News

Recognizing Juneteenth and Black history on Florida’s Historic Coast Fort Mose site of the First Free African Commuity in ...
A ribbon-cutting ceremony at Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine opened a new replica of a 1738 fort that holds a ...
Built between 1672 and 1695 by the Spanish, The Castillo de San Marcos served as a fort for ... in downtown St. Augustine once protected the newly established territory of Spanish Florida from ...
It has been a good month for Florida State Parks. The state isn't building golf courses in state parks, and it did build a fort in one: Fort Mose Historic State Park.
Looking for something to do on your next trip to St. Augustine, Florida? There are many attractions outside of this city's ...
St. Augustine residents want Florida’s first-ever statewide museum ... It’s the site of Fort Mose, the first free Black settlement in the U.S., and the first place where a Black baby was ...
ST. AUGUSTINE ... just outside one of Florida's most iconic federal monuments, the Castillo de San Marcos. Approximately 20 people gathered in front of the fort to support the staff who work ...
The truth is Spaniards settled in St. Augustine, Florida, with enslaved blacks more ... cut wood and later even created a settlement for freed blacks, Fort Mose. But the influence and ...
There now is a fort at Fort Mose Historic State ... days in the 90-year history of the Florida State Parks.” It was a big day for St. Augustine, a city that prides itself on a story older ...