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Historic Sites in St. Augustine
Explore 8 historic places in St. Augustine, from museums and landmarks to destinations connected with defining events and eras in American history.
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Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
St. Augustine, FL
The oldest masonry fortification in the continental United States, built by Spain to defend St. Augustine and its Atlantic approaches.
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ACCORD Civil Rights Museum
St. Augustine, FL
A landmark museum in Dr. Robert B. Hayling's former dental office preserving the local struggle that helped propel the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Colonial Quarter
St. Augustine, FL
An immersive living-history attraction that brings St. Augustine's centuries of Spanish and British colonial life to life through demonstrations and reconstructed settings.
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Fort Matanzas National Monument
St. Augustine, FL
A preserved Spanish coquina watchtower reached by ferry that guarded St. Augustine's vulnerable southern water approach.
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Governor's House Cultural Center and Museum
St. Augustine, FL
A free museum and cultural center occupying a site that served St. Augustine's colonial governments beginning in the late sixteenth century.
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Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center
St. Augustine, FL
A museum in the former Excelsior High School preserving more than four centuries of African American history in St. Augustine.
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National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche at Mission Nombre de Dios
St. Augustine, FL
A historic Catholic mission and pilgrimage site commemorating St. Augustine's 1565 founding and one of the nation's earliest Marian devotions.
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Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park
St. Augustine, FL
A waterfront archaeological park interpreting the Timucua community of Seloy, St. Augustine's first Spanish settlement, and the enduring Fountain of Youth legend.
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1565
Founding of St Augustine
Age of Exploration
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés established St. Augustine on Timucua land in 1565, creating Spain’s first enduring Florida colony and the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States.
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1964
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights
Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, the Civil Rights Act outlawed major forms of segregation and discrimination and expanded federal civil rights enforcement.
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