Two men who made it their life’s work to keep Tallahassee’s history front and center were honored Sunday when a new bicentennial marker was unveiled.
The marker, titled “The Founding of Tallahassee,” was paid for by the Tallahassee Historical Society, and it was dedicated to the late, legendary Tallahassee Democrat columnist and historian Gerald Ensley and Dr. William Warren Rogers, a popular FSU history professor, whose news obituary was penned by Ensley.
Both families were present for the unveiling of the marker at 1 p.m. outside the reimagined first Capitol log cabin in Cascades Park.
It was “such a gracious gift from the Tallahassee Historical Society and the Department of State,” Sally Karioth, Ensley’s widow, wrote on Facebook. “Amanda Karioth Thompson and I are so filled with pride and gratitude.”
Bob Holladay, President of the Tallahassee Historical Society, made the opening remarks for the unveiling of the fourth of 10 historical markers planned for the bicentennial.