Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday: A Brief History of a Long Annoyance
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is controversial, annoying and mostly pointless, according to the evidence, neither saving energy nor reducing crime, as its supporters claim, but helping retailers sell...
View ArticleBerlin Airlift History Lands at Flagler Airport, Re-Igniting Memories of 328...
The Spirit of Freedom, a Douglas C-54, was among the 300-odd American planes that helped West Berlin outlast the Soviet blockade of 1948-49. Converted into a museum, the plane is at the Flagler County...
View ArticleDon’t Call It Flagler County Airport Anymore: Commission Opts For Executive...
Flagler County Airport is now Flagler Executive Airport, the fifth name the facility has had in its more than 70 years as the Flagler County Commission quietly approved the switch Monday. The post...
View ArticleFlagler Beach Parking History: Two Decades of Inaction
A chronological look at Flagler Beach's history of parking initiatives--paid parking, metered proposals, buying lots and other ideas, most of which faltered. The post Flagler Beach Parking History: Two...
View ArticleFlagler County Assist REACT Marks 30 Years of Emergency and Public Service
Flagler County Assist REACT started in the days when CB radios were the surest means of communications during emergencies, and has adapted in the age of cell phones to new roles and responsibilities....
View ArticleFlorida Issues “Open Season” Bear-Hunting Rules as Humane Society Calls For...
Opponents of the proposed hunt have argued the state should consider relocating problem bears and that people need to be held more responsible for leaving out unsecured food and trash that attracts...
View ArticleThe Bunnell Festival Rises Phoenix-Like From Its Spuds to Celebrate Flagler’s...
The Bunnell Festival revives what used to be the Potato Festival with a broader emphasis on Flagler's agricultural and industrial heritage as it takes over the grounds at City Hall Saturday, May 16....
View ArticleLeander Shaw, Florida’s First Black Chief Justice, Is Dead at 85
Bob Graham appointed Shaw to the Supreme Court in 1983. He was a staunch opponent of the electric chair and authored a 1989 decision striking down minors' permission from parents before getting an...
View Article“We Cannot Walk Alone…We Cannot Turn Back”
Full text and video of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech," a brief history of the origins and battles of the Martin Luther King federal holiday, and of the Martin Luther King monument at the...
View ArticleMarking Centennial, Flager Reads Its History Together As Jack Clegg’s Legends...
Flagler County Historical Society Curator Sisco Deen launched the annual Flagler Reads Together this month with a talk focused on Jack Clegg, author of the county's only history to date. The post...
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