In celebration of Black History Month this February, join us in looking back at the unique demonstrations of the SCLC during the Civil Rights Era: Swim-ins.

For centuries, Thanksgiving has been a favorite American holiday.  During one of America’s bleakest years, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, one of America’s greatest politicians, stumbled badly when he attempted to change the traditional Thanksgiving holiday. Since Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, Americans customarily celebrated Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November. The month of November 1939 featured five Thursdays. Calendar manufacturers had

Cactus-fruit pies, jousting competitions, and contraband bottles of whiskey washing ashore have made for some memorable Christmases-past in Florida. Over the years, despite frontier hardships, wars and storms, folks have found distinctive ways to celebrate the religious holiday in Florida. The first Christmas celebration on Florida soil is thought to have been the very first in North America. Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his entourage of more than 600