Pensacola Lighthouse And Museum, Pensacola, Florida
Early History
First settled by Spaniards in 1559, Pensacola is the oldest European settlement in mainland America. The location - south of the original British colonies and near the dividing line between French Louisiana and Spanish Florida - has caused Pensacola to change ownership several times. Pensacola was Spanish, then French, then Spanish, then British, then Spanish again, before becoming American, then Confederate, and then the current U.S. city.
Early exploration of Pensacola Bay (called Polonza or Ochuse) spanned decades, with the likes of Ponce de León (1513), Pánfilo de Narváez (1528), and Hernando de Soto (1539) charting the area. Due to prior exploration, the first settlement of Pensacola was large, landing on August 15, 1559 and led by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano with over 1,400 people on 11 ships from Vera Cruz, Mexico. However, weeks later, the colony was decimated by a hurricane on September 19, 1559,which killed hundreds, sank 5 ships, grounded a caravel, and ruined supplies. The 1,000 survivors divided to relocate/resupply the settlement, but due to famine and attacks, the effort was abandoned in 1561. About 240 people sailed to Santa Elena (today's Parris Island, South Carolina), but another storm hit there, so they sailed to Cuba and scattered. The remaining 50 at Pensacola were taken back to Mexico, and the Viceroy's advisors concluded northwest Florida was too dangerous to settle, for 135 years.
Spanish Influence
The banners of five nations, Spain, France, England, the Confederate States of America, and the United States, have flown over the city of Pensacola, giving rise to its nickname, The City of Five Flags. Pensacola is Florida’s second oldest city, and has the deepest bay on the Gulf Coast. The mouth of the bay is bounded by Santa Rosa Island to the east and Perdido Key to the west. To guard the entrance, Spain established Fort Barrancas atop a 60-foot bluff on the mainland opposite the bay’s mouth. Soon after the United States took control of Florida from Spain in 1821, the federal government, recognizing the importance of Pensacola’s harbor, moved to establish both a naval yard and lighthouse there.
Pensacola Lighthouse & Museum
We flew down to the Sunshine State to film a valued partner and a truly special place. This video shines a light on how The Assistant Manager™ helps the kind folks of Pensacola Lighthouse & Museum with admission and sales, so that they can keep on shining their own light!
Pensacola Light House- Pensacola Florida Naval Air Station
I decided to show you one of the most historical part of Pensacola, Florida. That is the Pensacola Light House. This is located on the Naval Air Station Pensacola. This is very big tourist destination and home of the Blue Angels!
Lighthouse Pensacola
In this episode of Cheap Family Travel ( Nick, Regan, Maggie, and Kate visited the Pensacola Lighthouse on the Pensacola Naval Base in Pensacola, FL. This lighthouse in Pensacola, FL is alleged to have a resident ghost, and it's considered one of the most haunted lighthouses in America, as claimed by the Travel Channel and Ghost Hunters in Pensacola Florida. This haunted location is worth taking a look at. After watching the Blue Angels air show and visiting the Pensacola Naval Museum, we checked out the Pensacola Lighthouse Tours for a fun, unique, and informative tour of the Pensacola attractions. The lighthouse offers a ghost tour, a sunset tour, a Blue Angels practice tour, and a light of the moon tour. You can climb the 177 steps to the top of the lighthouse for a beautiful view of the Pensacola Gulf Coast and the Pensacola Naval Air Station. The Naval Air Station Pensacola is also site of the world famous Blue Angels pilots, who perform on a regular schedule throughout the year. The Pensacola Lighthouse is one of the more exciting and fun things to do in Pensacola. Come visit it if you dare!!!
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#USgradtrip2018 Vlog #5: PCC, Pensacola Blue Eagles, Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola Lighthouse
This May, I got the opportunity to travel to the United States of America for my high school graduation trip! On May 16, we walked around the Pensacola Christian College Campus and dropped by Pensacola Christian Academy where I took care of some college application requirements. The next day, we watched the Pensacola Blue Angels Airshow Rehearsal at the Naval Air Base, visited the Naval Aviation Museum, and had lunch at the Cubi Bar Cafe, a restaurant that was literally taken from the Subic Bay Base in the Philippines and transported on a ship to Pensacola. We even met some Filipina waitresses who worked there who also used to work at the cafe back when it was still in Subic. After lunch, we wend to the Pensacola Lighthouse Museum where Mama and I got to climb up the 177-steps up the lighthouse.
