The Real History of the Obelisk in St. Augustine’s Plaza de la Constitucion
By: Raphael Cosme
The cities of Cadiz, Spain and St Augustine have joined to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution of 1812, in the first large scale event of the greater 450th Commemoration of the founding of the City of St Augustine.
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Historic City News readers are invited to attend a special Patriot’s Day rejuvenation meeting of the Molasses Junction Tea Party located on CR-214 at CR-13A on Thursday April 19, according to organizer Judy Mabry.
The rise of the Internet helped put the newspaper publishing industry on a list of “dying industries” after it was hit by competition from real-time reporting via Internet websites like Historic City News, and information sharing on social media websites like Twitter and Facebook.
“Each year, Romanza Week in St Augustine relies on the energy, experience, and enthusiasm of its volunteers to help make these world-class arts, cultural and heritage events a success,” president Albert Syeles told Historic City News.
Roy Jaeger, vice president of the Saint Augustine Maritime Heritage Foundation, suggests that waterways around the city can help ease traffic gridlock, according to an interview published by the St Augustine Report today.
Department of Children and Families communications director Joe Follick informed local Historic City News reporters that the state agency that administers Florida’s welfare program saw, by far, the largest month-to-month increase in applications and payouts “for at least a decade” during December.
The qualifying period for Judicial, State Attorney and Public Defender races opened at noon Monday and closes at noon Friday and Historic City News has learned that Retired Volusia County Judge, Stasia Warren, announced yesterday that she is joining the race for State Attorney in the 7th Judicial Circuit.
