A close-up of the the large, colorful and blooming Royal Poinciana tree mosaic at the Intermodal Transit Station in Fort Pierce by local mosaic artist Anita Prentice and the sand cast bronze plaques by Pat Cochran in honor of the 26 African American landscape artists known as The Highwaymen who were inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. (Aug. 22, 2020)

Anita Prentice, the Fort Pierce, Florida, mosaic artist standing in front of one of the mosaic benches she created for the Armed Force of America mosaic benches at the Veterans Memorial Park in Fort Pierce with a flag design on the backs of each bench. (Aug. 22, 2020)

Anita Prentice, the Fort Pierce mosaic artist, who created the Armed Forces of America mosaic benches at the Veterans Memorial Park in Fort Pierce. (Aug. 22, 2020)

A close-up of one of the bas-relief sculpture panels sealed into cemented columns of the Zora Neale Hurston Memorial bricked walkway created in 2010 by artist James Liccione that leads to Zora’s headstone and gravesite slab at Sarah’s Memorial Garden cemetery in Fort Pierce. Local artist Pat Cochran and helpers framed and poured the concrete blocks and columns to serve as a frame for the bas-relief sculpture panels. The two memorial columns are about 8-feet tall and 3.5 feet wide with bas-relief Zora-inspired panels on both the front and back of the columns. (Aug. 9, 2020)

A close-up of one of the bas-relief sculpture panels of the Zora Neale Hurston Memorial bricked walkway created in 2010 by artist James Liccione that leads to Zora’s headstone and grave marker at Sarah’s Memorial Garden cemetery in Fort Pierce. Zora loved roses and flamboyant hats, so Liccione embellished some of the panels with these items. (Aug. 9, 2020)

When Zora was buried here, this cemetery was named Genesee Memorial Gardens in Fort Pierce. Then it was named the Garden of Heavenly Rest when author Alice Walker marked Zora’s grave with this headstone in 1973. Now the cemetery’s named Sarah’s Memorial Garden. (Aug. 9, 2020)

The Florida Highwaymen Obelisk at the roundabout on Avenue D and 15th Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Fort Pierce, was constructed in 2009 in honor of the Florid Highwaymen, a loose association of African American artists from the Fort Pierce area who skillfully captured the scenic landscapes. They traveled Florida’s highways selling their paintings from their cars for $25 each and many of these paintings now sought by collectors are worth thousands of dollars. The 20-foot obelisk, which features mosaic duplicates of The Highwaymen paintings, was created by Florida mixed media artist Stephanie Jaffe Werner through a grant. (Aug. 9, 2020)

A close-up of the Florida Highwaymen Obelisk, at the roundabout on Avenue D and 15th Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Fort Pierce, was constructed in 2009 in honor of the Florida Highwaymen. The group of 26 formed a loose association of African American artists from the Fort Pierce area who skillfully captured the scenic landscapes. (Aug. 9, 2020)

A close-up of the Florida Highwaymen Obelisk, at the roundabout on Avenue D and 15th Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Fort Pierce, was constructed in 2009 in honor of the Florida Highwaymen. The group of 26 formed a loose association of African American artists from the Fort Pierce area who skillfully captured the scenic landscapes. (Aug. 9, 2020)

The former headquarters of The Chonicle, a weekly newspaper written by and for black readers. C.E. Boleyn, the publisher put together and printed the paper in this building starting in 1957. He persuaded Zora to write for the newspaper. She was living in Brevard County, Florida, at the time where she worked briefly as a librarian but was unable to find suitable permanent employment. Even though Zora wrote articles for many national magazines and newspapers, she had never worked as a regular reporter. So at age 65, Zora began yet another new career as a regular reporter from 1957 to 1959, writing stories on community concerns, race relations, hoodoo, black magic and local features. The site of the former The Chronicle newspaper is the #5 stop on the Zora Neale Hurston Dust Tracks Heritage Trail in Fort Pierce. (Aug. 9, 2020)

These flags, along Avenue D in Fort Pierce, Florida, features the “Zora Neale Hurston Dust Tracks Heritage Trail” on one side and “The Florida Highwaymen” on the other side. (Aug. 9, 2020)