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Top Tourist Attractions in Pensacola - Florida
Top Tourist Attractions and Beautiful Places in Pensacola - Florida:
National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola Naval Air Station, Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum, Blue Wahoos Ballpark, Fort Barrancas, Johnson Beach, Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier, Pensacola Bayfront Stadium, Uncle Sandy's Macaw Bird Park, Santa Rosa Island, Veterans Memorial Park, Perdido Key State Park, Downtown Pensacola, T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum
Naval Air Museum Pensacola Florida
FREE - Naval Air Museum Pensacola Florida
HANDS ON FUN - climb into the planes for the time of your life.
This is a must visit, so much FUN and it is FREE!! You can spend several days in this National Naval Aviation Museum because there is so much to see. FUN FUN FUN!
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walking around top of lighthouse in pensacola
Climbed 177 steps up the historic Pensacola Lighthouse & Museum for one of the most beautiful views on the Gulf Coast. Built in 1859, the lighthouse is located on board NAS Pensacola.
Tour of Fort Barrancas - NAS Pensacola, Florida
FT. Redoubt NAS Pensacola
A quick tour of Advanced Ft Redoubt, NAS Pensacola.
Pensacola Maritime Park - Part 1
Pensacola, Florida has a new waterfront park under construction that will greatliy enhance the city where America started. Don Tristan De Luna founded the first Spanish settlement in North America in 1559 at this location. Pensacola is noted for it's great beaches, forts, National Seashore, Arts & Culture, Museums, historical district, fishing, boating and other outdoors opportunities. The Park will house a multi-use sports stadium as well as the State Maritime Museum. Resturants, retail, & hotels will also be located on this park.
World class fresh water fishing is available at Becks Lake Fish Camp located on the Escambia River, the 4th largest river in Florida.
This is part 1 of a 2 part video of the Maritime Park which is now under construction on beautiful Pensacola Bay.
Pensacola (National Museum of Naval Aviation) slideshow - USA 2015
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Haunted Pensacola Ghost Tour: Road Trip | AWARE! | WSRE
Pensacola has become known for its haunted locations. On this edition, the Aware show goes on the road for ‘ghost tours’ of the Pensacola Lighthouse, Seville Quarter and the Pensacola Victorian Bed & Breakfast, and--in the studio-- host Dee Dee Sharp discusses the extraordinary amount of reported paranormal activity in the area with two “ghost experts”. Dr. Alan Brown is a University of West Alabama professor of English and a member of Alabama’s Humanities Foundation Road Scholars speakers bureau. Dr. Brown is an accomplished author and his interest in Southern folklore has resulted in investigations of several haunted sites. He has written several books about haunted locations, including Haunted Pensacola. Tammy Misner is co-founder of American Paranormal Adventures, an organization that seeks to educate and entertain by offering ghost hunts, ghost walks and other paranormal events, all led by a team of paranormal investigators.
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Pensacola, Florida and the U.S. Navy
I travel to see the Pensacola Lighthouse, the National Naval Museum, and enjoy watching a practice session by the Blue Angles.
Veterans Memorial Park in Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola Veterans Memorial Park honors the memory of those who have sacrificed their lives in the service and defense of the United States of America. In demonstrating by example the sacrifice that love and duty sometimes require of a free people they have placed themselves eternally in the grateful memory of all Americans. Veterans Memorial Park exists as a place of repose and veneration for the spirits of the slain, to be kept forever free of discord and contention.
Veterans Memorial Park is the home to Vietnam Veterans of Northwest Florida's Wall South, a one half scale model of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
Vlog: National Naval Aviation Museum and Fort Barrancas - Pensacola, Florida 20150407
The National Naval Aviation Museum is one of the best aviation museums in the world. Even if you don;t care about history simply wandering among the planes stacked up as if in a giants toy cabinet is amazing.
Fort Barrancas is... yet another brick fort... but if you're on the Naval Air Station anyway its a decent way to spend and hour or so.
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