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Second Lieutenant Richard Lee McClintock served in the 276th Infantry regiment of the 70th Infantry Division. Richard was born in 1914 in South Carolina and would be killed in action on January 5th, 1945. Before enlisting in 1942 at Camp Blanding…

The gravesite of Lieutenant Dean N. Post, Jr. (1921-1944). Lt. Post was a pilot from Tampa, Florida, who served in the U.S. Army during World World II with the 357th Fighter Group of the 264th Fighter Squadron. His airplane crashed in Martimpré,…

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First Lieutenant Doyle Fleming Nee fought for the 367th fighter squadron and the 358th fighter group in World War Two. From Escambia County, Florida Nee attended Pensacola High School for four years. He married his high school sweetheart before…

A newspaper article published by The Central Florida Press on June 20, 1930. The article discusses the runoff primary election for a state and county offices, which was held on June 24, 1930. The race for Florida Secretary of State was between Robert…

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A postcard depicting the organ from the chapel of Colleen Moore's (1899-1988) dollhouse, which was exhibited at the Gimbel Brothers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is made of ivory and gold, and was functional with electricity. Moore was a silent…

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The magazine cover for the November-December 2005 issue of Greater Oviedo Lifestyles. The cover features the 100th anniversary of the Oviedo Woman's Club (OWC), which was founded in 1906 as the Oviedo Magazine Club by seven charter members: H. B.…

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Greenwood Cemetery, located at 1603 Greenwood Street in Orlando, Florida, in 2002. The cemetery was established in 1880 and officially named Greenwood Cemetery at the suggestion of Samuel Robinson and Cassius Boone. In 1911, the cemetery was expanded…

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A postcard depicting the state of Florida, particular the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida. Tallahassee was designated the capital of Florida in 1824 and the Old Capitol building was constructed in 1826. The building was never completed…

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A color postcard featuring the Indian River Section of Florida in 1941. The Indian River is a 121-mile long lagoon running from the Ponce de Leon inlet in New Smyrna Beach to the St. Lucie Inlet in Marion County. The lagoon was originally named Rio…

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A postcard depicting several Weeki Wachee mermaids lounging around the pool of the local Holiday Inn with the words "Greetings From Weeki Wachee, Florida" printed on the front. The back of the postcard features an ad for the Holiday Inn that lists…

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A grid map of various unincorporated communities south of Orlando, Florida. Such communities include Edgewood, Pine Castle, Conway, Belle Isle, and Taft. Other notable sites on the map include the Orlando International Airport and the Martin Andersen…

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A painting by Bettye Reagan, a local artist in Central Florida, depicting farmworkers grinding sugarcane at the Wheeler family farm. The Wheelers lived at 340 South Lake Jessup Avenue in Oviedo, Florida. The family patriarch, Benjamin Franklin…

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A poster advertising the groundbreaking ceremony for the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum. The poster reads, "Groundbreaking Ceremony. You are cordially invited to join us as we celebrate the start of renovation and repair of the HOCSMUSEUM…

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A group wields ceremonial shovels in front of the wooden steps of the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum at a groundbreaking ceremony on February 13, 2023. President Judith Dolores Smith appears in all seven photographs. A banner hangs at the top…

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Guest facilities at the New Tribes Mission. This particular building was formerly a classroom building for the Sanford Naval Academy. The New Tribes Mission, located at 1000 East First Street in Sanford, Florida. Originally named after the Sanford…

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A postcard depicting an equestrian statue of Guillaume I that appears to have fallen from its base, but has no other identifying information. This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford,…

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A page from the 1940 Gulf High School yearbook in New Port Richey, Florida. Three cheerleaders pose in a black and white photograph at the top of the page with their names listed below. A notable student who appears on the yearbook page is Leland…

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A newspaper article published in The Gulfport Daily Herald on February 19, 1919. The article describes the capture of Alexander Roberts by German troops, his subsequent imprisonment and his safe return home. Born on October 13, 1895 in Mexico City,…

