Many families of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus became closely allied with St. Martha’s Church during the mid-1900s. Because of that that, Monsignor Elslander and his altar boys ...
Saying Sarasota has a rich history with the circus is like saying Siesta Key has a lot of sand. More than 90 years ago, John Ringling decided to move the winter home of his circus to Sarasota, which ...