Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida Announces 2026 Gold Award Recipients

Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida recognized 22 outstanding young women from Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Okeechobee and Indian River counties with the prestigious 2026 Girl Scouts Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. The annual Gold Award Ceremony was recently held at the Doubletree by Hilton Deerfield Beach.

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While being deported by steamer to Indian Territory during the Third Seminole War in 1858, Polly Parker led five other women in a daring escape that returned them to their homeland near Lake Okeechobee. AI -GENERATED IMAGE

Unconquered: Polly Parker’s daring escape

History almost lost her. Florida didn’t. In 1858, as the final Seminoles were being forced out at the end of the Third Seminole War, a young woman named Emateloye — later known as Polly Parker — stepped off a military steamer under the pretense of gathering medicine and disappeared into the woods. She didn’t flee alone. With five other women, she led a grueling 350-mile journey on foot, navigating wilderness and danger to return to the swamps around Lake Okeechobee. It was an act of defiance, one that helped ensure the Seminole would survive in Florida.

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Read more about the article Unconquered: Polly Parker’s daring escape
While being deported by steamer to Indian Territory during the Third Seminole War in 1858, Polly Parker led five other women in a daring escape that returned them to their homeland near Lake Okeechobee. AI -GENERATED IMAGE

Unconquered: Polly Parker’s daring escape

History almost lost her. Florida didn’t. In 1858, as the final Seminoles were being forced out at the end of the Third Seminole War, a young woman named Emateloye — later known as Polly Parker — stepped off a military steamer under the pretense of gathering medicine and disappeared into the woods. She didn’t flee alone. With five other women, she led a grueling 350-mile journey on foot, navigating wilderness and danger to return to the swamps around Lake Okeechobee. It was an act of defiance, one that helped ensure the Seminole would survive in Florida.

Continue ReadingUnconquered: Polly Parker’s daring escape