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Linda Velardi Trump, the daughter of Joe Velardi, who headed the effort to bring Little League to Fernandina Beach in the 1950s, shares some of the history of the field that is named for her father. She brought a framed story, which ran in the News-Leader in the 1970s, about her father to city hall, and said the field should remain a softball and baseball field. The community, and the city commission, agreed. Submitted photo
The Joe Velardi Field will continue to be home to youth sports, after the Fernandina Beach City Commission voted to reconsider its decision to convert the field to pétanque courts.
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