St Augustine’s highest and most prestigious award, the Order of La Florida, was presented to long time civil rights activist, Dr. Robert Hayling by members of the City Commission during the 40th ACCORD’s Seventh Annual Freedom Trail Luncheon held today.
Historic City News has reported over the last several years that Dr. Kathleen Deagan, Distinguished Research Curator of Archaeology and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has been conducting research at the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park in St Augustine.
Yesterday at 1:34 p.m., St Augustine Police Officer Samuel Panilag and Corporal James Giammarinaro responded to a disturbance involving four people at the Subway on San Marco Avenue, according to a report obtained by Historic City News.
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.