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Photographed on the left is Günter F. Wendt, who was in charge with launch pad preparations, with astronaut Gordon Cooper (1927-2004), photographed in a space suit, at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14). It is not known if…

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A postcard depicting the New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP) as it crosses the Hackensack River in Kearny, New Jersey. The turnpike opened in 1951 and was intended to be the world's model highway. It is still the most heavily traveled tollway in the United…

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Born in 1927, Hal McIntosh began his formal studies at the Detroit Art Institute in Detroit, Michigan, and the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio. At age 18, the Art Research Studio (present-day Maitland Art Center) in Maitland, Florida, selected…

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Hal McIntosh at an exhibit of his artwork at the Truro Public Library, located at 7 Standish Way in North Truro, Massachusetts, during the summer of 2011. The painting to the left of McIntosh depicts his cottage on the beachfront.Born in 1927,…

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A postcard depicting the boudoir of the Hameau de la Reine, also known as the Queen's Hamlet, which was constructed in 1783 to allow Queen Marie Antoinette, escape from court life. This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile…

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Hand-written note from mermaid manager Genie Young to Pat, requesting Becky Young's addmitance into Weeki Wachee Springs. The note reads, " Pat, Please admit Becky- She is a try-out and hopefully trainee." Becky was interviewing to become a mermaid.…

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Hands held together in Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, Florida, on November 3, 2018. The site was chosen for collecting soil samples because Julius "July" Perry is buried there.The Alliance for Truth and Justice (ATJ) is a volunteer-based organization…

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This is a handstamp postmark that was used to mark postage stamp to prevent reuse. Prior to the advent of stamps to prepay postage, such markings only served to provide information to postal clerks as they handled the stampless envelope. After stamps…

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An advertisement for the Anchor Line of the steamship company Handyside and Henderson. The Anchor Line first appeared in advertisements in 1852 for N and R Handyside and Company. Overseen by Captain Thomas Henderson, who first proposed a line between…

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Original hanger from Naval Air Station Sanford. Became the Naval Air Station Sanford Restoration Facility. This building was the location for the restoration of the RA-5C Vigilante that became part of the Naval Air Station Sanford Memorial…

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According to its website, "The Hannibal Square Heritage Center represents a first-of-a-kind experience in Central Florida where the history of a community is told by members of the community itself through The Heritage Collection: Photographs and…

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The Hanson Building, located at 27 East Pine Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida, in 2002. The building was constructed during 1883-1884 in the nineteenth-century commercial style. In 1894, Andrew Hanson purchased the property for the Hanson Shoe…

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A history written by Helen Leinhart chronicling the history of the Oviedo Woman's Club (OWC), which was founded in 1906 as the Oviedo Magazine Club by seven charter members: H. B. McCall, Edith Meade, Georgia Lee Wheeler, Lillian Lee Lawton, Mattie…

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A program for the Orlando Gay Chorus' concert, "Happy Gays Are Here Again", on May 13 &

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The former Harley Hotel building, located at 151 East Washington Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida, in 2003. Lake Eola and the Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain can be seen in the distance.

The site was originally occupied by Memorial High…

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The former Harley Hotel building, located at 151 East Washington Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida, in 2007. The site was originally occupied by Memorial High School, the second high school constructed in Orlando.In 1961, the school building was…

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. and his son-in-law Corey Anderson stand in front of Bonner Elementary School on August 10, 2024. The donor-supplied filename states that Lucas attended elementary school there.

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. as a Bethune-Cookman College student athlete in front of his childhood home on Jefferson Street in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Foundation states that the Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Center now stands on this…

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A photograph of Harold V. Lucas Jr. as a young boy. Lucas was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, on October 5, 1932, to Harold V. Lucas Sr. and Althea Beatrice Cato Lucas. The photograph is part of the Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Legacy Project Collection. The…

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. rides in a convertible as parade marshal during the Bethune-Cookman University Homecoming Parade on October 5, 2022.

