Historic City News readers joined more than 100 people; men and women of all ages gathered in the plaza downtown to dance as part of a “flash mob” assembled to protest violence against women on Tuesday, April 2.
Don Juan Ponce de Leon was born about 1474 in present-day Spain, at Santervás de Campos, Valladolid Province, in the kingdom of Castile-León; and, he died in a Cuban hospital located in Havana in July 1521 — 44 years before Pedro Menendez founded the City of St Augustine.
“Life Lessons,” a one-night exhibit featuring the culmination of a collaborative art experience between Flagler College art students and clients from the Council on Aging will be held on April 5 at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum.
Today, all eyes will be on the Historic City of St Augustine as city residents and visitors celebrate five hundred years, to the day, since Ponce de Leon’s landing in Florida. A full day of activities is scheduled in celebration of “Viva 500”.
The only surviving navigational reading recorded of Ponce de Leon’s journey in 1513 known to Historic City News was taken at a position of 30 degrees 8 minutes north latitude, just off the coast of current day South Ponte Vedra Beach.
St Augustine’s first-ever historic “Pub Crawl” tour was offered on April 4, 2007 and will celebrate its sixth anniversary by offering a 50% discount on qualified bookings made on Thursday, April 4, 2013, for any future date.
Community Awareness Coordinator Kim Brumfield is reminding Historic City News readers in St Augustine and St Johns County that April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month; a time to raise public awareness about sexual assault and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence.
