Organizers for the first annual Sunset Rock Music Benefit Concert announced to Historic City News today the final schedule of events including performances by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Terry Sylvester of The Hollies, and contestants from TV talent shows “The Voice” and “Live at the Apollo”.
Kim MacEwan reported to Historic City News that the St Augustine City Commissioner will hear plans for a regional Children’s Museum being proposed for Riberia Pointe at the south end of Riberia Street, tonight at their meeting.
Legendary jazz-rock icons Walter Becker and Donald Fagen rocked the St Augustine Amphitheatre last night; one of over four-dozen stops throughout North America for the Steely Dan Mood Swings: 8 Miles to Pancake Day Tour, and Historic City News special events photographer Mark Cubbedge was in the house.
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Historic City News readers know well that the town of St Augustine was established by Pedro Menendez de Aviles over 40 years before the Jamestown colony in Virginia. A piece of history not known by many Americans in other parts of the country, but one we celebrate today — 448-years later.
448th Anniversary of the Founding of St Augustine
By Raphael Cosme
Special to Historic City News
Eric Johnson, director of the Mission Nombre de Dios, welcomed Commissioner of Culture and Sports, Roman A. Alvarez-Gonzalez of St Augustine’s Sister City, Aviles Spain, this morning for the commemoration of the 448th anniversary of the founding of the City in 1565.
The Saint Augustine Tea Party announced to Historic City News that constitutional expert, Ken Wood, will be the next guest speaker at their regular meeting on Tuesday, September 10th at 6:30 p.m. at the Village Inn.