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. in his office at Daytona Beach Community College, where he served as Equity Coordinator. Bethune-Cookman University's oral history states that Lucas served as Equity Coordinator at Daytona Beach Community College from 1979 until…

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Flyer for an in-person book signing and talk with Harold V. Lucas Jr. celebrating Black History Month at the Halifax Historical Museum on February 16, 2024. The event featured Lucas and his book A Tree that Grew in Midway.

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. speaks to an audience during a book signing and talk at the Halifax Historical Museum on February 16, 2024. The event featured his book A Tree that Grew in Midway.

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. with Bethune-Cookman College football players while coaching at the college. Lucas had a longstanding association with Bethune-Cookman as a mascot, water boy, student athlete, coach, adviser, and supporter. The exact date and…

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. coaching Julie "The Jet" Coleman, one of his track athletes while he taught and coached at Campbell High School in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman University states that Lucas worked at Campbell Street High School from…

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. coaching the track team he developed at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. The Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Foundation states that Lucas led the team to a state championship. Bethune-Cookman University's oral history states that…

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A photograph of Harold V. Lucas Jr. during his U.S. Army service in Korea. Bethune-Cookman University's oral history of Lucas states that he entered Army basic training at Camp Gordon, Georgia, in October 1953, completed six months of Signal Corps…

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. on Jefferson Street in Daytona Beach, Florida, on May 17, 2024. Lucas was born in Daytona Beach on October 5, 1932, to Harold V. Lucas Sr. and Althea Beatrice Cato Lucas. Throughout his life, Lucas was involved in education,…

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. is pictured with Mrs. Constance Poitier and Mr. James “Mr. P” Poitier at the 2024 Lucas Fall Ball. The donor-supplied filename identifies James Poitier with Bethune-Cookman University

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. stands beside a Black History banner honoring his father, Harold V. Lucas Sr., on International Speedway Boulevard in Daytona Beach on February 4, 2024. The banner describes Lucas Sr. as an educator, entrepreneur, and community…

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Harold V. Lucas Jr. pictured with Judge Joan Anthony and Judge Alicia Washington. The photograph was supplied with information identifying Anthony and Washington as the first African American judges elected to Florida's Seventh Judicial Circuit.

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Harold V. Lucas Sr. with his only child, Harold V. Lucas Jr., outdoors while Harold Jr. was a boy. The date, photographer, and location have not been identified.

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Harold V. Lucas Sr. seated at his desk on the campus of Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Foundation states that Lucas developed and maintained the school's accounting system, served as Mary McLeod Bethune's…

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Harold V. Lucas Sr. with four business students at Bethune-Cookman College. Typewriters and other office equipment are visible in the photograph. The Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Foundation states that Lucas taught business classes and helped establish the…

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Harold V. Lucas Sr., Mary McLeod Bethune, and Clarence E. Lucas in front of White Hall on May 5, 1923. The Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Foundation identifies the setting as the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute during the period when the school was…

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Harry Black (d. 1911) and his wife, Maggie Benjamin Black (ca. 1870-ca. 1934) in the 1800s. Harry and Maggie were the parents of Leckward Black, Mustar Black, Malachi Black, Leatha Black Walker (1889-1976), Pilgrim Black (1905-2002), Margaret Black…

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An original picture of Harry Smith a professor and early director of FTU theatrical plays. He took part in all early productions, but was only an adjunct. Harry Smith became the tenure Theater director in 1981. He has been regarded by former FTU…

According to its website, the organization's vision statement is "To develop a national civil rights resource and tourist center incorporating the latest technology and information management systems. To form cooperative working relationships with…

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Harry Weber (pictured right) and Edith Chizefsky (pictured left) on their wedding day in New York City on November 10, 1943. Harry is wearing his Army uniform. Harry Weber was born on July 11, 1917. His mother, Eva, and father, Abraham, immigrated to…

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The A. Duda and Sons farm in Salvia, Florida, around 1940. African-American workers are photographed cleaning up a celery field after a harvest. Andrew Duda, Sr. immigrated from Slovakia to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1909, later settling in Central Florida…

