Letter: April is national poetry month
Dear Editor: Each April, publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets band together around the country to celebrate poetry, and its vital place in American culture.
City Commission table repossessed
Lightner Museum Director Bob Harper tells Historic City News that they have discovered a use for a 14-foot long, six-foot across mahogany table that was purchased from the Blackstone estate by Chicago publisher Otto C. Lightner; sometime in the 1930’s.
Free admission during National Park Week
Jeffrey Edel, U. S. Park Ranger and Historic Weapons Supervisor at the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, reminds Historic City News readers that April 16th through April 24, 2011 America’s 394 national parks and national monuments will celebrate National Park Week.
Rock n Roll at Rock n Ribs Saturday
Ten hours of live musical entertainment, pig races, exhibitor booths and a fireworks finale promise to bring a huge crowd Saturday for Historic City News readers attending Rock n Rib Fest in Palm Coast.
Rock n Rib Fest flyover honors fallen pilot
Palm Coast Events Coordinator Lisa Gardner informed Historic City News that the heart and soul of William E. ‘Wild Bill’ Walker will be felt tomorrow all across the park at Rock n Rib Fest.
Navy Federal prepares for shutdown
In a press release received by Historic City News from Navy Federal Credit Union President and CEO, Cutler Dawson, the member-based financial institution reported that the credit union will cover the April 15th payroll for active-duty military members who have direct deposit in the event of a government shutdown.
Date set to unveil Foot Soldiers monument
George Gardner, former City Commissioner and Mayor and advisor to St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Remembrance Project, Inc., notified Historic City News local reporters that six years of community effort will culminate May 14th.
Native Plant Society meets May 17th
Renee Stambaugh announced to Historic City News that the Sea Oats Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society will convene in May with a special program entitled “Conservation and Future Water Needs for Floridians”.