Area code history highlights Tampa identity during 813 Day celebrations
On August 13, Tampa businesses are serving up $8.13 specials, residents are wearing 813 shirts and local landmarks are leaning into the city’s best-known three numbers.
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Families are kicking off the Fourth of July weekend by discovering a surprising chapter of local history at the Tampa Bay History Center. A newly opened exhibition details how Florida served as a loyalist stronghold for the British during the Revolutionary War.
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Historic 1925 Milam Mansion hits the market on Davis Islands
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