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Batter Up! Merrill-Stevens Shipyard Baseball Team

3 Apr 2026

Nancy Gandy

From the Archive

Local shipbuilders by day, baseball players by night...Merrill-Stevens employees played in the Victory League during World War II.

Bessie Coleman: Commemorating 100th Anniversary of Her Life and Death

3 Apr 2026

Kate Hallock

From the Archive

Aviatrix Bessie Coleman was a pioneer and recognized in her time for her aviation accomplishments. Then she was lost to history.

What’s in a Highway Name?

4 Mar 2026

Alan Bliss

From the CEO

A lot of lives and stories are represented by the names on street signs that we pass each day.

An American City

4 Feb 2026

Alan Bliss

From the CEO

A. Philip Randolph became the most important civil rights leader in 20th century U.S. history...from this American city.

Last Liberty Ship Leaves the St. Johns River

1 Feb 2026

Nancy Gandy

From the Merrill House Museum

The last of 82 Liberty Ships left Jacksonville 81 years ago this month. What a great maritime history!

A Tale of Two Bridges

7 Jan 2026

Alan Bliss

From the CEO

One bridge is Jacksonville's iconic image, the other a commuter's nightmare. Save one, scrap the other?