FAU Winter/Spring Speaker Series – Feb 22

Winter/Spring 2027 Speaker Series
Learning in Bloom: An FAU and Bonnet House Collaboration

4-Part Series Dates:
Mondays, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
January 25, February 22, March 29, April 26

Schedule:
Monday, February 22
1:00-2:30 PM Island Theater, Lecture (45min) and Q & A (15min)

Title: Weathered Remains:  The 1928 Lake Okeechobee Hurricane and Skeletal Remains

Speaker: Dr. Meredith A. B. Ellis, Chair of Anthropology

In this lecture, Dr. Ellis will tell the story of the 1928 hurricane that came on shore in Palm Beach County and caused devastation around the southeastern corner of Lake Okeechobee, killing an estimated 2-3,000 people overnight.  Many of those who died in the swirling waters of the newly cultivated farming region were Black migrant laborers, and many were never found tangled in the sea of grass of the Everglades. Nearly 100 years later, two skeletons were found in the region and associated with the storm, and telling their story helps tell the story of that fateful night.

Cost: $5 for Members, $10 for Non-members   (All sales are final and tickets are non-refundable).

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