/tags/history history en-US WLRN Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-04-12/metal-detecting-finding-florida-relics-and-new-friends Thom Parham is on a mission to uncover parts of Florida’s buried past — with his metal detector. The 64-year-old history teacher is devoted to finding remnants of the Seminole Wars, and has also found kindred spirits along the way. Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-04-12/metal-detecting-finding-florida-relics-and-new-friends Savannah Rude /podcast/sundial/2023-11-08/emmanuel-george-broward-black-history-africanamerican-research-library Emmanuel George is an archivist and community historian who created the Black Broward Instagram page to share pieces of Broward’s Black history. It’s a peek into all the different kinds of work he’s doing to highlight Broward’s Black history. Wed, 08 Nov 2023 19:16:55 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-11-08/emmanuel-george-broward-black-history-africanamerican-research-library Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /education/2023-09-11/911-florida-history-classes-terrorism Under the new law, middle and high school students must learn about 9/11 for at least 45 minutes in their social studies class. Mon, 11 Sep 2023 19:21:30 GMT /education/2023-09-11/911-florida-history-classes-terrorism Danielle Prieur /south-florida/2023-07-04/florida-keys-celebrate-200th-birthday-with-giant-key-lime-pie The Florida Keys celebrated its bicentennial Monday along the Gulf of Mexico with a Key lime pie more than 13 feet in diameter — which organizers intend to certify as a world record. Tue, 04 Jul 2023 13:36:59 GMT /south-florida/2023-07-04/florida-keys-celebrate-200th-birthday-with-giant-key-lime-pie The Associated Press /podcast/sundial/2023-05-23/south-florida-islandia-journal-history Jason Katz from Islandia Journal, a quarterly "neo-tropical periodical," joins WLRN Sundial to talk about some of South Florida’s haunted places and people. Tue, 23 May 2023 17:51:22 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-05-23/south-florida-islandia-journal-history Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena, Helen Acevedo /arts-culture/2023-05-19/emancipation-day-celebration-slavery-broward-south-florida-events For nearly 160 years, Black Floridians have been marking May 20th as Emancipation Day — the day when a Union general officially declared the Florida's enslaved people were free. Communities across the state are hosting events to celebrate the day. Fri, 19 May 2023 19:15:47 GMT /arts-culture/2023-05-19/emancipation-day-celebration-slavery-broward-south-florida-events Kate Payne /podcast/wlrn-presents/2023-03-07/a-battle-over-the-soul-of-miami-beach-will-developers-destroy-or-save-art-deco Miami Beach is known for its colorful Art Deco buildings. But more and more, only real estate developers are willing to spend the money it takes to preserve them — if they can build a tall, high-end residential tower on the property. This strategy saves at least part of the old buildings but changes the skyline forever. Preservationists fear this will destroy what makes Miami Beach special. WLRN's Verónica Zaragovia reports on the simmering tensions over historic preservation in an evolving city — throughout the last century and today. Tue, 07 Mar 2023 19:54:25 GMT /podcast/wlrn-presents/2023-03-07/a-battle-over-the-soul-of-miami-beach-will-developers-destroy-or-save-art-deco Verónica Zaragovia /arts-culture/2023-02-27/a-battle-over-the-soul-of-miami-beach-will-developers-destroy-or-save-art-deco Developers are willing to pay for pricey Art Deco building repairs — if they can build a lucrative condo tower nearby. Preservationists fear this will destroy what makes Miami Beach special. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:06:28 GMT /arts-culture/2023-02-27/a-battle-over-the-soul-of-miami-beach-will-developers-destroy-or-save-art-deco Verónica Zaragovia /art-and-culture/2023-02-27/new-film-centers-on-the-history-and-impact-of-black-miami The documentary, Crossing Overtown, explores the community's history as foundational not just to the city of Miami but also to the Civil Rights Movement. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:00:00 GMT /art-and-culture/2023-02-27/new-film-centers-on-the-history-and-impact-of-black-miami C. Isaiah Smalls II | Miami Herald /history/2023-02-10/the-worlds-deadliest-earthquakes-in-the-past-25-years-at-a-glance The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and war-torn Syria on Monday has killed more than 20,000 people. Here are some of the world's deadliest earthquakes in the past quarter-century. Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:00:00 GMT /history/2023-02-10/the-worlds-deadliest-earthquakes-in-the-past-25-years-at-a-glance The Associated Press