As part of the opening festivities guests had a chance to meet\u00a0Joe Williams, a decorated BSO Deputy Sheriff, author, and major contributor of artifacts and photographs to the new exhibit. Willams graciously signed copies of his latest novel,\u00a0Unearthed,\u00a0which captures the dark history of Broward County in the 1940s.<\/p>\n
\u201cHistory Fort Lauderdale is honored to continue sharing the stories about the development of our beloved city and county which includes people, places and organizations like the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office,\u201d said\u00a0Patricia Zeiler, executive director of History Fort Lauderdale. \u201cThis exhibit provides a rare glimpse into the organization\u2019s impressive growth and development and how it has evolved to serve the community today.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Growth and History of the Broward County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u201d is funded, 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 hosts a variety of engaging multicultural experiences, year-round. It seeks to bring awareness to the community through both traveling exhibits and multiple permanent exhibits 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 Seminole Arts & Culture,\u201d \u201cNew River Archaeology,\u201d \u201cViva Fort Lauderdale: Celebrating Hispanic Art & Culture,\u201d and \u201cTake PRIDE, a retrospective on LGBTQ life in South Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n
History Fort Lauderdale is open seven days a week\u00a0from 10 a.m. \u2013 4 p.m.\u00a0with docent guided tours, 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 and children ages six and under. Tickets are available online at\u00a0HistoryFortLauderdaleTickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n History Fort Lauderdale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of the opening festivities guests had a chance to meet\u00a0Joe Williams, a decorated BSO Deputy Sheriff,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-34491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","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\/34491","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=34491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}