Castillo admission FREE on Monday
Historic City News readers are invited to participate today when the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will celebrate the 98th birthday of the National Park Service by waiving its normal entrance fee of $7 today. They will be offering special interpretive programs, including Spanish 18th century weapon firing demonstrations on Monday, August 25.
District 3 Commissioner Bill McClure is guest speaker

Comments on Historic City News
From time to time, we make improvements to the Historic City News website, https://historiccity.com/ and we are making some this month. One, that has actually been available for several months now, is the ability to post comments to our website without being logged in to a facebook account.
Make some paranormal friends on Aviles Street

By Jamie Pearce
Author & Paranormal Investigator
SPECIAL TO HISTORIC CITY NEWS
Antiques and Uniques Collectibles, located at 7 Aviles Street in St Augustine, was originally built between 1885 and 1888 by A.H. Cornish as the St. Augustine City Jail. It was built above the Los Remedios Catholic Cathedral Cemetery, which dates to the 1700s.
Folio Weekly: Boles – The Forever King
Folio Weekly: Boles – The Forever King
Folio Weekly’s cover Wednesday features incumbent Mayor Joe Boles’ head atop Founder Pedro Menendez’ statue with the title The Forever King.
FDOT road repairs and maintenance report
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.

