In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we talk to Dr. Chris Wilhelm, the author of “From Swamp to Wetland: The Creation of Everglades National Park.” It’s a follow-up to our episode on...
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the dedication of Everglades National Park. The early history of the Everglades would not necessarily foreshadow a decades-long association of...
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we acknowledge one of Miami’s most significant figures, Mary Athalie Range. She would rise from PTA chairwoman to statewide administrative office and reshape Miami along the...
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we acknowledge the 93rd birthday of Airlene Falconer (née Evans), who on this day in 1929 became the first baby born in an airplane over Biscayne...
In today’s bonus episode of This Day in Miami History, Matthew Bunch speaks to Rev. Msgr. Pablo Navarro (pictured in episode artwork, top right), who helped organize Pope John Paul II’s visit to Miami as...
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we look at Pope John Paul II’s visit to Miami in September 1987. The trip was less than 24 hours in length, but its impact is...
In today’s bonus episode of This Day in Miami History, Matthew Bunch speaks to Douglas Laycock, the Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and the lawyer who successfully...
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we look at the opening of the Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye in Hialeah. The church, which practices ritualistic animal sacrifice, would fight the city...
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we take a look back on July 27, 1925. This was the day most of Miami learned that their mayor had died. However, it was not...
In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we break format a bit to talk with Roben Farzad, the host of NPR’s “Full Disclosure” and author of “Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and...