The morning sun had just started peeking over the trees in Gene Clary Park as more than 30 residents representing at least five Laurel Hill area churches gathered to celebrate the Risen Lord during the small north county community’s traditional Easter Sunrise Service.
In addition to the exciting displays, reenactor skirmishes, lectures, and opportunities to come face to face with World War II history during the April 4 and 5 “Race to the Rhein” living history weekend, the event features a more solemn presentation.
Next time North Okaloosa families take a spin on a Ferris wheel or swoop around on a Scrambler, they’ll be supporting the Crestview Historic Preservation Board and the Bush House/Crestview History Museum.
The local production of “Twelve O’Clock High” continued to make news as its Southern Premiere — locally billed as its “Florida Preview” — was held in Crestview. Read on for details, plus a story about a teachers’ strike and Spanish Trail Park’s debut, among other local history bits.
Crestview’s sixth annual “Race to the Rhein” World War II living history weekend builds on the previous years’ successes, bringing back popular features and adding new ones.
Laurel Hill – Amidst the frenzy of gift shopping, card writing, cookie baking and turkey basting, a small north Okaloosa County church invites its neighbors from far and near to pause, take a breath, and experience the true meaning of Christmas.
Roscoe has one big wish on his list this Christmas: That some kind soul will adopt him and take him to his fur-ever home. But until he leaves his current digs at the Crestview Animal Services shelter, a full house at The Spirit of Christmas is his next wish.
The city was built as a railroad town, with its commercial heart spanning the several blocks from the courthouse to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad’s tracks, then south to meet State Road 85. (Which, back in the day, ran right up Main Street.)
Munich’s 189th Oktoberfest celebration ends on Oct. 6, but in Crestview, the party is just beginning. The historic Bush House will host the city’s observance of what began on Oct. 12, 1810, as a wedding celebration for Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese.
