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The term cracker was in use during the Elizabethan era to describe braggarts and blowhards. The original root of this is the Middle English word crack, meaning "entertaining conversation" (which survives as a verb, as in "to crack a joke"); the noun in the Gaelicized spelling craic also retains currency in Ireland and to some extent in Scotland and Northern England, in a sense of 'fun' or ...
Jacob Summerlin (February 20, 1820 – November 4, 1893), aka the King of the Crackers and King of the Cracker Cow Hunters, was documented as the first child born in Florida after the land was ceded by Spain. This was again validated in about 2012-15 during Florida's 500-year celebration as Florida honored him as one of three people that were ...
Cracker Country is a living history museum of rural Florida, and Florida Cracker culture which was established in 1978 by Mildred and Doyle Carlton Jr. [1] Cracker Country features thirteen original buildings dating from 1870 to 1912 and is set in 1898. [1] The buildings were moved to their present location from throughout the state.
Central Florida BBQ Festival [21] Sebring: Highlands 1 Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival [22] Fellsmere: Indian River Wild game 1 Taste of Pine Island [23] Pine Island: Lee Various 1 Florida Keys Seafood Festival [24] Key West: Monroe Seafood 1 Great Southern Gumbo Cook-off [25] Sandestin: Okaloosa Gumbo 1 Sunshine Regional Chili Cook-Off [26 ...
The Westminster Cracker Festival will pay tribute to Stanley Skamarycz, the town's longtime postmaster, known for his kindness and big personality. Westminster Cracker Festival to honor beloved ...
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These festive treats may remind you of a day at the circus as a child, but the story of how they came to be goes all way back to England in the late 1800s. The animal-shaped cookies soon made ...
Prior to 1939, the record number of Black votes cast in a Miami city primary was 150. The day after the Klan parade, more than 1,400 Black voters cast their ballots. | Opinion