Historic City News readers are invited to join the authentic, historical interpretation at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument for a special evening tour on Saturday, September 20th when you will have the opportunity to take a special look at St. Augustine through the lens of the Second Spanish Period (1784-1821).
This morning a small group of residents and visitors joined a complement of fire academy cadets, city and county firefighters and emergency medical personnel, police officers, and representatives from other law enforcement agencies, to remember the American tragedy that introduced a new term to the national vocabulary — Nine-Eleven.
Congratulations to St Johns County elected politicians — the official 2013 county population estimate used to compute the 2014-15 salaries is 201,541. By exceeding the arbitrary 200,000 headcount, you managed to squeak yourselves out a pay raise.
The Junior Service League has sparked philanthropy through it’s shining example of team work, it’s passion for St. Augustine and it’s citizens. From inception, The League has been known for taking on difficult, large-scale projects which meet local needs not being addressed by any other group.
This morning at 8:18 AM, the Florida Highway Patrol reported to Historic City News that three St Johns County students 14-year-old Monique Cohen, 15-year-old Alverso Knight, and 15-year-old Dejon Fuller, all of Elkton, escaped injuries when the school bus they were riding in collided with a 2007 Ford E250 van that was traveling south in the outside lane of SR-207.
Youth Ambassadors tour historic Fort Mose
John Hutton, Youth Ambassador
Nease High School, IB Class of 2015
Special to Historic City News
On August 11th, the Youth Ambassadors visited Fort Mose State Park which is the site of the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in what is now the United States. Fort Mose was established in 1738 by the Spanish governor of Florida as a safe haven to runaway slaves. This was done to undermine the British economy which was dependent on slave labor.
