GALVEZ RIDES AGAIN:
The state would chip in $100,000 to help the Pensacola Heritage Foundation erect a $400,000, 11-foot-high sculpture of Spanish Gen. Bernardo de Galvez, in full dress regalia and mounted on a horse. The sculpture would go in the intersection of Palafox and Wright streets in Pensacola.
Galvez is considered the hero of the 1781 Siege of Pensacola, which was part of driving out the British during the Revolutionary War. In 2014, Galvez became the eighth person awarded honorary U.S. citizenship.
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As part of agricultural promotions, the Arcadia Equestrian Facility would get $500,000; the Northeast Florida Fairgrounds in Nassau County would get $256,855; the Pasco County Fairgrounds is up for $860,000; and the Hardee County Fairgrounds would get $111,479.
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The City of Stuart is slated to get $1 million toward the creation of a regional athletic complex that would be used for state and national baseball tournaments tied to the Babe Ruth League.
