The Florida Quincentenary: 500 Years of Florida History and Culture

FAIN: BC-50547-10

Florida Humanities Council (St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5005)
Carly Guidry (Project Director: May 2010 to September 2014)

Funding will support a wide range of programming including grants, workshops for teachers, an issue of the Council's FORUM magazine, public programs and a newly developed Chautauqua that will explore the theme, "The Florida Quincentenary: 500 Years of Florida History and Culture."

Public programs, teachers workshops, an issue of FHC's Magazine FORUM, and a special grants initiative will be created for the Florida Quincentenary, marked by the landing of Juan Ponce de Leon on Florida's east coast in 1513. These programs and resources will look at Florida history and culture from 1513-2013 from a variety of cultural and historical perspectives.