Learn about the landmark people, places and legal cases that built Broward County in History Fort Lauderdale\u2019s newest exhibition, \u201cJustice from The Sea to The Sawgrass: A History of the Broward County Judiciary.\u201d This free exhibition will be on view at the New River Inn (231 SW 2nd Ave. in Downtown Fort Lauderdale) from May 1 – 30 before it moves to its permanent home in the Broward County Courthouse.<\/p>\n
History buffs will learn about the Broward County Judiciary\u2019s rich (and sometimes, storied) past beginning with its incorporation in 1915. Through archival photographs, artifacts and legal documents, visitors will view the original buildings housing the county\u2019s judicial system, learn about Broward\u2019s first judge, Jacob F. Bunn (1915-1920), its first female judicial officer, Eunice C. Rencher, the first female judge to be elected to a state bench, Mildred Akerman, and first two African American judges, Thomas J. Reddick, Jr., and Alcee Hastings. Also on display are several legal documents, articles and photos documenting the highly publicized national investigation of the death of celebrity Anna Nicole Smith and the infamous 2000 Florida Election Recount. Judicial robes and other personal effects from several previous judges and legal representatives add to the exhibit\u2019s significance. <\/p>\n
This exhibit has been created with the generous support of Broward County Hispanic Bar Association, Honorable Florence Taylor Barner, Honorable Hope Bristol, Honorable Robert F. Diaz, Honorable Jane Fishman, Honorable Lisa Flanigan, Honorable Marina Garcia-Wood, Honorable Peggy Gehl, Honorable Kenneth Gottlieb, Honorable Daniel Kanner, Honorable Kristin Kanner, Honorable Robert W. Lee, Honorable Kathleen McCarthy, Honorable Lisa Porter, Honorable Jackie Powell, Honorable Linda Pratt, Honorable Carlos A. Rodriguez,<\/p>\n
Honorable Louis Schiff, Honorable Daniel Kanner, Yair Bengio, Esq., John Bristol, Esq.,<\/p>\n
Patricia Windowmaker, Esq., Salome J Zikakis, Esq., and Patricia Zeiler.<\/p>\n
Use of newspaper articles courtesy of the Sun-Sentinel and the Miami Herald.<\/p>\n
Use of photographs courtesy of History Fort Lauderdale, Gene Hyde Collection, Broward County Bar Association, Sun-Sentinel, US News & World Report, Miami Herald, Broward County Hispanic Bar Association, Broward County Board of County Commissioners and Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n
Support for \u201cJustice from The Sea to The Sawgrass: A History of the Broward County Judiciary\u201d has been provided by the following Funds at the Community Foundation of Broward: Jan and Ed Crocker Unrestricted Fund, Leo M. and Alice J. Rutten Fund, and The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation Broward Community Fund. Additional funding is provided, in part, by Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward County Cultural Council and Visit Lauderdale.<\/p>\n
History Fort Lauderdale offers a variety of engaging multicultural experiences throughout the year. It seeks to bring awareness to the community through both traveling exhibits and multiple permanent displays including \u201cWomen Trailblazers,\u201d \u201cFort Lauderdale \u2013 the Early Years,\u201d \u201cRoots of Resilience: The Journey of Black Broward,\u201d \u201cFrom Dugouts to Dream Yachts: The Story of Boatbuilding Along the New River,\u201d \u201cSeminole Arts & Culture,\u201d \u201cNew River Archaeology,\u201d \u201cViva Fort Lauderdale: Celebrating Hispanic Art & Culture,\u201d \u201cThe Growth and History of the Broward County Sheriff\u2019s Office,\u201d and \u201cTake PRIDE, a Retrospective on LGBTQ Life in South Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n
History Fort Lauderdale is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with docent-guided tours offered daily at 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Group walking tours are available upon special request. Admission is $15 for adults; $12 for seniors; and $7 for students (through age 22 with a valid student ID). Admission is free for members, military personnel, and children aged six and under. Tickets are available online at HistoryFortLauderdaleTickets.<\/p>\n
For more information about History Fort Lauderdale, please call (954) 463-4431 or visit historyfortlauderdale.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Learn about the landmark people, places and legal cases that built Broward County in History Fort Lauderdale\u2019s newest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5119,249,251,250],"class_list":["post-260620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-exhibit","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}