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"Celebrating 450"
In 2012 exciting events are planned all leading up to our city’s 450th commemoration in 2015. The first scheduled events of the year include the “Discover First America” four-part series featured in the Flagler Auditorium. This is an amazing series of speeches, reenactments, and historical findings to provide us all with the chance to learn about the [...]
The city of Saint Augustine was given its name when Pedro Menendez’s fleet reached Florida’s shores on the day of the festival of San Augustin in Spain. The story of Saint Augustine is a long and inspiring chronicle of a city that has existed for nearly 450 years and holds the longest history of any [...]
The city simply cannot celebrate its 450th year anniversary without such an outstanding attraction. What would the anniversary be without this live history museum full of historians and live interpreters of the Spanish period? Three creative companies have bids on the Spanish Quarter and have submitted their ideas of keeping its long-standing status. One is [...]
The year 2015 might seem like it’s a long way away, but for the restaurants, attractions and lodging accommodations in St. Augustine, Florida; it’s just around the corner. That’s because 450 years ago in 1565, Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed on their shores and decided to call it home. Known as the “Nation’s Oldest City”, [...]
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