History

Hurricane tracking has been around for roughly 100 years. But is there a way to check the weather patterns in Florida from thousands of years ago.

The Bonita Springs Historical Society's McSwain Home is featuring a compelling 9-11 exhibit.

Back in 2022 we talked to the author of a new book about gerrymandering in America called “One Person One Vote: A Surprising History of Gerrymandering in America.” Dr. Nicholas Seabrook is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Today we’re revisiting that conversation to provide some historical context on the recent burst of partisan redistricting that’s happening in the U.S. right now.

While most of the focus of the American Revolution is on the original 13 colonies, Florida did play a role in the War for Independence.

In January of 1742, while sailing around waters south of Florida in search of Spanish vessels to "sink, burn or destroy" the British Royal Navy’s HMS Tyger ran aground at Garden Key in what’s now Dry Tortugas National Park. What unfolded after the Tyger ran aground at Garden Key is a fascinating narrative that is compiled in a new paper published in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology titled “Hunting HMS Tyger, 1742: Identifying a Ship-of-the-Line in Dry Tortugas National Park” co-authored by Andrew Van Slyke & Joshua Marano. To get a sense of the Tyger and its crew's story, and the archeological efforts that go into this kind of identification, we talk with the team lead for the HMS Tyger identification effort.

Most Americans are familiar with the basics of the American Revolution, but a new documentary film from Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt will dissect the revolution like no other before.

For the Fourth of July, Song of the Day's Sheldon Zoldan is taking a crack at the classic patriotic hymn, Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Take a trip back 65 million years to the time of the dinosaurs. Many species were marquee attractions, but none can compare to Dreadnoughtus, the largest animal to ever roam Earth.

55 years ago, the world was captivated by the Apollo 13th mission. Three astronauts were trying to find a way back to Earth and Mission Control worked overtime to ensure every variable was ready.

At the end of the Florida Keys lies The Dry Tortugas. The jewel of this Caribbean secret is the historic Fort Jefferson. The efforts to build the structure took tremendous ingenuity and effort.