Tag: National Florida Day

Today we celebrate the great state of Florida. Although native peoples inhabited the peninsula state as early as 14,000 years ago, European exploration began with Juan Ponce de Leon who arrived during the Easter Season of 1513. He called the lands La Pascua Florida in recognition of the verdant landscape and because Easter was known as Pascua Florida (Festival of Flowers).

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