Historic City News readers will want to stop by the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument on Monday when admission will be waived to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday.
Historic City News was informed by Vice President of Public Affairs for the St. Augustine Council of the Navy League, Kim Kendall, that the civilian organization, whose mission is to support active duty Maritime Military units and local High School JROTC programs, held an induction of officers at Flagler College’s stunningly new solarium on Monday evening, January 13th.
On January 22, 1924, a handful of artists and writers met in historic St. Augustine to form a group that would encourage creative expression for all artists. They could not have realized that they were making history on that night; founding a visionary organization that continues to be the epicenter of the local arts community — 90 years later.
Following recently published accounts of a virtual “revolving door” of convicted sexual predators and sex offenders in St Johns County, Historic City News readers have expressed outrage at existing loopholes in the Jimmy Ryce Act; named after a 9-year-old boy who was raped and murdered in South Florida in 1995.
Culhane’s Irish Pub owner, Lynda Culhane, announced to Historic City News that Culhane’s will conduct a special promotion this month to honor our military, our veterans, and the military heritage of North Florida. Culhane’s is a proud, and long-standing, corporate affiliate member of the Navy League at Mayport, and is open for lunch and dinner to host their monthly mixers.
Historic City News readers will appreciate the latest historical fiction novel by south Florida author Tami Lynne, when she brings the decadence of the Gilded Age into stunning detail with the release of “The Czarina of Florida”.
Father Thomas S. Willis, rector of St Augustine’s Cathedral Parish, announced to local Historic City News reporters that Cathedral Basilica of Saint Augustine is marking the 450th anniversary of its founding with a new book, “America’s First Parish: The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Augustine”.
St Johns County Sheriff’s detectives began an investigation last Thursday morning at 5:45 a.m. after a resident in the 200 block of Honeysuckle Way reported a burglary to his residence and two vehicles, according to a bulletin received by Historic City News from department spokesman, Kevin Kelshaw.
