Tag: WWII

An Ally’s Tribute From Long Ago

August 24, 20221 commentBy Les Harrison

Sitting on the shore of Tallahassee’s Lake Ella in a neatly kept plot is a stubby concrete monument to events and efforts of a bygone era. The fireplug-shaped tribute comes from the Republic of France in recognition for the support of Florida’s soldiers and citizens in liberating the western European nation from the Nazi Army…Read more

Carrabelle: A Slice of the Coastal Quiet Life

October 7, 20201 commentBy Les Harrison

Carrabelle today is far different than the tiny fishing village in panhandle Florida of 1942. While the year round population is currently less than 3,000, at the beginning of World War II the inhabitants’ numbers had barely reached a thousand. Chartered in 1893, fishing, logging and subsistence farming sustained the residents during those early and…Read more