Obituary: Arthur Jerome McGinnis

Obituary: Arthur Jerome McGinnis

ARTHUR MCGINNIS

Obituary: Arthur Jerome McGinnis

Arthur Jerome McGinnis, born in Gratiot, WI and a resident of St Augustine for more than 40-years, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018. He was 95-years-old. McGinnis was one of 10 children; survived by Roseanne Gerbick, Patricia Hintz, and Toni Fox.

Experience the final days of colonial life in British East Florida

Experience the final days of colonial life in British East Florida

Andrew Batten reported to Historic City News that our readers are welcome to attend a recreation of the United Kingdom’s “14th Colony” in America and life at the tiny British garrison at Fort Matanzas circa 1783.  Amidst troubling rumors that the British government intended to return Florida to the Spanish, this news meant that the Loyalists, once again, had been cast adrift by the fortunes of war.