Tallahassee bicentennial

A replica of Florida’s first capitol building, a log cabin, is under construction at Cascades Parks. Organizers are asking the public to help.

Among those on hand for the occasion was a direct descendent of the man in charge of the first capitol's construction.

Father James Page founded dozens of Black churches from Florida to Virginia during the mid-nineteenth Century.

The project echoes a similar effort during Tallahassee's Centennial celebration in 1924.

The festival was originally part of an organized campaign to dissuade the Florida Legislature from moving the state capital to Central Florida.

The 9 acre fairgrounds was located between 1880 and 1925 in the area now occupied by the Levy Park neighborhood.

Many organizations connected to the area's history, culture and heritage were eager to share that information with festivalgoers.

The Old City Cemetery is the final resting place of many who died locally between 1829 and the 1920s.

A new exhibit called "Becoming Florida's Capitol" is on display from now through January 2025 as the city and county celebrate their 200th anniversary.

Lawmakers met at the Capitol Thursday to adopt a resolution recognizing the bicentennial. The celebration then continued outside in the courtyard.