{"id":298910,"date":"2026-06-07T04:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298910\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T04:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:05:19","slug":"4th-of-july-programs-to-highlight-1776-florida-and-america-indepencence-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298910\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Of July Programs To Highlight 1776 Florida And America Indepencence (July 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/sltablet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Last-naval-battle26.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"475\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Last-naval-battle26-696x475.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Last naval battle[26]\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0submitted by\u00a0Roxanne Brown,\u00a0Clermont Historic Village\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sltablet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Doris-476.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-123648 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Doris-476-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a>Pictured: Doris Bloodsworth<\/p>\n<p>The Clermont Historical Society will host local historian and author Doris Bloodsworth on July 4 in two programs celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sltablet.com\/ads\/advent-health-banner\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CB_Market-Expansion_Clermont_960\u00d7150_6.25.jpg\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first program, beginning promptly at 1:30 pm, entitled \u201cFlorida \u2013 the 14th Colony,\u201d will share what was happening in the Sunshine State in 1776 and the state\u2019s role during the Revolutionary War. Learn about George Washington\u2019s attempted invasions of Florida, Paul Revere\u2019s engravings that captured the state\u2019s culture and how Florida played a part in the Declaration of Independence and the last naval battle of the Revolutionary War. Discover what was happening in our own south Lake County as the country battled for independence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The second program, beginning promptly at 2:30 pm, will feature novel, fascinating facts about the Declaration of Independence and its signers. Attendees will receive free copies of this famous document.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join others in this educational opportunity to learn more about Clermont, Florida and America. Programs will be held at the train depot in the Clermont Historic Village at 490 West Ave. beside the South Lake Trail and Lake Minneola.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>** Limited availability. To register, please email broroxan@aol.com or call 352-242-7734.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0submitted by\u00a0Roxanne Brown,\u00a0Clermont Historic Village\u00a0 Pictured: Doris Bloodsworth The Clermont Historical Society will host local historian and author&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[125722,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-298910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-clermont-historic-society","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298910","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=298910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}