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Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday with your Children
January 19, 2009
Today, we are celebrating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This holiday offers us an excellent opportunity to teach our preschoolers about this great man's lessons and legacy. Here are various resources which should help you share the meaning of this day with your family. And then be sure to get downtown for the MLK parade starting at noon; details are listed here as well. Are you Read more...
Ybor City Museum State Park celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
September 08, 2008
Tour the Ybor City Museum , originally a bakery in business until the 1920s, in Tampa's Barrio Latino to learn about the multicultural community that helped build the city of Tampa. The museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $3 for ages 6 and older. Children 5 and younger get in free. Call 813-247-6323 for more information. Read more...
Things to do today, 9/3
September 03, 2008
Wednesday, Sept. 3 10-11:30 a.m. Preschool Village Ramblers ~ Lemonade Social, Heritage Village, $6/member ($20 for the series), $8/non-member ($26/series), registration required, call 727-582-2426. Read more...
Tampa: What's in a name?
June 25, 2008
Where did Tampa get its name? According to some historians, it started out as Tanpa, the Calusa Indian word meaning 'sticks of fire. Some think this refers to the abundance of kindling and driftwood along the Hillsborough River . Others think it refers to the abundance of lightning strikes that has earned Tampa Bay the nicknames Lightning Capital of the World (although some disagree it's the Read more...
History lesson: Step back in time aboard the SS American Victory
May 16, 2008
First, read up on the history of the SS American Victory , the Merchant Marines , the Naval Armed Guard and nautical terminology on the Web site or at the library. Draw pictures of ships and the sea. Find out where the ship has been and look for those places (Europe, Korea, Vietnam) on a globe or in an atlas. Then take a tour of the SS American Victory , a functioning 1940s era Read more...
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