A storied past

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Karen Antworth portrayed Mrs. Alice Padgett Swearingen, wife of former Florida Attorney General and Mayor of Jacksonville, Van Cicero Swearingen, walks nearby the location of Swearingen’s gravesite at Bosque Bello Cemetery. The Amelia Island Museum of History held the Graveside Chronicles: Tales of Life, Love, and Legacy on Saturday at the cemetery. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Karen Antworth portrayed Mrs. Alice Padgett Swearingen, wife of former Florida Attorney General and Mayor of Jacksonville, Van Cicero Swearingen, walks nearby the location of Swearingen’s gravesite at Bosque Bello Cemetery. The Amelia Island Museum of History held the Graveside Chronicles: Tales of Life, Love, and Legacy on Saturday at the cemetery. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

The rainy weather added to the ambiance of the spooky event held in the “beautiful woods” of Fernandina Beach over the weekend. 

The Amelia Island Museum of History and the Amelia Island Genealogi…