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• Henry Bouquet
  ...ered military service at the age of 17. Like many military officers of his day, Bouquet traveled between countries serving as a professional soldier. He b ...ent Ligonier, Pennsylvania, but the attack was repulsed and they continued on to Fort Duquesne, only to find it razed by the fleeing French.
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• City of Pensacola annexations
  ...xpanded its [[Pensacola city limits|city limits]] through '''annexation''' on multiple occasions since the original area of 9.75 square miles was laid ou ....<ref>"Let's Build Better City." ''Pensacola News''. April 26, 1943.</ref> This was long considered an insurmountable obstacle to expanding the city limits
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• Christmas abortion bombings
  A '''trio of anti-abortion bombings''' took place on [[December 25|Christmas Day]], [[1984]]. The attacks, planned under the code-name "'''Gideon Project''' ...Center to relocate to a new office on [[Ninth Avenue]], which opened on [[August 13]]. No arrests were made in the June bombing, which Goldsby and Simmons t
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• Goofy Golf
  ...olf.jpg|thumb|240px|right|"T-Rex" and "Da Bear" sculptures, with clubhouse on left]] ...repair. Some of the damages included ripped batting cage nets, the ostrich on the windmill hole was blown down, the fence was folded over from the high w
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• Bayfront Auditorium
  ...the construction of a competitive business."<ref>"Saenger Continues Fight On Pensacola Auditorium." ''Boxoffice'', July 14, 1951.</ref> The Municipal Auditorium was built for $820,000 and dedicated on [[February 8]], [[1955]]. The [[Pensacola High School]] band played at the
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• History of the Pensacola Police Department
  July 17, 1821 at 10 AM, General Andrew Jackson accepted West and East Florida for t ...to the sheriff’s department. Now, officers would be on duty all day every day! <br>
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• War of 1812 in Pensacola
  ...f U.S. sailors into the British Navy; British occupation of military forts on the American western frontier; and finally, British encouragement of Native ...in neutral. This prompted the Proclamation of Neutrality to be established on April 22, 1793. During the same year the proclamation was established, the
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• Lee Square
  |opened=[[June 17]], [[1891]] |mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.420127" lon="-87.217004" zoom="17" width="288" height="180">
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• Timeline of Pensacola history
  *[[August 14]], 1559 – Luna's expedition enters Pensacola Bay. *[[1565]] – St. Augustine, on Florida's east coast, is founded by the Spanish, becoming the first permane
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• Community Maritime Park
  ...ferendum|special referendum]], but the project was affirmed by city voters on [[September 5]], [[2006]]. ...dum on the project, utilizing a yet-untried proviso of the city's charter. On [[March 25]], [[2003]] the citizens of Pensacola voted to overturn the coun
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• W. D. Childers
  ...had been violated, as the defense team was not allowed to question Junior on his change of testimony.<ref>"Federal appeals court reverses Childers convi ...mented his salary with roofing work and door-to-door sales. He capitalized on the sale of trendy items — hula hoops in the 50s, color televisions in th
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• Kent Hovind
  ...ion, spoke frequently in private schools, churches, university debates and on radio and television broadcasts arguing for young earth creationism. Hovind On [[February 9]], [[1969]], Hovind converted to Christianity. He holds three
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