Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit Catholic Church began as a mission of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Warrington, Florida.

The first Mass at Holy Spirit Mission was celebrated in July 1955. A year later, a 12-acre tract was purchased on Gulf Beach ...

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery

The Catholic Church purchased the 40 acres, known to the people of Pensacola as Holy Cross Cemetery, in 1914. In 1942, the property in the East Hill Neighborhood of Pensacola was dedicated for use as a Catholic Cemetery.

The Priest's ...

Pensacola Beach Cross

The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic Fraternal Organization of Men, sponsored the 10-foot, concrete cross which now stands on a dune of Pensacola Beach.

The cross commemorates the first Catholic Mass celebrated in the continental United States on August 15, ...

Little Flower Parish and School

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Diocese of Pensacola Tallahassee

Little Flower Parish and School, located in the Myrtle Grove area of West Pensacola, was founded in 1945 and 1946 respectively-- the latter by four Dominican Sisters from New York. Converted Old World War II ...

16th Street Baptist Church

In 1963, events at the 16th Street Baptist Church provided the world with a graphic illustration of racism in the American South. As leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)brought the fight for civil rights to Birmingham, the 16th ...

National Historic Landmark- Sloss Furnaces

Erected in 1881-82 by noted southern industrialist James Withers Sloss, this is the oldest remaining blast furnace in the area and represents Alabama's early 20th century preeminence in the production of pig iron and cast iron pipe.

The complex, which remained ...

National Historic Landmark- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is associated with the Birmingham Alabama civil rights movement in 1963 in which two specific events led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Between May 2-8, 1963, participants of the nonviolent ...

National Historic Landmark- Saturn V Launch Vehicle

n July 1969, a rocket of this type carried astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, and Michael Collins toward mankind's first expedition to the surface of the moon.

Developed by the U.S. for the purpose of landing a man ...

National Historic Landmark- Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand

Built in 1964 to conduct mechanical and vibrational tests on the fully assembled Saturn V rocket, this facility represents the last step in the testing process before the vehicle was accepted for full flight status.

Major problems capable of causing ...

National Historic Landmark- Redstone Test Stand

A steel frame structure constructed in 1953 from salvaged materials, this is the oldest static firing facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center. It was important in the development of the Jupiter C and Mercury/Redstone vehicles that launched the first ...