Academy of Early Education Premier Childcare & Preschool Now Enrolling VPK 2017 - 2018 School Year! Come out and learn more about our programs, take a tour of our center and meet our team of educators. SUMMER PROGRAMS AVAILABLE! ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ March 1865 Civil War battle where Confederate soldiers defeated Union troops and kept Tallahassee from falling into Union control. Tallahassee was the only Southern capital east of the Mississippi not captured by Union forces during the war. Reenactments of the battle are held every March. PARK AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT - Downtown, running east and west between Call Street and College Avenue - Once Tallahassee’s northern board and an area cleared to protect the city from Indian attacks, it is now the oldest continuous green space and site of numerous special events throughout the year. The chain of seven parks encompasses historic homes, a historic cemetery and is on the National Register of Historic Places. LAKE JACKSON MOUNDS ARCHAEOLOGICAL STATE PARK - 3600 Indian Mounds Road, (850) 922- 6007 - One of the state’s most important archaeological sites, where Native Americans lived more than eight centuries ago. Today the park includes a walking trail and four earthen temple mounds. MISSION SAN LUIS - 2100 W. Tennessee St. (850) 245- 6406, MissionSanLuis.org - The 63-acre site, a national historic landmark, is the only reconstructed 17th-century Spanish mission in Florida. Originally the westernmost capital of Florida, today history comes alive here through costumed living interpreters, hands-on exhibits, recreated period buildings and archaeological excavations. MUSEUM OF FLORIDA HISTORY - 500 S. Bronough St., (850) 245-6400, MuseumOfFloridaHistory. com -Opened in 1977 as the state’s history museum, it houses exhibits and artifacts covering Florida’s history and prehistory. More than 40,000 artifacts and permanent exhibits span periods from the prehistoric mastodon to the Space Age. The newest exhibit, Phase II of Forever Changed, chronicles a dynamic period of history — from the meeting and interaction of vastly different native and European cultures to Florida’s adoption as a U.S. territory and eventually a state. UNION BANK MUSEUM - Downtown, 219 Apalachee Parkway (850) 561-2603 - Florida’s oldest surviving bank building that reopened after the Civil War as the Freedom Savings and Trust Company for emancipated slaves. It later served as a shoe factory, beauty shop, feed store and church. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it houses special exhibits from the Florida A&M University Black Archives. KNOTT HOUSE MUSEUM - 301 E. Park Ave., (850) 922-2459, MuseumOfFloridaHistory.com - Built in 1843, this historical home is the former residence of state ������������������������������������������������������������������������ Luella. In 1865 the home served as temporary Union Headquarters
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