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The Zoo
- This Pensacola zoo offers a beautiful escape from your ordinary day
urban world. Home for over a 700 animals, the zoo introduces visitors to
such diverse creatures known to this planet as wildebeests, alligators,
African wild dogs, pygmy hippos and more spectacular animals. The
botanical gardens help make the Pensacola zoo and attractive place for
different events like weddings, receptions, birthday parties, and
meetings.
Take a trip to the Pensacola
zoo, drive across the Pensacola bay bridge from Pensacola to the local
community of gulf breeze. Just imagine seeing these wonderful creature
here on earth do what they were made to do and that's go wild. It is a
great experience to be at a zoo and learn about the creatures that help
protect the earth in different ways, see them make young one come to
life and how they care for their young ones. It just a once in a life
time to visit these magnificent animal's and see their trainers helping
each step of the way.
National Museum of Naval
Aviation -
Visit the museum for aircraft that serve in the war and gave their lives
for other people can enjoy it. The National Museum of Naval Aviation is
one of the largest and most spectacular air and space museums in the
world. Come and experience excitement of the NMNA's rich history
background, see over 140 magnificent, beautiful and amazing restored
aircraft representing the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Aviation.
There were plenty of pilots
that gave their lives in the world war 2 event and their now posted on
the wall at the museum. Dedicated to the proud few that comprised Naval
Aviation's enlisted pilots, the display chronicles courage and
accomplishments of these brave pilots, from 1916 to 1947.
Gulf Island
- The Gulf Islands National seashore is still recovering from hurricane
Ivan in September, the gulf island is open year round. Island beaches,
sparkling waters, bayous, historic forts and many opportunities at the
gulf island national seashore. The gulf island also protect a large
number of historic buildings that represent the nation's coastal
defense.
The gulf island also has some
really cool activities which includes island camping, cast netting,
fishing, picnicking, boating, swimming, exploring historic forts and
just walking on the beach. Your safety is also important and that's why
they have rangers around the park to see to it that everyone is safe
while visiting the island.
The island is only accessible
by boat and some times private boats that charter people to different
places on the island, it's also a pretty good place just to get away
from everyday life and just to be surrounded by the sea and total
silence.
Discovery Gallery
- In the year 1995, Discovery established a successful publishing
division. Introducing many different artist of Rob Gonsalves's limited
edition prints. There are many different paintings in the gallery some
from very famous artist and people that just like painting. In home
consultation, art installation, and, personalized service are among the
many special features that discovery galleries offers. They have some
very unique pictures that you won't really see in any other gallery it's
beautiful.
Just see yourself looking at
some amazing pictures from little kids to grown adult and they all have
something in common they all love to paint and show their painting in
the gallery.
Veterans Memorial Park
- In December of 1987 the Moving Wall came to Pensacola Florida and was
visited by many of the local people, which also includes some of the
area vietnam veterans. For the five days the wall was in town decided it
was time for Pensacola to have a permanent monument honoring the men and
women that served and died in Vietnam.
The Wall South Foundation,
formed by the VVNF to oversee the building of Wall South reached an
agreement with the city of Pensacola in January 1991 for a five and one
half acre site on Bayfront Parkway.
Veterans Memorial Park is home
to Pensacola's World War I Mounment. Known as the number of WWI vets was
declining, and was unable to raise the needed funds to accomplish this
task, the overall effort by VVNF to open Veterans Memorial Park and Wall
South.
Fort Barrances
- Fort Barrancas sits overlooking the entrance to Pensacola Bay. The
British built the first fort on this site, the Royal navy redoubt, in
the year 1763. The American fort used the old spanish water battery as a
base that strengthens the walls and adding a rifle gallery on top. Then
in 1861, only one ompany of artillery was assigned to the forts at
Pensacola, barrancas was armed with new guns in 1894, but the jobs were
taken over by the new concrete forts built around forts pickens and
mcree beginning in 1896.
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