Posts Tagged ‘History’
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St. Luke’s Centennial
This year, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Oviedo is celebrating its centennial. As part of the year-long commemoration, the church has launched a program of service projects to the community called the Servant Project. Volunteers from the church serve local charities. In this feature we will hear about this project and the history of the church on its 100th anniversary.
Length: 16:50
(Produced, reported and edited by Desta Horner)
Oviedo Community Center
On January 23, 2012, the Oviedo City Council narrowly approved the purchase of an empty US Post Office building to convert into a community events center. Located in the historic downtown section of the city, the city claims the center will be a “hook” for launching a revitalization of that area. Length: 37:55
(Produced, reported and edited by Stephen McKenney Steck )
Commentary: The History of Goldsboro
Goldsboro was the 2nd all-black town incorporated in Florida. In 1911 it was absorbed into the neighboring city of Sanford but its heritage has been preserved in the Goldsboro Westside Historical Museum. Francis Oliver, curator of the museum, reminds us of this important slice of Florida’s history. Length – 04:37
Steamboats in Florida
From the 1870’s to the 1900’s steamboats and paddle wheelers traveled the rivers of Florida. It was a time of hardscrabble farming and frontier tourism. Ed L’Heureux gives a presentation to the Oviedo Historical Society about this critical transportation link during the post civil war period in Florida. Length 17:29
Hiding in the Spotlight
On this Heard in Central Florida you’ll hear remarks from Greg Dawson, author of Hiding in the Spotlight – A Musical Prodigy’s Story of Survival…spoken at the 16th annual Teachers Institute on Holocaust Studies presented by the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida. Mitchell Bloomer, the Holocaust Center’s Resource Teacher, introduces author Greg Dawson Feature Length — 45:13
Park Avenue History Alive!
The history of Park Avenue comes alive as Winter Park, Florida community leaders portray some of the earliest citizens. Dressed in period costumes, participants recount life from the 1880’s to the 1930’s along Park Avenue. Take a stroll down the street and listen as Kenneth Murrah, Thad Seymour, Jack Rogers, Alice Bass and Steve Schoene bring the past to life at the Fifth Annual James Gamble Rogers Colloquium on Historic Preservation on April 27, 2011
Historic Downtown Oviedo
Historic downtown Oviedo is described pejoratively by some as –dilapidated and hodgepodge-lodge like, or complimentary by others as –charming, quaint and authentic. Feature length – 14:11
Adicks: The Life of John Lee
Hear remarks by local historian Dr. Richard Adicks describing the Myths and Legends of the Life of John Lee presented at the Oviedo (Florida) Historical Society monthly meeting. Adicks’ 20-minute address spans an overview of the life and times of John Lee whose descendants pioneered Oviedo Florida. Adicks’ remarks also offer insights into the process of gathering historical and genealogical data and the difficulties in separating fact from legend when compiling historical information. Feature Length 24:29
Commentary: 2011 – State of Integration in Seminole County
Judith Dolores Smith, a third generation resident of Oviedo, Florida, commenting on the state of racial integration in Seminole County in 2011 Feature length – 04:05
Vietnam Veterans Remember
Vietnam Veterans John Blackwelder and John Malone share their experience and advice with the new veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Forty-five years separate these wars but the experiences are achingly similar and the advice is heartfelt.
Feature length 20:34
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