Events Calendar

In local communities across Florida, humanities-rich programming is making a lasting impact in the hearts and minds of Sunshine State residents and visitors alike. Florida Humanities is proud to partner with local community champions to bring you high-quality public programming through Community Project Grants, Florida Talks, Museum on Main Street, and more.

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Hidden Histories of the Civil War in Florida

Reflections of Manatee 1302 4th Avenue East, Bradenton, FL

Join historian and author Robert Redd on a tour of the lesser-known aspects of Florida in the Civil War. Mr. Redd provides a lecture to accompany the opening of a new addition to the ongoing exhibit Battle for Freedom, Manatee during the Civil War. The new addition to the exhibit focuses on the homefront and the changes endured by both settlers and enslaved. Lawn or street parking near the venue

The Battle for Freedom: United States Colored Troops and the Occupation of Manatee

Reflections of Manatee 1302 4th Avenue East, Bradenton, FL

Reflections of Manatee presents: "The Battle for Freedom: United States Colored Troops and the Occupation of Manatee," an event and exhibit that turns the focus of the Civil War as experiences in Confederate Manatee away from the enslavers and onto the free men of the United States Colored Troops that occupied the town, as well as the enslaved, some of whom used the opportunity to seek their own freedom. The

The Privilege of Remaining

Reflections of Manatee 1302 4th Avenue East, Bradenton, FL

Join Reflections of Manatee for a critical discussion about the Seminole people and the confrontations fought in Florida that impacted their way of life. Within the Seminole War (1817-28, 1835-42, 1855-58) were two long periods of cease-fire; long enough that Americans saw it as three wars. For the Seminole people in Florida, however, the War was an ever-present threat shaping the way they lived and the way they interacted with

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