Friends of the Sarasota County History Center

06/18/2026

06/18/2026

06/17/2026

Find us this Saturday, June 20th from 7am-1pm at the Sarasota Farmers Market! 🌼🌞
Learn more about our History Center and what you can do to support the preservation of Sarasota's past!

05/29/2026

Find us this Saturday, May 30th from 7am-1pm at the Sarasota Farmers Market! 🌼🌞

Learn more about our History Center and what you can do to support the preservation of Sarasota's past!

05/25/2026

Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, was established after the Civil War and formalized on May 30, 1868 by Commander-in-chief John A. Logan of the G.A.R. The holiday was reserved to honor Union soldiers who had perished during the Civil War, but after World War I, it was expanded to honor those who had died in all conflicts.
Celebrated on the last Monday of May, the name "Memorial Day" was adopted in 1971.

05/19/2026

Here's Another History Tid-bit:
Englewood had incorporated as a city in 1925, but with the collapse of the Florida real estate boom and a cashier of Englewood Bank running off with all the bank's money, Englewood could not afford to pay for municipal services like police so on May 11, 1929
Englewood's municipal charter was abolished by the State Legislature.

05/16/2026

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