Did you hear the one about pirates invading Amelia Island?
Posted On: August 27, 2022
A group of Spanish American pirates and privateers invaded Amelia Island in 1817 to free Florida from Spanish rule. Really.
Historian David Head will share fascinating stories about these revolutionary rogues and how the United States stopped them at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at the DeLand Regional Library, 30 E. Howry Ave.
Head is an associate lecturer of history at the University of Central Florida.
