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Community Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation representative Michelle Cardinal invited local Historic City News subscribers to tip their hats and celebrate the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby at St Augustine’s Tringali Barn tomorrow, Saturday, May 6, 2023, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with food, fashion, and fun.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the National Park Service will welcome 30 new citizens during a special naturalization ceremony this Friday, April 21st at 10:00 am.  A representative of Castillo de San Marcos National Monument informed Historic City News that the ceremony is being held, in part, to celebrate National Park Week.

Historic City NewsPhotojournalist Raphael Cosme III As part of the Holy Week celebration, the second oldest Easter Parade in the nation was held in St Augustine.  The festivities have been a tradition for years enjoyed by thousands of spectators who fill San Marco Avenue, Aveneda Menendez, Cathedral Place, and Cordova Street — the main roads…

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Historic City News learned last week of the passing of former St Johns County Commission chairman, Fred Green.  He died on February 21st at the age of 95. Fred was born on August 2, 1927, in Wilmington, Delaware to Henry F Green, Sr, and Edith Shallcross Green.

Historic City News subscribers who were friends of the late Chief of the St Augustine Police Department George Thornton are invited to visit during an informal celebration of life planned from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. today, Sunday, February 26, 2023, at The Sandbar on Crescent Beach in St Augustine.

Historic City News subscribers are advised that beginning March 1, 2013, vehicles accessing St Johns County beaches will be required to have a properly attached beach driving pass between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day.

Historic City News was informed that tomorrow, Tuesday, February 21, the City of St Augustine will fly the American flag at half-mast in honor of former City Commissioner and Mayor Greg Baker.  This is part of the City’s protocol to honor deceased former city commissioners and other notable figures.

The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs are officially headed to Super Bowl LVII after both teams won their respective conference championship games on Sunday. Teams are off next Sunday in preparation for one of the biggest sporting events of the year. Super Bowl LVII kicks off at 6:30 pm EST in the host city…

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