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February 22, 2020
Jacksonville, FL

Amanda & Brian

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Fun Facts about Jacksoville

The Wedding Website of Amanda McKenna and Brian Powers
- Largest city in the US by Landmass at over 800 square miles - Jags fan shout DUUUVAL at football games because well we don't know why, but the city rests in Duval county - From 1908 to 1918, Jax was called the Winter Film Capital of the World with over 30 film studios and thousands of silent films created before the movie industry moved to Hollywood -In 1953, a restaurant called Insta-Burger opened where a special oven could cook 400 patties an hour. Despite its supercharged output, business dwindled until new owners bought the restaurant and renamed it Burger King - Before being named after our seventh president, Jax was called Cow Ford because of a cattle crossing over the St. John's River - The southernmost battle of the Revolutionary War: The Battle of Thomas Creek took place 3 miles north of JAX international aiport
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