Historic City News readers are invited to attend the 2012 Community Lecture Series at Flagler College on September 25 — focusing on defining moments in American history during the mid-to-late 1800’s — entitled “Reconstruction and Gild: Wealth, Innovation and the Pursuit of Status in Late 19th Century America”.
Florida Heritage Book Festival
Admission is free at the Florida Heritage Book Festival being held in the Ringhaver Student Center, 50 Sevilla Street in St. Augustine. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., there will be author presentations and a book marketplace. Celebrate Florida’s rich and colorful literary heritage at 11:45 a.m., Jeff Lindsay will be there to sign copies of his Dexter novels – the basis for the popular TV series of the same name on the Showtime network. His wife, Hilary Hemingway, niece of Ernest Hemingway, will be there too.
Saint Augustine Beach Civic Association invited Historic City News readers to attend the free Music by the Sea concert tonight; with entertainment provided by local Rhythm and Blues artist Roland Fleming.
The Florida National Guard announced to local Historic City News reporters that there would be a daylong celebration of the 447th anniversary of the first known muster of Citizen-Soldiers in the continental United States at Florida National Guard Headquarters, located at 82 Marine Street in St Augustine.
Jen Williams, the public-hunting-area biologist for the Northeast Region of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, informed Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that permits to hunt Twelve Mile Swamp and Relay wildlife management areas are available, until September 28 — or until all permits are issued.
US Army National Guard Sergeant Tommy Phillp, a security force member of the Provincial Reconstruction Team located in Farah province, Afghanistan, takes a photo of the base 9/11 memorial before beginning a nine-mile ruck sack march to commemorate Patriot Day.
Keepers of the Coast told Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that they are recruiting volunteers to participate in the 27th Annual International Coastal Clean-Up on Saturday, September 15.
Flagler College assistant professor Tina Jaeckle informed local Historic City News reporters that, according to a Rand Corporation study, one-in-five returning veterans suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder — one in six will attempt or commit suicide.
