Special to Historic City News
By Katie Lange
The Fourth of July makes us think of a lot of things: Barbecues. Parades. Fireworks. Supporting U.S. troops. Lots of red, white, and blue bunting. Will Smith’s movie “Independence Day.” Oh yeah, and the freedom that the Founding Fathers declared to the world over 200 years ago.
The Saint Augustine Tea Party has invited all Historic City News readers to attend their next open meeting on Tuesday, May 25th at 6:30 p.m., to be held at Norma D’s Kitchen, 224 N Main Street in Hastings Florida.
Florida Department of Transportation Community Outreach Specialist Allen Nelson has updated Historic City News with the weekly lane closure report containing information regarding ongoing construction projects and traffic impacts for the coming week. Our readers and subscribers will be updated every Friday by 5:00 p.m., with some unavoidable exceptions and state holidays.
The Saint Augustine Tea Party invites all Historic City News subscribers to attend their open meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday April 27th at 6:30 pm, at Norma D’s Kitchen, located at 224 N Main Street in Hastings Florida. The featured speaker will be Luis Miguel, a North Florida-based conservative news writer, activist, and Republican Party official, who has officially entered the 2022 GOP Primary Election for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Marco Rubio.
Fort Mose Historic State Park has partnered with Florida Power & Light Company and The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, with publicity donated by Historic City News, to create a self-guided educational tour experience along the Flight to Freedom Trail. Interactive signage along the 3/4-mile trail will allow the annual reenactment to be experienced year-round.
Eleven Southern states will observe Monday, April 26, 2021 as Confederate Memorial Day. In some of those states, the observance is called “Confederate Heroes Day” or “Confederate Decoration Day“.
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, Historic City News was informed of the death of 77-year-old James Gordon Rousseau. He was born in St Augustine and proud of his Minorcan heritage. He was preceded in death by his parents, Chester G. Rousseau and Frances Rousseau Fesperman, as well as a stepson, Charles Rardon.
Historic City News was asked to patriotically invite our subscribers to attend an open house meeting on Tuesday evening, April 13th at 6:30 p.m., at Norma D’s Kitchen, located at 224 N Main Street in Hastings Florida. Their special guest speaker will be Dr. Stephen E. Grable, M.D., whose presentation will be about the several changes that have occurred recently involving vaccination against the ever-looming threat of the Coronavirus pandemic.
