Category History, Heritage & Cultural Memory

History, Heritage & Cultural Memory

Search Continues for Pensacola’s Lost Colonial-Era Settlement

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile stories fill history books about immigrants who came to Colonial America and thrived, not as much is known about those who didn’t succeed. Through exhaustive research, Jen Knutson, a graduate research assistant with the University of West Florida’s Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, is telling the story of one of those ill-fated groups – […]

History, Heritage & Cultural Memory

America’s First European Settlement Unearthed in Pensacola

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor centuries, historians have searched for the exact location of Tristán de Luna y Arellano’s 1559 settlement in Pensacola — the first multi-year European settlement in what is now the United States. Today, that mystery has been solved. Archaeologists from the University of West Florida (UWF) announced the groundbreaking discovery of the long-lost de Luna […]

History, Heritage & Cultural Memory

Transcript of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Address on Confederate Monuments

Reading Time: 3 minutesContext: Just hours before the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was removed — the fourth such monument dismantled in New Orleans — Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered a historic speech at Gallier Hall. What follows is the full transcript of his powerful and emotional remarks, reflecting on history, justice, and unity. Thank you for […]