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09/25/2026

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09/16/2026

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09/14/2026

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🍊 Polk County… Did You Know?

A man from Bartow changed the US Constitution.

Almost nobody in Polk County knows his name.

Spessard Holland was born in Bartow in 1892.

He grew up here, went to war, came home, and built a career as a lawyer and judge right here in Polk County.

He became Florida's governor in 1941, then a US Senator in 1946.

For years he had one mission he couldn't accomplish — abolishing the poll tax.

The poll tax was a fee that effectively prevented millions of poor Americans, particularly Black Americans, from voting.

Every time Holland tried to abolish it, the powerful coalition of Southern senators who wanted to keep it would mount a massive filibuster and kill the bill.

He couldn't beat them head on.

So in 1962 he got clever.

When the Senate opened debate on a completely harmless bill to designate Alexander Hamilton's home as a national monument, Holland stood up and replaced the entire bill's language with anti-poll tax language.

The Southern senators who would have mounted a massive filibuster against a standalone civil rights bill were caught completely off guard.

The amendment passed 77 to 16.

The 24th Amendment was ratified on January 23, 1964.

The poll tax was abolished forever.

A man from Bartow, Florida had outsmarted the entire Southern coalition in the US Senate and changed the Constitution.

He is buried in Wildwood Cemetery in Bartow today. 🍊

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09/11/2026

Today I cleaned an old 40 cal G***k. Generation 3 which as you can see has the old firing pin safety. It was a dirty birdy but not neglected. Alot of these guns were carried for years and cleaned to standard as best as they could be. But years of shooting builds up. If you have an old gun you never really got to tear apart before shelving them, send them to me and lets give them a spa day.

09/11/2026

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