The Historic City News local St. Augustine news team received word from police spokesperson Barbara Clifford that the newly re-opened Bridge of Lions has already failed.

Although India is the home of the “Festival of Chariots”, it is celebrated all over the world and Historic City News has learned that this Saturday, for the fifth year, ISKCON of Alachua will hold the parade and festival in downtown St. Augustine.

A local news reporter from Historic City News was on hand for the last regular meeting of the Republican Club of Greater St. Augustine when they elected and installed a new slate of officers for the coming year.

Historic City News reminds our readers that this Saturday, March 21st, it’s time for the 18th annual Lighthouse Festival; this year featuring the Michelob Ultra 5K Run-Walk and the Shepard & Shepard Fun Run.

Historic City News reporters joined a celebratory crowd who gathered for the return to service of St. Augustine’s historic Bridge of Lions today — nearly four years after extensive, lifesaving rehabilitation was begun.

The Bridge of Lions

Part two of a three part series

The Coming of the Bridge of Lions

By Geoff Dobson

Melissa Dezendorf, City of St. Augustine Archaeology Research and Collections Assistant, told Historic City News that a silver doublet button was recovered during a recent investigation in the Plaza de la Constitucion.

Archaeological Collections and Research Assistant Melissa Dezendorf says “Hi” to her grandmother from an active dig in the Plaza de la Constitucion in the middle of downtown St. Augustine.