Author: Historic City News

Park Service Specialist Terri Newmans announced to Historic City News that during February, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Fort Mose Historic State Park will celebrate Black History Month by reenacting the founding of the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in what is now the United States.

The Friends of the Main Library invited Historic City News readers to attend when they host an entertaining and informative presentation on the development of reading and Libraries in St Augustine by Sandra Parks.

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The St Augustine Historical Society announced to Historic City News that at tomorrow evening’s annual meeting, University of Florida Historic St Augustine chairman, Allen Lastinger, will join in the presentation of a program focused on four of the city’s most important colonial buildings.

Those Historic City News readers wishing to know more about the proposed Lincolnville Community Redevelopment Agency can review the $75,000 blight study prepared by Prosser Hallock, Inc. — including boundary maps, applicable portions of state law and data about the area.

Gwendolyn Duncan has invited Historic City News readers to attend a free screening of the Andrew Young film, “Crossing in St Augustine”, presented by the Anniversary to Commemorate the Civil Rights Demonstrations, Inc.