St. Augustine Confederate Monument

Confederate Monument in the Plaza De Constitution in St. Augustine. Quite a contrast from the typical statue of a soldier staring resolutely north.

Everything old is new again

March 28th 2011
St. Augustine I spent the day in St. Augustine. As the town tourist authorities love to point out, it’s the oldest continuously occupied city in the US. That is less impressive than it sounds. The town changed hands multiple times over the centuries, so it has remarkably little from the early days of settlement other than the street layout. The town is also a huge tourist magnet, so visi ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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