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Peg Leg Pete won’t find new home inside Amelia Island Museum because of bug infestation

Peg Leg Pete will keep its post outside the Amelia Island Museum of History in Fernandina Beach after a recent inspection ...

Fernandina Beach mayor launches fundraising campaign to save Peg Leg Pete

The City of Fernandina Beach is seeking to raise $23,000 to restore the iconic pirate statue and "help bring him home." ...
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Peg Leg Pete mystery solved: Historian identifies whose ashes lie inside

Peg Leg Pete's move across town and the discovery of ashes inside him in the process have fans of the statue wondering the same question - "Who lies at the center of the statue?" The tale of a ...

Fernandina Beach mayor kicks off fundraiser to restore Peg Leg Pete

Fernandina Beach Mayor Mike Antun has kicked off a fundraising drive to restore Peg Leg Pete, the city’s beloved statue.
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Goodbye, Peg Leg Pete: Beloved Fernandina Beach pirate statue removed 1 month after engineers deemed it unsafe

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – Community members and crews with the City of Fernandina Beach woke up very early on Thursday to remove the beloved Peg Leg Pete statue, which was recently deemed unsafe for ...
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Emails show Fernandina Beach has known about human remains in pirate statue for more than a year

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — Action News Jax has received a collection of emails sent between leaders of the city of Fernandina Beach that indicate they have known about cremated remains being inside of ...
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Fernandina Beach investigating possible human remains inside downtown pirate statue

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — The city of Fernandina Beach is trying to figure out whether someone’s ashes were put into its nearly 50-year-old “Peg Leg Pete” pirate statue on Centre Street. Action News ...