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The former location of Hawkins' Meat Market on West Thirteenth Street in Goldsboro of Sanford, Florida. The Hawkins family owned the grocery store next door to their home, and provided meat and other goods for both Goldsboro and Sanford residents…

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Black and white photograph of Hawtensie Joyner and Sumner Hutcheson, Jr. after their marriage in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on April 1, 1935. Joyner was born on June 12, 1912, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, and Hutcheson was born on on November 25, 1905, in…

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A ticket stub for a concert featuring Head East at the Great Southern Music Hall, located at 46 North Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida. The concert took place on February 10, 1979, at midnight. The ticket price was $6.50 for general admission,…

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A description of where Private Ralph Brantley was buried. Ralph Brantley (1922-1944) served in the 180th Infantry Regiment 45th Infantry Division during World War II. He was killed in action and is now buried at the Epinal Cemetery in France.

The headstone of Aaron David Jernigan (1813- 1891) at Lake Hill Cemetery, located at 5950 Old Winter Garden Road in Orlando, Florida, in 2001. He was born to Aaron Jernigan and Martha Patsey Deas Jernigan in Camden County, Georgia. The Jernigans are…

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Headstone of Dr. David Fort Anderson (1830-1923) and Eliza Harrop Kenderdine Anderson (1844-1886) at the Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery in 2003. Dr. Anderson was the grandson of United States congressman, Isaac Anderson (November 22, 1760 -…

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Headstone of George White Crawford at the Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery in 2003. Crawford arrived in Orlando, Florida, from Tennessee in 1873. During the Civil War, he served as second lieutenant of the 5th Tennessee Infantry for the…

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Headstone of John Bonnell Ivey (1834-1923) at Lake Hill Cemetery, located at 5950 Old Winter Garden Road in Orlo Vista in Orlando, Florida, in 2001. Ivey was the son of Robert Ivey and Priscilla Bonnell Ivey. He married Elizabeth Matilda Ann Roberson…

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Headstone of Joseph A. Barber (1860-1920) at the Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery in 2003. Born on Lake Conway, Barber became the first tax collector for Osceola County in 1890 and served in said position for four years. He also served as a…

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Headstone of Joseph Katz Barber (1902-1959), Ronald Joseph Barber (1925-1928), and Dixie Pharr Barber (1904-1998) at the Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery in 2003. Joseph Katz Barber served as Orange County Commissioner from 1937 to 1943 and…

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Headstone of Julius "July" Perry (1868-1920) in the Section K of the Greenwood Cemetery, located at 1603 Greenwood Street in Orlando,Florda, in 2002. An African-American landowner in Ocoee, July Perry is best known as a victim of mob violence during…

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Headstone of Morgan Montgomery Mizell (1841-1907) at the Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery in 2003. Mizell was the son of David Mizell, Jr. and Mary Pearce Mizell. He served in the Third Seminole War during 1856. Mizell served again during the…

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Headstone of Sarah Crawford Cullen (1893-1957) at the Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery in 2003. Cullen, the daughter of Senator George White Crawford and Sarah Mizell, served as chairman of the Orange County Democratic Committee. Cullen…

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Headstone of William Harrison Holden (1826-1913), Nancy A. Mizell Holden (1836-1902), and Florence C. Holden (1876-1903) at the Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery in 2003. William Harrison Holden arrived in Orlando from Virginia in 1865, after…

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The headstone inscription and interment record for Private First Class Thomas Johnson (1911-1944). Johnson grew up on a farm in Baker County, Florida, as the eldest of five children. On February 19, 1941, Johnson entered the service at Camp Blanding,…

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This image displays the inscription to be placed on First Lieutenant Frank B. Morgan's headstone at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in France. He served in the 555th Bomber Squad, 386th Bomb Group (M) earning an Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf…

