From Palm Beach County to Miami-Dade, 11 cities are celebrating their centennials in 2025 and 2026. WLRN News’ series History We Call Home spotlights the moments, ideas and people that made these cities part of our community’s fabric over the past century.
A row of pavilions along a beach dune, near the Jupiter Lighthouse in Palm Beach County, marks the spot where the Jupiter Inlet Life-Saving Station once stood — and where many lives were saved and lost.
Founded in 1885, it was among the first of a fledgling U.S. network of coastal search and rescue stations. Manned by brave ‘surfmen’ who — guided by the nearby lighthouse — would come to the aid of shipwrecked sailors, it played a key role in reducing deaths along Florida’s perilous Atlantic coast…