Skip to main content

Three men, garbed in 16th century clothing and gear

Religious History

Sponsored Partners

Ocean Sands Beach Boutique Inn

La Fiesta - Ocean Inn & Suites

La Fiesta - Ocean Inn & Suites

Beacher's Lodge - Oceanfront Suites

Beacher's Lodge - Oceanfront Suites

A black and white illustration of a cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida. Several obelisks tower above an iron fence, surrounded by scraggly trees. Two coquina pyramids on the left honor US "victims" of the Seminole War.

"The Ancient City" — Harpers Monthly Magazine 1874

Peek into 1870s St. Augustine with this article, which is part fiction / part travel guide.

Front porch of the ACCORD Museum at 79 Bridge Street.

ACCORD Museum

Florida's first Civil Rights museum.

Collage over a red textured background. An illustrated portrait of General Jorge Biassou, a Black man in a colonial hat and military uniform.

Jorge Biassou

Florida's first Black general.

The Castillo de San Marcos looking north, with the Matanzas Bay to the right and the sea wall stretching through the foreground.

Castillo de San Marcos

Center of defense and heritage.

The historic Fort Matanzas guards the southern waterway approach to St. Augustine

Fort Matanzas Handbook

The National Parks Service's official guide to Fort Matanzas National Monument.

Experience the untold history of the nation's oldest city.

Fort Mose Historic State Park

The original destination of the Underground Railroad.

A black and white photograph of the Castillo de San Marcos (then Fort Marion) in St. Augustine Florida. The photo faces north and features the sea wall along Matanzas Bay on the right side of the image. The coquina for stands in a 'moat' full of grass.

Glimpses of St. Augustine

View images of St. Augustine from over a hundred years ago.

Shoulders-up B&W portrait of Dr. King gazing into the camera.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK was an orator, Reverend, and iconic Civil Rights activist.

The historical marker for the Lincolnville Historic District.

Lincolnville Neighborhood

Historic District founded by freed people in 1866.

A black and white photograph of a street in St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1915. In the foreground is a coquina wall that runs parallel to the street, which is sand. In the middle of the image is a row of historic houses. Power lines can also be seen. On the top border of the image, the words MOTOR AGE is superimposed over the sky in a serif font.

St. Augustine — Patriarch of American Cities

1915 Motor Age Magazine article about St. Augustine's history.

St. Augustine Under Three Flags front cover

St. Augustine Under Three Flags: A Pictorial History of Fort Marion

A 1925 article about the history of the Castillo de San Marcos

The interior of St. Paul AME Church, with the altar in the background and pews in the foreground.

St. Paul A.M.E. Church

Founded in 1873.

The Stono Rebellion at a Glance

What was the Stono Rebellion? Discover a South Carolina Freedom Struggle

A Black woman in 1800s garb holding out laundry in front of her.

Rosa

Enslaved woman who lived during the Second Spanish Period.

A large coquina house with a white fence extending into the foreground, the house sits on Aviles Street in St. Augustine, Florida

Ximenez-Fatio House

Built in 1798, revived in 1939.