Next weekend, September 7-9, the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park reported to Historic City News that they would commemorate the 1565 founding of St Augustine by Pedro Menendez de Aviles; on the original site where Colonial European America was established.
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Historic City News Readers are invited to attend a St Augustine Archaeological Association lecture presented by City Archaeologist Carl Halbirt entitled, “Twenty-Five Years of Discovery in St Augustine”.
In case you missed him at Flagler College earlier this month, Historic City News readers are invited to attend when the Florida Republican team brings presidential candidate Mitt Romney to Jacksonville; and, vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan will join him.
NPS Ranger Joe Brehm reported to Historic City News that Labor Day, Monday September 3, would be the last day that Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will be open extended hours, as the fort’s fall operating schedule returns.
Today, Historic City News reporters received a copy of the response that was sent to the National Park Service on behalf of St Johns County; requesting that the General Management Plan for the Fort Matanzas National Monument include a provision allowing vehicular access to the beach in “an environmentally responsible manner”.
St Johns County homeowners, who are part of a class of victims of suspicious foreclosure practices in Florida, have received a share of $1.7 billion in assistance including primary and secondary lien principal forgiveness, refinancing and deficiency waivers, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi — but, there is more to come.
Jeani Taliaferro told local Historic City News reporters that, each month, St Augustine’s 450th Youth Ambassadors gather to visit selected local historical sites or attend presentations that teach them about the people, places and events that played a part in St Augustine’s history.
