In preparation for Florida’s 500th anniversary in 2013, Florida Living History, Inc.’s new heritage Event will explore the daily life of mariners in the early Spanish Caribbean.  In particular, this Event will focus on Juan Ponce de León’s “First Fleet” of three ships, which carried passengers and crew – white, black, Native American; male and female; soldier and sailor; slave and free – who became the first documented Europeans and Africans to set foot on what is now the continental United States, landing on the east coast of Florida in April of 1513.

This living-history Event will take place on Saturday, January 14, 2012, from 10AM to 4PM, at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum ( www.staugustinelighthouse.org/ ), in St. Augustine, FL.

CONTACT:

Florida Living History, Inc.

E-mail: info@floridalivinghistory.org

Phone: 1-877-FLA-HIST [1-877-352-4478]

This new, heritage Event is sponsored by Florida Living History, Inc. ( www.floridalivinghistory.org ) and the First Light Maritime Society ( www.staugustinelighthouse.org/flms/ ).  Support for this Event has been provided, in part, through the generosity of NTE Energy, LLC ( www.nteenergy.com ).