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Experience Florida’s history as a living pageant—an illustrated journey from 1500 to 1823 told through drama, legend, and song.
This official program presents a statewide pageant that traces the state’s story through Indian, Spanish, French, and English eras. It blends historical events with folkloric tales and local community involvement, offering a unique, dramatized look at how Florida became part of the United States. Readers will encounter forewords, patron lists, and narratives centered on milestones like the transfer of Florida from Spain to the United States and early coastal life, all framed to entertain and educate.
You will explore stories and legends that have shaped Florida’s cultural memory, including how wind and nature figures into folklore, heroic tales from the era of exploration, and the people who built and hosted this pageant in Jacksonville. The material is organized to give a sense of place, time, and community effort behind the pageant’s production, making it a historical keepsake as well as a cultural artifact.- Dramatic retellings of Florida’s early explorers and key events
- Folklore and legends that illuminate regional identity
- A behind-the-scenes view of the pageant’s organization and community involvement
- Timelines and context for understanding Florida’s state history
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book presents the historical pageant play performed in Jacksonville in 1923 to celebrate Florida's history from the arrival of Ponce de Leon in 1513 to Florida's entry into the United States as the 27th state in 1845. The pageant comprises eight episodes performed by a cast of several hundred people, including a chorus and an orchestra. The play includes dialogue, historical tableaux, music, singing, dance, and battle reenactments. The author provides an introduction, interludes, prologues, and historical notes. The play was an ambitious undertaking for its time and remains a valuable historical document. It portrays the complex history of Florida, including the interactions between Native Americans, Spanish explorers, French colonists, British settlers, and American pioneers. The book also includes insights into the cultural and social life of Florida during these periods. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331702146_0
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