while in St. Augustine, FL we visited Castillo San Marcos. (here is the Google version of the history behind the fort and St Augustine --" Saint Augustine is the oldest permanent European settlement in North America. The city was established in 1565 to protect the sea routes and prevent French and English expansion. The Castillo de San Marcos is, in turn, the oldest masonry fortification in North America. After nine wooden forts failed to adequately protect Saint Augustine, the Spanish Crown authorized the construction of a stone fortification in 1672. Since that time, the Castillo has withstood bombardments and hurricanes, only changing hands through treaty. "
getting ready for a demonstration of the firing of the cannon
don't worry - they just shot out breadcrumbs for the birds :) no cannon balls!
the walls were built from a material called coquina.
a view of the middle of the fort (at one time the entire town was hiding in the fort for 2 months)
inside one of the rooms
jillian is short enough to walk straight through an underpass to another room in the fort :)
she got on the ground to crawl.... just because she's jillian :)
ice cream at 10pm in the Atlanta airport - graham is tired! (waiting for our connection to Chicago!)
not too many times do you get ice cream at 10pm :)
while in St. Augustine, FL we visited Castillo San Marcos. (here is the Google version of the history behind the fort and St Augustine --" Saint Augustine is the oldest permanent European settlement in North America. The city was established in 1565 to protect the sea routes and prevent French and English expansion. The Castillo de San Marcos is, in turn, the oldest masonry fortification in North America. After nine wooden forts failed to adequately protect Saint Augustine, the Spanish Crown authorized the construction of a stone fortification in 1672. Since that time, the Castillo has withstood bombardments and hurricanes, only changing hands through treaty. "
getting ready for a demonstration of the firing of the cannon
don't worry - they just shot out breadcrumbs for the birds :) no cannon balls!
the walls were built from a material called coquina.
a view of the middle of the fort (at one time the entire town was hiding in the fort for 2 months)
inside one of the rooms
jillian is short enough to walk straight through an underpass to another room in the fort :)
she got on the ground to crawl.... just because she's jillian :)
ice cream at 10pm in the Atlanta airport - graham is tired! (waiting for our connection to Chicago!)
not too many times do you get ice cream at 10pm :)
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