Category: History
This Week Around Town
Open Daily- July 25-31 Picturing a Nation: American Art from the Lightner Museum Picturing a Nation is a major installation of American paintings and sculpture from the Lightner Museum’s permanent collection. From America’s great vistas…
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DeLeon Springs State Park
By Vic Yerrill When our great niece, Kate, and Greg recently came to visit us from England, her first request was that we go to DeLeon Springs. The DeLeon Springs State Park is off US…
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A St. Augustine Story: Beaten by the Klan in 1963, a Black man just spoke to the White pastor who helped rescue him
Editor’s Note: “You could have knocked me over with a feather”, Jimmy Jackson told me on the phone this morning, as he awaited today’s 5pm St. Augustine’s Black History Month proclamation in his honor at…
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HAUNTED ST. AUGUSTINE!
St. Augustine Lighthouse after dark Visit America’s Oldest (and most haunted!) City for Halloween Get in the “spirit” with special events, tours, and eats & drinks sure to send shivers down your spine. This week, we’ll…
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West St. Augustine – A Hidden Gem
Don’t miss the tasty WEST KING ST. EATERIES & BUSINESSES below! Author Zora Neale Hurston Explore West Augustine Just across US 1 from St. Augustine’s historic district, West Augustine is an area with…
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“It’s OK to Shed a Tear on Memorial Day”
By Ron Estes “I carried the Regimental colors that day in the flag detail. I was a sergeant, a squad leader (three stripes). It was a stirring day.” Ron Estes later served 25 years as…
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