St. Augustine

St. Augustine Oldest city in the United

States. Founded by Pedro

Menendez de Aviles.

F o r tM o s eFirst Free African American Settlement in the United States.Africans had to convert to Catholicism and swear oath to the Spanish king to live there.

St. Augustine Lighthouse. Was used by the

Spanish as a watch post in 1683.

In 1824 Florida converted it to its first Lighthouse in the state.

Built to protect the northern part of the city from the British in Georgia and South Carolina.