The headstone inscription and interment record for First Lieutenant Frank Black Morgan (1920-1944). 1st Lt. Morgan was born on January 28, 1920, to Samuel Morgan and Edna Grace Morgan. Samuel Morgan was a first generation American of Northern Irish…

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The headstone inscription and interment record for Private James M. Hutton, Jr. (ca. 1914-1944). Pvt. Hutton was a private in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was born to James Hutton sometime around 1914. Pvt. Hutton grew up in Jersey and moved…

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The headstone inscription and interment record for Private Ralph Brantley (1922-1944). Pvt. Brantley was born in Georgia in 1923, but had migrated to Spartanburg, South Carolina, by 1930. By 1940, he was residing in Jacksonville, Florida. Pvt.…

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The headstone inscription and interment record for Captain Aquilla A. Calhoun, Jr., a native of Panama City, Florida. Capt. Calhoun attended the University of Florida (UF) and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. It was upon his graduation that Capt.…

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The headstone inscription and interment record for Major Jack Cameron Heist (1919-1944). Maj. Heist was born to Henry S. Heist and Christina Heist on November 6, 1919, in Eustis, Florida. He received his commission on May 29, 1941, to serve in World…

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The headstone inscription and interment record for Corporal Wilson Foch Smith (1918-1945). A resident of Graceville, Florida, Smith was born to Robert Smith and Hester Smith on October 24, 1918. He worked as a farmhand in the Graceville area prior to…

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The headstone of Agathe G. Helseth at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. Helseth was born in 1870 and died in 1921. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in…

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The headstone of Albin F. Friland at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. Friland was born in 1901 and died in 1983. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in 1892…

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The headstone of an unknown individual at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. The date of birth and death of this individual is unknown. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was…

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The headstone of Arthur R. Helseth at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. Helseth was born in 1897 and died in 1973. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in…

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The headstone of Betty Lenora Friland at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. Friland was born in 1939 and died in 2007. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in…

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The headstone of Captain Aquilla A. Calhoun, Jr., a native of Panama City, Florida. Capt. Calhoun attended the University of Florida (UF) and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. It was upon his graduation that Capt. Calhoun enlisted as a second…

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The headstone of Captain Lee Silver (ca. 1922-1945). Capt. Silver was born to in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Herman Silver and Bertha Silver, around 1922-1923. His parents were Herman Silver and Bertha Silver. By 1940, the Silver family had migrated to…

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The headstone of Captain William H. Smith (1920-1945). Smith was born on November 28, 1920, as the youngest of three children to John Seward Smith and Eva Wilds Smith. The Smiths lived at 419 Smith Street in Jacksonville, Florida. Three days before…

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The headstone of Charles Guice Helseth, nicknamed Chuck Helseth, at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. This individual was born in 1944 and died in 2001. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce,…

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The headstone of Clara J. Reynolds at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. Reynolds was born in 1924 and died in 1996. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in…

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The headstone of Corporal Wilson Foch Smith (1918-1945). A resident of Graceville, Florida, Smith was born to Robert Smith and Hester Smith on October 24, 1918. He worked as a farmhand in the Graceville area prior to his enlistment into the U.S. Army…

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Headstone of David Mizell, Jr. (1808-1884), an early settler on Lake Mizell, at the Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery in 2003. Mizell became the first chairman of the Orange County Commission in 1869 and served until through 1871. He also…

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The headstone of E. Kenneth at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. Kenneth was born in 1909 and died in 1965. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in 1892 by…

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The headstone of Ella J. Daniels at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. Daniels was born in 1855 and died in 1914. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in 1892…

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The headstone of Elmore W. Nelson at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. Nelson was born in 1883 and died in 1965. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in 1892…

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The headstone of Emma Nelson, nicknamed Dot Nelson, at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. Nelson was born in 1923. Her date of death is unknown. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The…

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The headstone of Ethel E. Helseth at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. Helseth was born in 1896 and died in 1958. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in 1892…

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The headstone of Everett R. Helseth at Viking Cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida. Helseth was born in 1926 and died in 1943. Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in…

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