Scott PowersJanuary 7, 2020
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Tag: Orange County Regional History Center
Scott PowersJanuary 7, 2020Scott PowersJune 12, 2017
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There are boxes atop tissues on every display case at the Pulse One Orlando Exhibit that opened Monday at the Orange County Regional History Center, and they are being used. From now through Saturday the center is displaying 200-300 items that were offered in the past year at various make-shift shrines throughout Orlando, items curated […]
Scott PowersDecember 12, 2016
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The sun never quite rose in Orlando Monday morning as fog and thick overcast lay a mourning atmosphere for the city’s six-month remembrance of the day it can never forget. Southeast of downtown Orlando, at the city’s Greenwood Cemetery, the Earthly remains of Cory James Connell, Anthony L. Laureano Disla, Leroy “Indara” Valentin Fernandez, and […]
Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2016
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The city of Orlando is replacing the temporary security fence around the Pulse nightclub with a decorative one that will feature a screen wrap displaying art pieces created by local residents in response to the June 12 massacre that killed 49 people. The new fence will go in next Monday, installed by the city, the Downtown […]
Associated PressJuly 21, 2016
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A senior resident at an Orlando hospital is still wearing the bloody shoes he wore as he treated victims from the Pulse nightclub shooting. Shortly after the June 12 shooting, Dr. Joshua Corsa wrote a moving Facebook status and posted a photo of his sneakers that were bloodied as 44 patients from the gay nightclub […]
Scott PowersJuly 14, 2016
5min337
All the Pulse massacre memorabilia laid on the lawn of the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center in Orlando, all the expressions of grief, love and togetherness, soon will be history. Literally. People will have one more weekend to see the remaining cards, pictures, flags, art and other expressions. But by Monday, the Orange County Regional […]
Associated PressJune 27, 2016
1min169
Curators have begun collecting signs, flags, artwork and photos left behind at several makeshift memorials for the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Curators from the Orange County Regional History Center started collecting the items on Monday. Memorials have been left behind at Orlando’s new downtown performing arts center, at the hospital […]