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Exposed CIA secret involvement with the war in Laos and interviews with world figures; historian author of Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State and Miami: City of the Future: Born in Tampa [citation needed] Kristen Arnett (1980–) Fiction author and essayist; her debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, was a New York Times bestseller
The Florida Department of State and the Florida League of Cities created the program in 1998 to help celebrate the approaching end of the millennium.The process dedicated a special series of commemorative panels in cities throughout the state recognizing deceased individuals who made significant contributions to the history and culture of Florida.
There are more than 1,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida. They are distributed through 66 of the state's 67 counties. Of these, 42 are National Historic Landmarks. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 7, 2025. [1]
There are 267 cities, 123 towns, and 21 villages in the U.S. state of Florida, a total of 411 municipalities. [1] They are distributed across 67 counties, in addition to 66 county governments. [2] Jacksonville has the only consolidated city–county government in the state, [3] so there is no Duval County government.
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When the white town of Sanford, Florida, wanted to expand in the direction of the black town of Goldsboro, it lobbied the Legislature to revoke both towns' charters; in 1911, once that was ...
Perry Como. The crooner, famous for his annual Christmas specials, lived in Jupiter Inlet Colony until his death in 2001. He called the area “a little piece of heaven.”
Also included is a site determined eligible for National Historic Landmark status, [3] and a list of historical sites in Florida managed by the U.S. National Park Service which also have national significance. [4] The National Historic Landmark program is administered by the National Park Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior.