Road Scholar Trip To St. Augustine Part 3

Day 3: Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 After breakfast, this day began with Dr. Ann Masters interpreting the voices and people of old St. Augustine by her poetry and her talk “Floridanos, Minorcans and Cattle Whip Crackers”. She described each group and how they lived lives in such close proximity that they knew each other and their ways. She revealed and then dispelled their cultural myths […]

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Road Scholar Trip To St. Augustine Continued

Day 2: Tuesday, January 15, 2019  After breakfast at our hotel the guest speaker, Ken Barrett, helped us learn about fort Castillo de San Marcos and the eras it served. After boarding a tour bus he then led the group around the fort’s outside.  I opted out because we couldn’t go inside the fort due to the government’s continued shut-down. Instead, three of […]

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