Pedro Menendez returns to Fountain of Youth again

The third and fourth generation of stewards of America’s First Colony came together to unveil a statue of St Augustine’s founder, Pedro Menendez de Aviles; on the grounds of the Fountain of Youth property where, 450-years earlier, the Spanish conquistador actually stood.

On September 8th, 1565, the 800 Europeans set out to colonize La Florida; freemen and slaves, some indentured, Catholics, Jews, as well as Protestants, made their first Thanksgiving in what would become the oldest continuously occupied city of European origin in the United States.

Shown left-to-right, Ian Fraser, Elaine Fraser, Ali Fraser, Suzanne Fraser, John W Fraser, Chad Light, Bryan Fraser, Elizabeth Fraser Binninger, Steven Binninger, John W Fraser II.

Photo credits: © 2015 Historic City News contributed photograph by Elaine Fraser