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Reenactment of the First Christmas in what would become the United States - Tallahassee, Florida.

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RC01717

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Geographic Term

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Subject Term

Christmas
Historical reenactments--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

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Charlton, Miron Verne
Egan, William
Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542

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1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

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The first U.S. Christmas, when Hernando de Soto and his army of 600 spent the winter of 1539 near Tallahassee, is depicted here by Father Miron Verne Charlton and William Egan.

Reenactment of the First Christmas in what would become the United States - Tallahassee, Florida.

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Reenactment of the First Christmas in what would become the United States - Tallahassee, Florida. 1959. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/25600>, accessed 2 February 2023.

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Reenactment of the First Christmas in what would become the United States - Tallahassee, Florida. 1959. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 2 Feb. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/25600>

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