Greensboro Sit-Ins

Historical marker location:

2180 Freedom Avenue, Mims, Florida

( Marker can be reached from Freedom Avenue, 0.3 miles south of Parker Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Nonviolent Protests in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The Fountain of Youth, a legendary spring that was believed to grant eternal youth to those who drank from it, was thought to be located in Florida. Juan Ponce de León is said to have been searching for it when he discovered the land that would become Florida.