Flagler County, FL - The Florida Historical Society has paid homage to Flagler County in print, as well as through public radio and television as the county celebrates its centennial this year.
Dr. Ben Brotemarkle – executive director of the Florida Historical Society and host of the weekly public radio program and the public television series, both named “Florida Frontiers” – visited Flagler County to interview local residents and historians, including Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed, as well as Centennial Committee chair and vice-chair Carl Laundrie and Sisco Deen, among others.
“We’re very happy to be part of the Flagler County centennial,” Brotemarkle said at the premiere viewing of the television production held at the Flagler Auditorium earlier this week. It airs at 11 AM, Sunday, May 7, on the WUCF-TV public television station.
Brotemarkle hosted both radio and television programs, and wrote a piece titled “Taking a look back at the Bulow Plantation, Mala Compra” that ran in “Florida Today” on April 12, and is available here.
The Florida Frontiers radio program is embedded in the centennial web page here.
“It is an incredible honor that the state would recognize our unique history and capture it in a documentary for public TV,” Hadeed said.
The main Flagler County Centennial Celebration event will be held Saturday, April 29, 9 AM to 3 PM, at the Government Services Complex, 1769 E. Moody Boulevard, Bunnell.
Activities include: classic car show, photo contest, music, Kids’ Zone, food trucks, historic re-enactments and re-enactors and more. Everything is free, except for the food trucks.
Find additional information here.
Photo courtesy of flaglercounty.org.
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