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First Muster

Presented by Florida Living History at St. Francis Barracks, St. Augustine FL

Sep 14 2018
First Muster

Florida Living History, Inc., in partnership with the Florida National Guard, will commemorate the 453rd anniversary of the first mustering of America’s original citizen-soldiers and the 453rd “birthday” of the National Guard.

Four hundred and fifty-three years ago, on September 16, 1565, Admiral Don Bartolomé Menéndez de Avilés, Don Pedro’s older brother and San Agustín’s first mayor, mustered the first militia troops in the continental United States.  Their task was to defend the newly founded Spanish pueblo of San Agustín de la Florida (present-day St. Augustine, FL - the oldest continuously occupied, European city, port, and parish in the continental United States) against pending attack by the French.

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ADMISSION INFO

Admission to this heritage Event and to the St. Francis Barracks Museum is free of charge to the public.

LOCATION

St. Francis Barracks

82 Marine St., St. Augustine, FL 32084

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