affectionately called "Low", was a life-long resident of Cosmo who was . . . — — Map (db m264514) HM
The original use of this structure was most likely as a servant’s quarters, it has also been used by the residents of this farmstead as a wash house, play house and for storage. — — Map (db m171581) HM
This Flame of Freedom is dedicated to all Veterans who so valiantly served in the Armed Forces of this great nation to preserve freedom.
(Supplemental Plaque)
This Flame of Freedom was originally located outside the Duval County . . . — — Map (db m239891) HM WM
1887 1987 [100th Anniversary Medallion]
On June 8, 1887, a group of Florida pharmacists met in Jacksonville at the Board of Trade rooms located at the corner of Adams & Main Streets for the purpose of organizing a state pharmaceutical . . . — — Map (db m59096) HM
The Afro-American Insurance Company, formerly the Afro-American Industrial and Benefits Association, was founded in 1901 to provide affordable health insurance and death benefits to the state's African-Americans. Founded by the Reverend E.J. Gregg, . . . — — Map (db m59633) HM
"[The Spaniards] made a horrible, tragic slaughter of our forces, so great was the anger and hatred they had for our nation. They vied with one another to see who could best cut the throats of our people..." 1565 la Caroline carpenter . . . — — Map (db m46573) HM
Fort Fisher was a major stronghold of the Confederacy. Built on land near the mouth of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina, the fort began to take shape in 1862 under the direction of Colonel William Lamb. Fort Fisher was vital for the blockade . . . — — Map (db m142721) HM
The plantation era began in Florida in 1763 after Britain took control from Spain. Soon after, the first planter was given land here and brought his slaves and household.
Britain established a plantation economy and encouraged its growth by . . . — — Map (db m145387) HM
Jacksonville was an important port on the St. Johns River during the Civil War. It changed hands four times, finally ending up under Union control. In 1864, determined to prevent the city from once again falling into Confederate hands, the Union . . . — — Map (db m148596) HM WM
Fifteen hundred thirty feet
north of this spot stood an
early Spanish fortification
- Fort San Nicholas -
Abandoned July 4, 1817
This marker erected by Jacksonville Chapter D.A.R. — — Map (db m220558) HM
Frederick Douglass was one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement during the years prior to the Civil War. Douglass lived and worked in Rochester, NY for most of his public career. After the close of the Civil War he moved to . . . — — Map (db m142693) HM
Captain Frederick W. Bruce, for whom Bruce Park is named, was born in New Hampshire in 1856. In 1869 young Bruce was sent to live with his uncle Elisha Bruce in St. Augustine, Florida, but that same year, at age 13, ran away to sea, an adventure . . . — — Map (db m93090) HM
This 0.5-mile French Memorial Trail leads to a large scaled exhibit of Fort Caroline, a memorial to the first planned French colony established in what is now the United States.
In 1564, France built a fort and village somewhere near here as it . . . — — Map (db m311560) HM
Descendant of the Original Tree at Mount Vernon Dedicated to the Men and Women of the United States Marine Corps Past, Present and Future — — Map (db m239849) HM WM
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was given as part of the dedication ceremony for a soldier’s cemetery. The cemetery was carved from a field at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where armies clashed in 1863 during the Civil War. The dedication, held . . . — — Map (db m142617) HM
Three old sycamore trees on Baltimore Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, withstood the crossfire of two armies that battled for three days. After the famous Civil War battle, Gettysburg was in shambles. More than 51,000 causalities were crowded . . . — — Map (db m142959) HM
America250FL Road Trip
St. Johns County, anchored by Ponte Vedra Beach, is the global epicenter of golf. It's home to TPC Sawgrass (opened 1880), the PGA Tour's iconic "Stadium Course" with its legendary 17th Island Green, hosting . . . — — Map (db m312912) HM
On November 24, 1909 the "Autoists" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" reached the "Turn Around Checkpoint" at the Jacksonville City Hall which was located at this exact site. The location marked the halfway point for the "Drivers and . . . — — Map (db m58574) HM
Manufactured in 1901, and originally estimated to cost about $1200, the Greenleaf/Jacobs Clock was said “to be the handsomest of its kind in the South…” Although street clocks have been erected in other American cities, none compare . . . — — Map (db m138819) HM
The Gullah Geechee people are the descendants of Central and West Africans and they have traditionally lived along the coasts of southeastern North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and northeastern Florida. The African presence in Northeast Florida . . . — — Map (db m264518) HM
An important writer and abolitionist, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in 1852. During the Reconstruction, Stowe and many other northerners came to Florida with dreams of turning the wild, subtropical state into a haven . . . — — Map (db m142807) HM
The Harriet Beecher Stowe House was built in 1833 to serve as the residence of Lane Theological Seminary’s president. Harriet Beecher moved to Cincinnati in 1832 with her father, Dr. Lyman Beecher, who had been appointed seminary president. It . . . — — Map (db m142652) HM
Historic Florida farm
In 1889 Mr. Harvey built his home near the Camp Milton site. When the State of Florida purchased property for the establishment of Whitehouse Field, the Harvey home was moved to the town of Whitehouse. In 2002, the . . . — — Map (db m143698) HM
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