Guest Column: Ill-Fated Mission Remembered
By Michael Isam
St Augustine, FL
The actions of a shallow-draft vessel saved St Augustine from British takeover.
Pomp and circumstance with pipes and drums, two local color guards and plenty of re-enactors, were the order of the day at Oglethorpe Battery Park in Davis Shores as over 400 people turned out for the dedication of three 18th century replica cannons.
With students attending Ketterlinus Elementary School on summer vacation, Historic City News learned that, last week, members of the St Augustine Police Department were given permission to use the campus to create realistic, hands-on, “active shooter” scenarios as part of on-going yearly training for their officers.
St Augustine resident Logan Guidry announced to local Historic City News reporters that before the Fourth of July fireworks display reminds citizens of our independence, there will be a rally in the Plaza in protest of recently uncovered invasive data collection activities undertaken by the National Security Agency.
Does the government have the right to quantify your constitutionally protected right to free expression? Some members of the St Augustine Tea Party are telling Historic City News that they believe controlling where you can speak will soon turn into controlling what you can say — and when.
According to Historic City News sources, the first week of “Hands on History Camp” at the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument was a success for student campers enrolled in the educational and fun program going on this summer.
Guest Column: Prepare now for hurricane season
David B. Shoar, Sheriff
St Johns County
It has been nearly 49 years since a hurricane struck the first coast directly from the east and that hurricane, Hurricane Dora has been the only one to strike from the east since records have been kept dating back to 1851.
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee.
The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.
