When people think of Florida, they think sand between their toes as they relax on the beach, or about getting a photo with their favorite character at the happiest place in Florida (You know where I am talking about).
But there is so much more to Florida, than the stereotypical image people have of the Sunshine State. In this video I will share with you one of the oldest attractions in Florida, the Castillo De San Marcos in St. Augustine Florida.
Timeline taken from the National Park Service Website
1513 Sailing from Puerto Rico, Spanish claim Florida.
1565 Spanish found St. Augustine and destroy French at Fort Caroline and Matanzas Inlet.
1672 Ground is broken on October 2 for Castillo de San Marcos.
1695 Castillo de San Marcos (curtain walls, bastions, living quarters,
moat, ravelin, and seawall) is finished in August.
1702 War of the Spanish Succession pits Spain and France against Austria,
Great Britain, and others. Coastal Georgia missions are destroyed by Carolinians en route to St. Augustine. Carolinians occupy and burn St. Augustine but the Castillo successfully resists their siege.
1738 Spanish governor at St. Augustine grants freedom to runaway
British slaves. Black families settle at new town called Fort Mose.
1740 St. Augustine successfully endures siege by British, Georgian, and
South Carolinian forces. Spanish attack and defeat British Highland
troops camped at Fort Mose.
1740–42 Fort Matanzas is built to block southern approach to St. Augustine.
1756–62 Fort Mose rebuilt in masonry. Earthworks at Mose extended
to complete northernmost defense.
1763 Peace of Paris gives Florida to Great Britain in exchange for La Habana. Castillo becomes known as Fort St. Mark.
1783 Peace of Paris recognizes independence of the United States and returns Florida to Spain.
1821 Spain cedes Florida to the United States.
1825 Castillo de San Marcos renamed Fort Marion.
1924 Fort Marion and Fort Matanzas are proclaimed national monuments.
1933 Fort Marion and Fort Matanzas are transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service.
1935 National Park Service begins exclusive administration of both
national monuments.
1942 Original name— Castillo de San Marcos— is restored.
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