OKEECHOBEE – Okeechobee Main Street and the Okeechobee Historical Society hope to bring another traveling historical display to Okeechobee.

At their Nov. 6 meeting, Okeechobee County Commissioners agreed to allow the use of the Historic Okeechobee County Courthouse for the display and issue a letter of support to Florida Humanities in connection with the grant application for the Native American traveling exhibit.

"Americans" is based on the community’s connection with Native Americans. The exhibition will have dynamic features: historical and contemporary photos; educational and archival video; engaging multimedia interactions with short games and additional footage, photos, and information; and historical objects.

The Exhibition consists of five themes and content areas:

1. The Invention of Thanksgiving,
2. Pocahontas,
3. Trail of Tears,
4. Battle of Little Big Horn,
5. "Americans" Explained.

Magi Cable of the Okeechobee Historical Society said they hope to have the exhibit in Okeechobee in February, to coincide with the observance of the Battle of Okeechobee Re-enactment.

If Okeechobee’s grant application is among those chosen, the exhibit will be set up in the downstairs lobby of the Historic Okeechobee County Courthouse and will be open to the public during normal business hours.

“Americans” was developed by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and adapted for travel by Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and state humanities councils across the country. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.