US Army Sergeant Moody Carlos Godwin was born in Jay, Florida on July 23, 1920 to the union of Moody Sankey Godwin Sr. and Mattie...

After the islands of Guam, Saipan, and Tinian were secured by the Marines, the US Navy Seabees went into a building frenzy to build their...

In 1923, a songwriter by the name of Perry W. Reed composed a song called "Down Pensacola Way" that was published by Southern Music...

During World War I, a Pensacolian by the name of Paul F. Smith filled out his paperwork for a “seaman’s declaration” on January 11, 1918....

Since I was a little boy, I have always heard and perhaps used the above term to describe someone's lack of knowledge about a particular...

As America gathers together for our 2021 Memorial Day celebration, very few of us realize the significance of the "red poppy" used as a...

In 1938, a young man from Deer Lodge, Montana stepped off the train in Pensacola, Florida on his way to NAS Pensacola to enter the Navy's...

For whatever reason, Pensacola passed a city ordinance effective October 1, 1913 requiring all saloons to close at 10:00 PM and they MUST...

My grandfather James Oscar Elijah Ward obtained a temporary job around 1913 when the Catholic Church began construction on the new...

James "Jake" Edwin Foxworth was born in Bagdad, Florida on August 28, 1923 to the union of George Oscar Foxworth and Sarah Elizabeth...

With all the political talk today about influencing national elections, most citizens don't realize we've been down this road before....

As Pensacola is planning on bringing in a new ferry system, few citizens realize we've had ferries here before. Once upon a time, a ferry...

Most Pensacolians when they think of hotels downtown automatically think of the landmark San Carlos Hotel on the northwest corner of...

Most people nowadays have no idea that we once had German Prisoner of War camps in our own backyard. As our forces in Africa, Italy, and...

The 2nd Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment was reassigned to the 2nd Marine Division in March 1942. That Fall they sailed to...

One of Pensacola High School's students (Class of 1943) took part in the World War II landing at Hollandia in the New Guinea Campaign on...

In September 1944, the 88th Infantry Division used the 349th Infantry Regiment as a rapid column to spearhead the drive north to Bologna....

In the aftermath of World War I, America went through an evolution of what became known as “Americanism.” During this period, they...

During World War II, those registered for the draft in each local district were reviewed by their local draft board for eligibility. Each...

There was a time when civilization followed natural waterways, not only for the growing of crops but also for transportation through the...