Event Details
Saturday, Mar 16, 2019
Irish Day at Tolomato
Time: 11:00 am til 3:00 pm
Location: Tolomato Cemetery, St. Augustine
Description: Join us for an Irish Day at Tolomato as we explore the Irish heritage and connections of those buried there.
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FPAN is participating in this event.
AIA Lecture: Four Colonial Ships Found Beneath Manhattan
Time: 12:00 pm til 1:00 pm
Location: UNF Archaeology Lab
Description: The Archaeological Institute of America—Jacksonville Society will meet to hear a lecture by Dr. Warren Riess, Professor Emeritus at the University of Maine titled “Four Colonial Ships Found Beneath Manhattan”
This is an illustrated lecture wherein Prof. Riess will discuss the discovery and studies of the four colonial ships that have been discovered beneath modern New York City: the so-called Tijger, the merchant ship beneath the South Street Seaport Museum, the Ronson ship, and the World Trade Center Ship.
Dr. Riess has been the principal investigator for the latter two sites and is the author of "The Ship That Held up Wall Street" and "Angel Gabriel: The Elusive English Galleon". He has also published several articles.
The lecture is free and open to the public, and complimentary refreshments will be served afterwards in the Archaeology Lab.
On Saturday, parking is free, and the faculty/staff/vendor spaces are open to everyone.
For more information, contact Melva Price at (904)241-9411 or aiajaxsoc@gmail.com.
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FPAN is posting this event as a courtesy, we will neither be hosting nor attending this event.
