St Partick’s Day Parade moved out of Ybor City???
Under things that make you say Hummmm. In 1898 Theodore Roosevelt lead the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, know as “The Rough Riders” to Cuban. The group, with horses, was on a train coming from the east to Tampa. In Gary (now East Ybor) the train took a turn to the north. Teddy asks if they had arrived in Tampa. The conductor said no. The trains turn north here, then back in the last mile into the Tampa train Station. Teddy proclaimed… Lets get off the train here and have a parade into Tampa. Later in his diary Teddy wrote… The good people of Gary fed and watered the horses. Here he saw the most unusual tree where the roots were growing from the sky. That Banyan tree and one of the hand water pumps are in our front yard today. That day there was a parade down 7th Ave in Ybor City. Later they would sail to Cuba with the soldiers and horses. When finished in Cuba he gave the horses to the people of Cuba.
Fast forward to 1978. https://www.tamparoughriders.org/
Tampa Rough Riders, Inc.. The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment – Rough Riders, Inc was founded in 1978 to create and perpetuate a living memorial to the unique accomplishments of President Theodore Roosevelt and the members of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, known as the Rough Riders.
In the years to come the Tampa Pough Riders, Inc hosted the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Ybor City. We can just imagine the smile this would bring to Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. That is why, for us, it is sad to see the traditional parade move out of Ybor City.
“Don’t Say Gay ” author sent to prison
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced to prison a former Florida state legislator who catapulted to national attention for being the sponsor of a bill barring classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity that was called by its critics the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. (from msn.com)
Former Rep. Joe Harding (R-Williston), who plead guilty in March to one count each of wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements as part of a scheme to fraudulently obtain a $150,000 federal Covid-19 relief loan, was sentenced to four months in prison.
U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor, who was appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump, also sentenced Harding to two years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Court records show that Harding is scheduled to surrender to authorities on Jan. 29.
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