Military Museum and Library of Southwest Florida

The state has issued the second and final round of cultural and museum grants for the fiscal year. Four Southwest Florida arts organizations received financial support – South Florida State College in Highlands County, the Military Heritage Museum in Punta Gorda and the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society and Shell Museum and Educational Foundation on Sanibel Island. No organizations in Sarasota, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry or Collier counties shared in this round of grants.

The museum's new space is its third home since 2009 and second after the COVID pandemic forced it out of Cape Coral due to finances.

A flag with 37 stars flew over the White House for roughly ten years, after the addition of Nebraska to the union in March 1867. A version of the 37-star…