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Dr. Porter Lifts Quarantine for Santa: Curator's Tour
| December 19, 2014 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Event Location
Florida Historic Capitol Museum
400 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
Event Contact
Florida Historic Capitol Museum
info@flhistoriccapitol.gov850-487-1902
Price: Free
Dr. Porter Lifts Quarantine for Santa: Curator's Tour
The Florida Department of Health’s own Joe Wright will be delivering an outstanding seasonal message as he portrays Florida’s first State Health Officer, Dr. Joseph Yates Porter. He will be reading an article from the December 1889 Florida Times Union Newspaper accounting Dr. Porter’s lifting of the Yellow Fever Quarantine in Jacksonville in order to let Santa Claus into Jacksonville for Christmas!
Original news clipping from December 1889 obtained from Dr. Porter’s own personal files located in the R.A. Gray Building, Tallahassee, FL – Florida Memory Project:
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Event Starts: 11:00 AM
Event Ends: 12:00 PM
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