Spotlight: Author Talk with Jim Clark, Dragon Parade, and Paws in the Park
• U.S. Presidents have played a major role in shaping Florida, whether waging wars, protecting the environment, seeking votes, or just drawing media attention to the state’s attractions. Regular visitors have included Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, and John F. Kennedy. Harry Truman had a house in Key West called the Little White House. Warren G. Harding played golf with an elephant as a caddie, and Chester Arthur went fishing in Orlando. Join Jim Clark of the University of Central Florida history faculty and author of a book called “Presidents in Florida” for an informative and entertaining review of the Sunshine State’s presidential past… The talk takes place Sunday at 2 at the Orange County Regional History Center …
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