Betty Reed

The Way We Were: Elizabeth “Betty” Poag Reed

The Way We Were: Elizabeth “Betty” Poag Reed

Elizabeth Poag, now Betty Reed, knows Jacksonville from the top down: she was born in 1944 at the second location of St. Luke’s Hospital on the corner of Boulevard and 8th Streets, grew up in Northside, spent time in Arlington and Southside, and has lived in the Mandarin area for the last 40 years. Growing […]

Celebrating the Stars and Stripes

Celebrating the Stars and Stripes

Local ladies help raise awareness for our American traditions Jacksonville Chapter members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) handed out flags at St. Johns Avenue and Ingleside Avenue after placing flags up and down St. Johns Avenue on Flag Day, June 14. The Jacksonville Chapter was established in 1895 and is the mother […]