Every St Augustine city commission meeting begins with the mayor, commissioners, staff, and members of the audience affirming an oath — their pledge of loyalty to the flag of the republic of the United States of America.
Today marks ten-years since soldiers from Combat Company, 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, including Specialist Jeffrey Wershow, a 22-year-old Florida Army National Guardsman from Gainesville, cut through two built-up earthen berms between Jordan and Iraq; just two days before Coalition Forces launched Operation Iraqi Freedom March 21, 2003.
Letter: Homeless and hungry give back
Mary Lawrence
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor:
Wanted your readers to know that the folks who’ve benefited from food for the homeless and hungry have come up with the idea of “paying back” — they thought of it, planned the menu, solicited donations, pooled their own money, and pulled it off for 75 people.
Director of Community Relations, Christina Langston, reported to Historic City News that Ava Hampton of Fruit Cove Middle School won top honors in the inaugural St Johns County School District’s History Fair; produced in conjunction with the National History Fair sponsored by National History Day.
Police spokesman Mark Samson cautions Historic City News readers that events associated with the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Ponce de Leon landing in Florida scheduled for Wednesday, April 3, will necessitate interruptions in traffic in downtown St Augustine.
Flagler student Daphne Pariser presented her scientific research at the “State of the Reserve” conference held at Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve; marking the first year that Flagler College faculty and students were invited to present their research findings.
Historic City News readers in St Augustine and St Johns County are invited to attend a one-night exhibition of video art on Friday, March 29 being hosted at Flagler College’s Crisp-Ellert Art Museum located at 48 Sevilla Street beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Historic City News received a copy of a study released yesterday indicating that Florida’s 28 state college campuses generate $26.6 billion in economic activity while providing tens of thousands of young people an education they might not otherwise be able to afford.
