Historic Pensacola marks WW II's 70th anniversary

  • May 21, 2015
  • /   Staff Reports
  • /   education
The University of West Florida Historic Trust will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Historic Pensacola’s 25th annual open house, in conjunction with Viva Florida’s “Victory Florida” campaign, will on Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will include swing dancing with dancers dressed in a Rosie the Riveter costume for their “We Can Do It” photograph. Participants will write a message of thanks to service men and women, past and present on the “Wall of Thanks” and search for clues in the “Passport to the Past” scavenger hunt. The winner of the scavenger hunt will receive a free, private birthday party. Participants also will learn about life in Pensacola during the war, Victory Gardens, the many roles women played in the war and how scrap metal materials were gathered and used to support the war effort. The open house includes free admission to the Historic Pensacola Village, the T. T. Wentworth Jr. Museum, the Pensacola Children's Museum and Voices of Pensacola presented by Gulf Power as well as guided tours of many of the Historic Pensacola Village properties. Climmie the Clown will visit the Pensacola Children's Museum and special programming is planned throughout the day at Voices of Pensacola, including the presentation “The S. S. San Pablo, A Brief History” by Stewart Hood at noon and a screening of “Pearl Harbor: One Last Goodbye” at 1 p.m. In addition, guests can explore museum quality and participate in directed learning activities that focus on Florida's water resources and ecosystem in WaterVenture Florida's Learning Lab, a 53-foot semi-trailer that has been customized as a state-of-the-art traveling science center. Additional organizations participating in the open house include Northwest Florida USO, American Red Cross, UWF Alumni Relations, the UWF Archaeology Institute, the Pensacola Archaeological Society and Next Exit History. The Historic Pensacola complex is located between Plaza Ferdinand and Seville Square from Church Street, south to Bayfront Parkway. For more information, visit www.historicpensacola.org or contact Jeff Nall, UWF Historic Trust chief community officer, at 595-5985, ext. 110 or [email protected].  
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