Event Details

End: March 21, 2022
Contact: PORTER.RACHEL@flhistoriccapitol.gov
More Info: http://www.flhistoriccapitol.gov/

Exhibit: Rendezvous With Destiny: Florida and WWII

December 7, 2021 – March 20, 2022

 

Eighty years ago in December 1941, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Congress declared war on the Empire of Japan, Italy, and Nazi Germany. This action followed the December 7 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii, which was a day, the president said, that will live in infamy. Years before entering the war, the United States prepared to defend democracy; Florida was at the forefront.

Visit the Florida Historic Capitol Museum to learn more about Florida’s historic Rendezvous with Destiny. Developed in partnership with Camp Blanding Museum and The Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at Florida State University, this exhibit and programming share the stories of the pre-war period and entrance into World War II from the perspective of those who experienced it – the Floridians defending America on the front lines and back home.

 

Florida Historic Capitol Museum

400 South Monroe Street

Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100

 

For further information contact:

 

Rachel Porter: PORTER.RACHEL@flhistoriccapitol.gov

 G. Kurt Piehler: kpiehler@fsu.edu