The Stetson Kennedy Foundation

09/03/2026

Discussed this at our recent Beluthahatchee Book Club meeting.
Stay tuned for our next book and date!

09/03/2026

It’s a great day to visit your local library📕📗📘📙📚

Do You Have a Library Card? 📚

The St. Johns County Public Library is celebrating the value of a library card this September for Library Card Sign-up Month with a special discount campaign featuring local businesses across St. Johns County. The “Community Connections” discount campaign offers SJCPLS library cardholders the opportunity to unlock additional savings throughout the month at more than 115 local businesses.

📚 Learn more and get your library card today! https://bit.ly/46yzOUR

08/29/2026

Now is a great time to get your copy of Palmetto County

https://myfloridahistory.org/fhspress/publication/palmetto-country

08/27/2026

Remembering Ax Handle Saturday…
and the life of Stetson Kennedy❤️🌎🕊️
10/5/1917-8/27/2011

8/27 Today in Florida History from the Florida Historical Society!

1960 – “Ax Handle Saturday” occurred in Jacksonville on this date. Sit-ins began two weeks earlier when students asked to be served at the segregated lunch counters at Woolworths, Morrison's Cafeteria, and other eateries in the city. They were denied service and kicked, spit at, and addressed with racial slurs. This came to a head on Ax Handle Saturday. A group of 200 men (allegedly some were also members of the Ku Klux Klan) gathered in Hemming Park armed with baseball bats and ax handles. They attacked the protesters conducting sit-ins. The violence spread, and the white mob started attacking all African-Americans in sight. The "Boomerangs" (a black street gang) attempted to protect the demonstrators. Police, who had not intervened when the protesters were attacked, now became involved, arresting members of the Boomerangs and other black residents who attempted to stop the beatings. The events were reported in “Life” Magazine and newspapers in Chicago, Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, and New York. Reporters from the “Florida Times-Union” and the “Jacksonville Journal” were not allowed to cover the events.

08/23/2026

Take a moment today to remember….and deepen your understanding of true historical facts.

Deepening our understanding of major historical events can help foster greater respect and tolerance.

Sunday's International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is an opportunity to reflect on one of the darkest chapters in human history and learn from it.

More from UNESCO: https://www.unesco.org/en/days/slave-trade-remembrance

08/20/2026

Join us on August 27th at 10 am as the Beluthahatchee Book Club meets again!
Ayolane Halusky, owner of Earth Kinship Kayak Tours & Nature Education, will lead our discussion of these two books.
A wealth of knowledge of the “Natural Treasures of. Northeast Florida” will be shared and also the travels and discoveries of Ditch Witches!
Beluthahatchee Park, 1523 State Road 13 32259

08/18/2026

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08/17/2026

Lullaby of the Rivers and the Stetson Kennedy foundation are proud to present the Duffy Bishop Trio at our September 13th edition of Second Sundays at Stetsons concert series at Beluthahatchee Park.
Showtime is 2pm.
Duffy, Chris,and Rusty are huge favorites at our annual Lullaby of the Rivers festival and we’re thrilled to welcome them back for another afternoon of great music at Beluthahatchee. Come and enjoy the music, the beautiful park, and good vibes.