Programs & Events

Tuesday January 12, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
ANNUAL MEETING
Jane Landers, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
"Jorge Biassou, Free Black Chieftain in St. Augustine" from
  Landers' new book, Atlantic Creoles in the Age of Revolutions
 (Harvard Univ. Press)
Flagler Room, Flagler College, 74 King Street

February 26 and 27, 2010
 Venues and Times TBA
"St. Augustine and the Sea"
A symposium of the 450 Series, presented by
St. Augustine Historical Society, City of St. Augustine Dept. of Heritage Tourism and Historic Preservation, St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program

Stan Ulanski, Ph.D., James Madison University
Author of The Gulf Stream: Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic from the University of North Carolina Press

Samuel P. Turner, Ph.D.
St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, LAMP
"Boats and Ships of Early Florida"

James G. Cusick, Ph.D.
P. K. Yonge Library of Florida History, University of Florida
"Cargo from Cuba"

Michael Gannon, Ph.D.
University of Florida, emeritus
"Warships off the Coast during World War II"

Christine Newman, M.A.
Archaelogical Consultants, Inc.
"Shell Mounds"

Diane Wakeman, M.A.
Florida Humanities Council
"Social History of Oysters in Florida"

Susan R. Parker, Ph.D.
St. Augustine Historical Society
"Coquina Homes and Private Projects"

Exhibits

In our Page Edwards Exhibition Gallery we offer special topical exhibitions on the history of St. Augustine and the State of Florida. The exhibits change periodically. Check this site from time to time to see what is currently showing and to find out about coming attractions.

Stories of the Bridge of Lions

Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1936

One of the few remaining ornamental bridges on the East Coast of the United States, the Bridge of Lions has become one of St. Augustine's most familiar features. Opened in 1927, it furthered the development of Anastasia Island and St. Augustine Beach and, guarded by its marble lions, eventually came to symbolize the Nation's Oldest City itself. This exhibit describes the wooden span that preceded the bridge, highlights the work of the men who designed the structure and sculpted its distinctive lions, documents the bridge's design and construction, reveals its transformation into image and icon, and notes the recent controversy over its preservation. Featured in the exhibition are a lamp from the 1927 bridge, artifacts, mementoes, artworks, and dozens of historical photographs that document not only the bridge itself but the changing cityscape of St. Augustine in the early decades of the 20th century.


Walking Tour