Event Details
Saturday, Sep 6, 2014
Don Pedro Menendez and the Founding of St. Augustine
Time: 10:00 am til 12:00 pm
Location: Mission Nombre de Dios, St. Augustine
Description: Four hundred and forty-nine years ago, in September 1565, Admiral Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés stepped ashore on Matanzas Bay and founded St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied, European city, port, and parish in the continental United States.
On Saturday, September 6, 2014, the annual, historical reenactment of Menéndez' landing and anniversary commemoration will be presented by Florida Living History, Inc. at Mission Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine, Florida.
This event is free and ample free parking is available, but seating is limited. Please consider bringing a folding chair.
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FPAN is posting this event as a courtesy, we will neither be hosting nor attending this event.
American Beach Museum Grand Opening
Time: 11:00 am til 4:00 pm
Location: American Beach Community Center
Description: The American Beach Museum will celebrate its grand opening Saturday, Sept. 6, the A. L. Lewis Historical Society has announced.
American Beach, located on Amelia Island’s southern end between Summer Beach and the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, has a legacy of overcoming threats to its existence. Resting in the shadow of a former plantation estate, the residential community resulted from the ingenuity of seven founders of the Jacksonville-based Afro-American Life Insurance Co.
The American Beach Museum is located inside the American Beach Community Center at 1600 Julia St. The grand opening on Saturday, Sept. 6 runs from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. with tours for groups of 10.
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FPAN is attending this event.
