b'PAGE16 FPAN RETROSPECTIVE 2005-2020 PAGE17NORTHEASTREGIONThe Northeast Region is located along the First Coast, and it should be no surprise that the region claims some famous firsts for FPAN as well. The first FPAN Regional Center was awarded to Flagler College, which began hosting the Center in April 2006. Flagler College hired the first Regional Director, Sarah Miller, in May 2006, and the Networks first Outreach Coordinator (now termed Public Archaeologist), Christy Wood-Pritchard, in August 2006. The Center broke ground that August for rehabilitation of Markland Cottage, thanks to a Florida Department of State grant, and hosted its first Project Archaeology teacher training workshop that same day. One year later, the Center officially opened to the public. The unique features that hold this region together are the St. Johns River, ancestral lands of the Timucua Indians, and the Spanish colonial capital of St. Augustine established in 1565. The region is an important part of the Gullah Geechee National Heritage Area, home to descendants of enslaved Africans brought to the British colonies in the 17th century with cultural presence across the south today. The region includes New Smyrna Beach and ruins of the Smyrnea Settlement, the largest attempt by the British to colonize Florida with 1,400 indentured servants from the Mediterranean region, referred to as Menorcans today. The oldest standing structure in Florida, the Castillo de San Marcos, is an excellent symbol of the complexity of the region: built by the Spanish using Timucuan labor; transferred to the British and renamed Fort St. Mark after the Treaty of Paris; used to imprison Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche, and Caddo peoples during its tenure as Fort Marion in the late 19th century; and, today, one of the most visited heritage sites in the state. The Heritage Monitoring Scout (HMS Florida) program launched in St. Augustine in August 2016 blocks away from the Castillo, which is featured on the cover of the Union of Concerned Scientists publication on National Landmarks at Risk from climate change. wMy FPAN internship made me realize the rewarding experience of educating adults and children about different subjects on archaeology, which I want to pursue in a museum career.Top: Participants in the Northeast Regions annual Archaeology Pub Crawl in front of the Castillo de San Marcos in downtown St. Augustine. Middle left: Regional Elizabeth Valhona, FPAN Intern Director Sarah Miller and former Outreach Coordinator Amber Grafft-Weiss get ready for a bicycle tour in front of the Regional Office at Flagler College. Middle center: Sarah Miller and Public Archaeologist Emily Jane Murray show off Heritage Monitoring Scouts (HMS Florida) gear during one of their first monitoring sessions at Shell Bluff Landing in the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. Middle right: Administrative Assistant Robbie Boggs leads a Shipwreck on a Tarp program for students in Palatka. Bottom Left: Emily Jane Murray works with St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program to document a beached shipwreck. Bottom right: Sarah Miller provides information to a video crew about an historic well at Flagler College.'