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Gingerbread Extravaganza 2025 Draws Crowd to New Location

31 Dec 2025

Kate Hallock

JHC News

It's a wrap! The 23rd Annual Gingerbread Extravaganza ran for 11 days in December 2025, welcoming over 3,000 visitors to the new Jacksonville History Center.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor: How It Rewrote Jacksonville’s Story

7 Dec 2025

Alan Bliss

From the CEO

World War II reinvented the American South with lasting impacts on Jacksonville.

ICYMI: Speaker Series Program on Debunking (the Images of) DeBry

7 Dec 2025

Joel Cordova

Speaker Series

Since the 1970s, scholars have debunked Theodor de Bry's images of the Timucuan people, so why do we still use them?

ICYMI: Speaker Series Program on the 10th Anniversary of the Sinking of the El Faro

5 Nov 2025

Joel Cordova

Speaker Series

Ten years have passed since 33 lives were lost in a tragic offshore storm, but memories of the S.S. El Faro crew are honored.

The (New) Merrill House Celebrates 20 Years

4 Nov 2025

Nancy Gandy

From the Merrill House Museum

Happy Anniversary to the (new) James E. Merrill House, renovated 20 years ago.

Echoes of the 1920s

4 Nov 2025

Alan Bliss

From the CEO

Knowing about the past explains a lot about the present, and understanding the present helps us prepare for the future. That’s the work of history.