Mom and I are the "experience the cultural bits" when on vacation people so we drove down to St. Augustine yesterday to see the Castillo de San Marcos fort. It is the oldest fort in the USA and we learned so much about its establishment and history in Florida.
Its history began in the late 1600s when it was built by Spain to protect important shipping routes. It fell into British rule in the mid-1700s after the British took control of Florida. It even played a role in the Revolutionary war!
We learned all about how it was built - the walls are crushed shells -- you can even see them now in the warn walls. There were historical enactors sharing what it was like to be a soldier stationed there so long ago. There was some amazing information on how cannons were used to defend the walls too.
Such a neat piece of history!
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I feel warmer just seeing those palm trees!
The fort is a great place to visit and of course I love St. Augustine!
Oh how cool, Tamar! I love visiting historical places like this. I need to do more of that with my kids now that they are old enough to appreciate it.
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...St. Augustine is the oldest city in the U.S. Amazing.
Very cool. We went to a similar place in Cuba.
What a wonderful place. So very nice. I would love to visit there. Thanks for sharing it. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful weekend.
Soooo jealous of your Floride vacation, Tamar! Hope you are having fun!
I would never have picked that as in America!! Wow!
I love visiting historical places!
It's cool to see an old castle and palm trees...
Thank you for hosting.
That looks so neat! We try to add in a bit of history or culture on most of our trips too. Enjoy the nice Florida heat!
First of all, I'm so happy/jealous that you get to be somewhere warm! Secondly, thank you for letting me live vicariously through your trip. And finally - WOW. What a neat place! I am so glad I finally have a love and appreciation for history!
How interesting! I love historical sites!
Blessings,
Jennifer
I've been to Florida but I haven't seen the old forts. I should go ...
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I love the historic parts of a trip too - I would love to visit this fort one day xx
Looks like a wonderful place to visit. My kind of day out!
Beautiful photos Tamar. Makes me want to go away, right now :)
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