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DUVAL-WEST Camp Milton Historic Preserve 1175 Halsema Rd. N., Jacksonville www.timucuanparks.org/camp-miltonhistoric-preserve This campground immerses visitors into the Civil War era with its historical reenactments. On the property is an authentic 1800s Florida farmstead and an education center that houses Civil War artifacts. Durkeeville Historical Society Museum 1293 W. 19th St., Jacksonville www.durkeevillehistoricalsociety.org The Durkeeville community was founded in the 1930s for African Americans during Jacksonville’s period of racial segregation. This museum tells the
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
Veterans Memorial Wall
101 W. 1st St., Jacksonville
1145 E. Adams St., Jacksonville
www.karpeles.com/museums/jax.php
www.coj.net/departments/military-and-
As one of the few Karpeles Museums in the country,
veterans-affairs/jacksonville-veterans-
this location on the First Coast preserves historic
memorial-wall
artwork, documents and writings from renowned
This memorial is a tribute to fallen heroes all the
authors, scientists, composers, philosophers and
way from World War I to the War on Terror. More
leaders throughout world history.
than 1,700 veterans from all military branches are
Merrill House Museum
honored.
315 A Philip Randolph Blvd., Jacksonville www.jaxhistory.org/merrill-museum-house-
A.L. Lewis Museum
Operated by the Jacksonville Historical Society, this
1600 Julia St., Fernandina Beach
unique museum portrays what life in Jacksonville
www.americanbeachmuseum.org
was like at the turn of the 20th century.
The A.L. Lewis Museum gives a glimpse into the
Museum of Southern History
artifacts.
4304 Herschel St., Jacksonville
613 W. Ashley St., Jacksonville www.clarawhitemission.org/museum The museum is a memorial to Clara White, a former slave who fed her hungry neighbors out of her
Visitors to this museum can peruse exhibits on
215 O’Hagan Ln., Fernandina Beach
military and civilian life during the Civil War. On
www.fbfl.us/474/Amelia-Island-Lighthouse-
display is a Lincoln-era 37-Star Applegate Flag and a
Tour
diorama of the Battle of Olustee.
Known to be the only surviving lighthouse from the
worked alongside her mother to provide for the
829 N. Davis St., Jacksonville
community. This was the beginning of a fully running
www.ritzjacksonville.com
mission.
This museum celebrates the period from the 1920s
www.coj.net/departments/fire-and-rescue/ fire-museum The Great Fire of 1901 wiped out most of downtown Jacksonville, destroying 2,368 buildings. The museum displays photos of the fire, as well as a restored 1902 American LaFrance horse-drawn fire engine and working 1926 American LaFrance fire engine.
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Crow era in Amelia Island. Amelia Island Lighthouse
Ritz Theatre and Museum
1406 Gator Bowl Blvd., Jacksonville
lives of African Americans who lived during the Jim
www.museumsouthernhistory.com
two-room house in the 1880s. Her daughter, Eartha,
Jacksonville Fire Museum
NASSAU COUNTY
tours
story of Durkeeville through exhibits and historical Eartha M. M. White Museum
Amelia Island Museum of History, courtesy of AmeliaIsland.com
Territorial Period, Florida’s oldest lighthouse stands on the banks of Fernandina Beach. Built in 1838, the lighthouse continues to stand as a beacon of the area’s history.
to the 1960s in the LaVilla neighborhood, known as
Amelia Island Museum of History
the “Harlem of the South.” Visitors can also learn
233 S. 3rd St., Fernandina Beach
about Jacksonville-native brothers John Rosamond
www.ameliamuseum.org
and James Weldon Johnson who wrote the African
Known as the first “spoken history museum” in the
American National Anthem, Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.
state of Florida, discover Amelia Island’s diverse past at this museum.
