Afternoon with Florida History

Date:
6/22/2019 at 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Event Description

Join us in the Root Family Auditorium for a presentation on Florida history. 

Admission: Free for MOAS members, $7.00 for future members, or included with paid museum admission. 

Florida: The Fire in the Sky
Join Senior Curator of Education and History, Zach Zacharias for a lecture on a history that few know anything about, Florida's historic urban fires. Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Ocala, DeLand, and other major cities once endured epic fires that destroyed swaths of their original downtown areas. These fires left death and destruction in their wake before modern fire fighting could save towns. 

Fort Peyton and the Capture of Osceola
Join James Fiske, Florida Agricultural Museum Historian and Flagler County Historic Board Member and learn about the amazing story of the capture of Osceola and Fort Peyton. Learn about how Osceola and captured by General Thomas Jesup under a flag of truce and taken to St. Augustine to be imprisoned. Discover how Fort Peyton played a role in his capture and other Seminole War outposts in the area such as Fort Fulton. 

Location:
Museum of Arts & Sciences - Root Family Auditorium
352 S. Nova Road
Daytona Beach FL 32114
Phone:
2024 Exhibit Sponsors
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.