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Post by Wade Dillon on Mar 29, 2009 23:38:29 GMT -5
Hello everyone, Today, my father Allen and I took a trip to St. Augustine, Florida to visit the Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest fort in the continental U.S. The city's respect for their historical past and efforts into preservation blow San Antonio out of the water. Standing infront of the sentry box. Reenactors, portraying Spanish soldiers who inhabited the fort in 1740. Inside of the courtyard, looking at the fort's church and officers quarters. These rooms would be used for storage, for living space, and for storing slaves and native indians years later. Its likely that Seminole chief Osceola, while prisoner, would have stayed in any of the rooms. Frescoes still remain on the walls. Keep in mind, these walls are about 100 years older than the Alamo. The walls were made of coquina. The Coquina walls were resilient; absorbing enemy shells, The church, again. My father next to one of the cannon embrasures. Notice the yellow coquina bricks to his left and right? That was added during recent renovation efforts to restore portions of the fort. Nothing fake about it. And evening shots outside of the Castillo de San Marcos. My father and I really enjoyed our visit. You won't find street preachers or a carnival atmosphere near this fortress. The Castillo de San Marcos is well kept and well cared for!
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Post by TRK on Mar 30, 2009 7:00:26 GMT -5
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