Ponce de Leon News

The upcoming anniversary of the "Battle of Bloody Fort Mose", will be commemorated this week first with a lecture series "Birthplace of Freedom" at Flagler College, then a dramatic reenactment of the battle at the Fort Mose State Park on Saturday that will pit an invading English Army against the fort's militia - made up of freedmen, native ... (more)

A summer solstice celebration featuring a Native American view of the night sky is set for Thursday at the Pensacola State College Planetarium and Space Theatre, Building 21, on the Pensacola campus.

Rehearsals start July 28 and the show is in September. Email ccshakespeare@aol.com.

Since shoving off from the Treasure Coast last week, Expedition Florida 500 adventurers Justin Riney of Vero Beach and Jackson Berger of Jupiter have journeyed through tropical storms, camped on spoil islands, joined in beach cleanups, spoke to groups of environmentalists and even spent a day exploring space.

A Jackson Walker oil painting depicting the 1513 landing of Ponce de Leon in Florida is on exhibit at DeBary Hall Historic Site through June 30. The painting depicts de Leon and his expedition as they send the first crew ashore to claim the land for Spain.

Ponce de Leon and his fleet had been anchored on the west coast of Florida since May 24. This particular stopover would have a profound impact on de Leon's life and set the focus for Spanish settlement attempts in Florida for decades to come.

Historic City News special reporter, Raphael Cosme, was onboard El Galeon Andalucia while Spanish explorers Ponce de Leon and Pedro Menendez visited the historic replica of the 16th century sailing vessel harbored at the St Augustine Municipal Marina.

Tickets are $15, $12.50 for seniors, $5 for students. Call 224-7729 or visit www.capitalchordsmen.org.

After a stay in town so successful that it was extended two weeks, the owners of the El GaleA3n are in negotiations with the city and state to make St. Augustine its home port for three to five years.

SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS No canoes were spotted at Bayshore Live Oak Park's canoe launch in Charlotte Harbor onThursday afternoon, as the waters from Charlotte Harbor crashed against the shoreline a result of Tropical Storm Andrea, the first of the 2013 season.

Seven students at Ridgecrest Elementary School successfully raised their grades with the help of the program Bringing Up Grades, or BUG, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Largo/Mid-Pinellas.

The National Weather Service's storm track showed Andrea making landfall Thursday evening along Florida's west coast.

PONCE de LEON - Ponce de Leon High School's gymnasium was standing room only as friends, family, loved ones, fellow students and staff crowded in to celebrate Ponce de Leon High School's graduating Class of 2013 on Monday.

Here are five things to know about the week ahead. For a full list of activities, go to the Patch calendar of events .

Ponce de Leon - A 20-year-old man is in critical condition following a crash Friday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol press release.

The windows of the new Wells Fargo Bank branch in the old Woolworth's building on King Street in St.

The state that's said to house the Fountain of Youth is celebrating its old age this year.

The memories will come flooding back for many longtime residents Thursday when Episode 19 of Season 4 of the TV hit series "Route 66" is spotlighted as part of the City of St.

The Calusa Indians thrived in Southwest Florida for thousands of years before the Spanish Explorers arrived on the sunny coastline.

Ponce de Leon started something in Florida that hasn't stopped since his landing here about 500 years ago.