A day of Honor and Glory
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A day of Honor and Glory

300-MEMORIAL-DAYA day of Honor and Glory

Col. Henri “Rik” Erkelens
United States Army, Retired
Military Officers Association
President, Ancient City Chapter

Memorial Day Monday May 26, 2014

Should you take the time to look in the downtown area, as so many have, since the 1868 establishment of Memorial Day, you will find memorials to the dead. See the Seminole War dead under the pyramids at the small National Cemetery on Marine Street. Many individual graves are there from several wars.

Letter: Risks when privatizing government assets
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Letter: Risks when privatizing government assets

ELLEN A WHITMER
ELLEN A WHITMER
Letter: Risks when privatizing government assets

Ellen A Whitmer
Fruit Cove, FL

Dear Editor:

According to her vision statements, Kim Kendall thinks that government assets can be better managed by private corporations; but, there have been numerous examples of private companies having to be bailed out by the people and government.

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Alcohol and sleeping pills are a toxic cocktail

JAMES DOUGLAS SUTTON
JAMES DOUGLAS SUTTON
Thursday night, St Augustine Record opinion editor, Jim Sutton, told deputies with the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office that his prescription sleeping pills overtook his ability to focus on his driving; he lost control of his vehicle, and, according to the incident report obtained by Historic City News, hit a street light pole, a mailbox, and attempted to drive back to his home on the adjacent street.

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Felder, Foreigner and Styx – best pure performance ever

400-crowd-iphone-foreignerFelder, Foreigner and Styx – best pure performance ever

By Mark Cubbedge
Photojournalist
Historic City News

Consider, for a moment, some of the acts like Steve Miller, The Moody Blues, Dierks Bentley, Darius Rucker and Carlos Santana that have performed so far this year at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. Just in the last week, Alison Krauss, Willie Nelson and Jack Johnson have all performed to sold-out crowds in the nation’s oldest city.

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Guest Editorial: Memorial Day 2014

HOWARD O MCGILLIN JR
HOWARD O MCGILLIN JR
Guest Editorial: Memorial Day 2014

Howard O. McGillin, Jr.
Colonel, US Army (Retired)
St Augustine, FL

Memorial Day is the informal start of summer for most Americans. Across the First Coast from Fernandina Beach to Flagler Beach, stores, restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions will transition from winter staffing and scheduling to the hustle and bustle of summer. This is a good thing for a nation built on free enterprise.