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Joy Wallace Dickinson

Florida Flashback

1565 or 1621: Thanksgiving sentiment was the same

November 16, 2008

Pilgrims, schmilgrims.

Recent columns

Vintage homes provide inside look at another world

November 9, 2008

Have you ever ridden past unknown houses, their windows glowing at twilight, and wondered what the world inside looked like?
Florida was in eye of a political storm in 1876

November 2, 2008

With Election Day looming, I'm sure you've heard the questions on TV, too.
Name and mystery of fabled Osceola survived death

October 26, 2008

With Halloween, plenty of opportunities for ghostly stories abound, including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with its headless horseman.
Play is a beacon brightly illuminating our dark past

October 19, 2008

Bill Maxwell and Beverly Coyle didn't know each other from Adam when the Florida Humanities Council asked them several years ago to write about growing up in a legally segregated world -- the last kids of Jim Crow, as Coyle calls that generation. I'm one, too.
Welcome mat has always been on Florida's doorstep

August 3, 2008

Welcome to Flashback's new digs; it feels homey, and we've got some real nice neighbors here in "Your Time" as we continue our ramblings into Florida's fascinating past.
A fitting tribute to 'Pappy' Kennedy

January 20, 2008

Monday marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with events all over Central Florida, including the 17th annual Arthur "Pappy" Kennedy Prayer Breakfast sponsored by the Central Florida YMCA and the Southwest Orlando Jaycees.
Over the river, through the woods, to that town of the spirits we go

October 28, 2007

For decades, Orlando-area folks have taken a drive to visit the remarkable Volusia County community of Cassadaga, which scholars deem the oldest active religious community of its kind in the Southeast.
'The heart of Maitland'

October 7, 2007

Folks "seeking health and wealth" couldn't find a better home than Maitland, Florida, an enterprising copywriter wrote about 1890.
Jewish pioneers gathered at family grove for High Holy Days

September 16, 2007

Last week, we started a fresh year on the Jewish calendar, when the HighHoly Days started at sundown Wednesday with Rosh Hashana, the New Year of5768.