Editing Jupiter, Florida (section)

==History==
The area where the town now sits was originally named for the [[Jobe Indians|Hobe Indian]] tribe which lived at the mouth of the [[Loxahatchee River]] and whose name is also preserved in the name of nearby [[Hobe Sound]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hobesound.org/community/history.asp |title=Hobe Sound History |work=hobesound.org |publisher=The Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce, Inc. |access-date=May 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207014542/http://www.hobesound.org/community/history.asp |archive-date=February 7, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A mapmaker misunderstood the Spanish spelling ''Jobe'' of the native people name ''Hobe'' and recorded it as ''Jove''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35912566/the-palm-beach-post/|title=What's in a name? Lots of history if it's a town|date=September 16, 1987|author=Eliot Kleinberg|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=1D|access-date=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref> Subsequent [[cartography|mapmakers]] further misunderstood this to be the name of the [[Roman god]] [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]], because the declension of the word Jupiter in [[Latin]] includes the root [[Wiktionary:Jupiter#Latin|Jov-]] in all cases but the nominative case and vocative case. They, therefore, adopted the more familiar name of ''Jupiter''. The god Jupiter (or [[Zeus]] in the [[Greek mythology]]) is the chief Roman god, and the god of light, of the sky and weather, and of the state and its welfare and laws. Jupiter's consort was [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]], inspiring a neighboring town to name itself [[Juno Beach, Florida|Juno Beach]].<ref name=JupiHist>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/jupiter|title=Palm Beach County History Online: Jupiter|work=history.jupiter.fl.us|publisher=pbchistoryonline.org|access-date=August 3, 2015}}</ref>

The [[Battles of the Loxahatchee]] took place near the site of Jupiter during the [[Seminole Wars]] in 1838. The most notable landmark is the [[Jupiter Inlet Light]]house, completed in 1860. Made of brick, it was painted red in 1910 to cover discoloration caused by humidity. [[Hurricane Jeanne]] in 2004 sandblasted the paint from the upper portion of the tower, and the tower was repainted using a potassium silicate mineral coating. The lighthouse often is used as the symbol for Jupiter.<ref name=JupiHist/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.jupiter.fl.us/HistoryWeb/KidsHistory/Jupiter-Lighthouse.cfm |title=Jupiter Lighthouse |work=history.jupiter.fl.us |publisher=Town of Jupiter |access-date=May 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201205556/http://history.jupiter.fl.us/HistoryWeb/KidsHistory/Jupiter-Lighthouse.cfm |archive-date=February 1, 2008 }}</ref>

=== United States flag incident ===
In 1999, Jupiter resident George Andres wanted to display a [[United States flag]] in his front yard; however, the homeowners association had a bylaw that prohibits the display of a flagpole in the front lawn. Andres still displayed the flag, while the homeowners association continued litigation until George Andres foreclosed his home to cover legal fees after being in court at least twenty-eight times. Even after governor [[Jeb Bush]] visited his home along with members of the local and national media, the homeowners association, as well as George, refused to budge.

George Andres later won the case and was allowed to display his flag in his front lawn with the use of a flagpole.

On July 24, 2006, [[George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]] signed into law the [[Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005]], allowing residents to display the flag on their residential property despite any homeowners association rules.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/09/12/cnna.flag.fight/index.html|title=Veteran fights for front yard flag|date=September 13, 2003|publisher=CNN|access-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref>