Florida Education Association: The Beginning
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N 30° 43.034 W 086° 06.964
16R E 584635 N 3398598
Located in front of Chamber of Commerce on Circle Drive in DeFuniak Springs, Fla.
Waymark Code: WM87J7
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2010
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Florida teachers and administrators numbering 700 met here in Chautauqua Hall for a "teachers institute" called the Florida Chautauqua. The meeting was called to order by J.A. Graham, City Superintendent of Schools, Key West, at 12:30 p.m., on Thursday March 4, 1886. The major purpose of the gathering was a short but intensive training period mainly in subject matter fields, for many teachers were mere "grammar school grads." Here was the beginning of the Florida Education Association. A separate black teachers' association was formed in 1890. On July 1, 1966 the black and white organizations merged. The name Florida Education Association was continued for this combined organization and, in 1975, the word "United" was added when FEA and Florida's American Federation of Teachers merged. The Florida Education Association has become a symbol of the achievements of the past and an inspiration to those who will promote excellence for Florida's public schools, colleges, and universities in the future.
Marker Number: F-307
Date: 1986
County: Walton
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Sponsored by the Walton County Education Association,Florida Education Association/united,in cooperation with the Florida Department of State
Website: [Web Link]
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