Howard Johnson Inn at Saint Augustine Historic District - St. Augustine Hotels, Florida
Howard Johnson Inn at Saint Augustine Historic District 2 Stars St. Augustine Hotels, Florida Within US Travel Directory One of our top picks in St. Augustine. Across from Ponce de Leon's historic Fountain of Youth and in Saint Augustine's historic district, this hotel offers free wireless internet access and a daily continental breakfast.Exploring nearby attractions is easy at the Howard Johnson Inn at Saint Augustine with an Old Trolley stop located on-site. Discover Old Senator, a 600 year-old oak tree, visit the St. Augustine Alligator Farm or explore Potter's Wax Museum, also located nearby.Enjoy relaxing by the Saint Augustine Howard Johnson's outdoor pool or browse the internet with free wireless internet access. Take advantage of in-room microwaves and refrigerators or explore several local restaurants all situated within walking distance.
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Paul and his parents travel to St. Augustine, FL and stay at the Howard Johnson hotel in historic Old Town. There they discover the 'Old Senator' tree which is reputed to be over 600 years old! They also ride a sight-seeing trolley, shop on St. George street, and eat from a restaurant Trip Advisor once called: the 2nd best pizza place in the US!
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Snow - Informer
Axity - Freedom
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Howard Johnson Inn at Saint Augustine Historic District in Saint Augustine FL
Reserve: . . .. .. ... . . . . . . .. .. .. Howard Johnson Inn at Saint Augustine Historic District 137 San Marco Avenue Saint Augustine FL 32084 Across from Ponce de Leon's historic Fountain of Youth and in Saint Augustine's historic district, this hotel has free wireless internet access and a daily continental breakfast. Exploring nearby attractions is easy at the Howard Johnson Inn at Saint Augustine with an Old Trolley stop on-site. Discover Old Senator, a 600-year-old oak tree, visit the St. Augustine Alligator Farm or explore Potter's Wax Museum, also nearby. Enjoy relaxing by the Saint Augustine Howard Johnson's outdoor pool or browse the internet with free wireless internet access. Take advantage of in-room microwaves and refrigerators or explore several local restaurants all within walking distance of the property.
Florida's Upcoming Legislative Session & The St. Augustine Lighthouse Preservation
Two of Northeast Florida's representatives discuss the budget and other House priorities for the upcoming legislative session. Plus, the latest on the preservation of the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum.
Old Bellamy Road Alachua County Florida
The Bellamy Road was the first major U.S. federal highway in early territorial Florida.
In 1824, only five years after Florida became a United States territory (and the same year that Alachua County itself was created), Congress authorized the construction of its first federal highway. It would be a 25-foot (7.6 m) wide road, connecting Pensacola to St. Augustine. The Florida Territorial Council commissioned John Bellamy, a Monticello plantation owner, to build Bellamy Road. The project took two years to complete, at a cost of $20,000. The route would become known as the Bellamy Avenue. It was a major highway until the Civil War, when other roads became preferred routes. A few of the places it passed were the town of Traxler, the Santa Fe Taloca Spanish Mission, and what would become Newnansville.
U.S. Army Capt. Daniel Burch had the contract for the entire job and put Bellamy in charge of the $13,500 section from Picolata on the St. Johns River to the Ochlockonee River. To survey the route, Burch with a detachment marched from Pensacola beginning Oct. 22, 1823 and reached St. Augustine Nov. 25, 1823, a distance of 445 miles (716 km). Bellamy used his own equipment and slaves, and completed his portion of the road in May 1826. Construction was delayed by heavy rains and Indian attacks.
Tree stumps were cut within one foot of the ground to allow wagon axles to clear them. Sometimes one lone stump would be a bit higher and would strike the floorboard of a wagon, sometimes jarring it completely apart, resulting in the road receiving the ominous nickname Stump-Knocker. The roadbed was typically not built up over wet areas. Instead, logs were placed in the path that resulted in a frequently bumpy ride.
The original road crossed Alachua County along the route of the Old Mission Trail, a trail widely used by Indians and Franciscan missionaries, running from near Santa Fe Lake through a swampy, forested hammock between present-day O'Leno State Park and River Rise Preserve State Park. It is here where the Santa Fe River disappears underground and travels three miles (5 km) before re-appearing. This area became a perfect natural crossing for the road. It was the first Federal highway in Florida, and opened the interior of north Florida to settlers.
The Congressional act read:
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be opened, in the territory of Florida, a public road from Pensacola to St. Augustine, commencing at Deer Point, on the bay of Pensacola, and pursuing the Old Indian Trail to the Cow Ford, on the Choctawhatchy river; thence, direct to the natural bridge on the Ecanfinan river; thence, to the Ochesee Bluff, on the Appalachicola river; thence, in the most direct practicable route, to the site of Fort St. Lewis; thence, as nearly as practicable, on the old Spanish road to St. Augustine, crossing the St. John's river at Picolata; which road shall be plainly and distinctly marked, and shall be the width of twenty-five feet.[1]
Remnants of the old sand road are used today and part of the Bellamy Road forms the county line between the northwest part of Putnam County and the southwest part of Clay County.
From the Archives: The Search in Mississippi
Watch the complete June 25, 1964 broadcast of a special CBS News report, anchored by Walter Cronkite, about the desperate search for three civil rights workers who went missing while trying to register black voters in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer project. The hour-long report features interviews with local officials and businessmen defending segregation in the state; civil rights workers on the violence unleashed upon activists; police on responding to protests; and local citizens about life under Jim Crow.
City officials debut plan regarding St. Augustine Confederate monument
Officials want to add new context to the memorial.
NEIU Alumni: All Access with John St. Augustine and Bill Kurtis
Best-selling author, producer and broadcaster John St. Augustine and legendary broadcaster Bill Kurtis were the keynote speakers for the April 4, 2017, Green Business Conference at Northeastern Illinois University.
ch 7) As Long As Grass Grows Or Water Runs
chapter 7: A People's History (Of The United States) Howard Zinn.
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Chapter 7, As Long As Grass Grows or Water Runs discusses 19th century conflicts between the U.S. government and Native Americans (such as the Seminole Wars) and Indian removal, especially during the administrations of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.
On the God of Socrates - Apuleius [Audiobook]
On the God of Socrates (De Deo Socratis) by Apuleius (c. 124-170 AD)
De Deo Socratis (On the God of Socrates) is an ancient Latin work on the existence and nature of daimons (neutral spirits) which were thought to be the intermediaries between gods and humans. This treatise was attacked in the polemical writings of Augustine of Hippo, and as such played a major role in the Medieval Latin West's perceptions about the links between 'paganism' and 'demonology' (alongside other works such as the Asclepius, the writings of the Neoplatonist philosophers (esp. Iamblichus), the Secret of Secrets, or the Picatrix, for example).
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South Dakota Senate - LD9
1/22/2018
11. Frankish Society
The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000 (HIST 210)
Professor Freedman considers the Merovingians as an example of barbarian kingship in the post-Roman world. In the absence of a strong government, Merovingian society was held together by kinship, private vengeance, and religion. Kings were judged by their ability to lead men in war. Gregory of Tours believed that the violence characteristic of Frankish society was useful insofar as the kings wielded it to back up threats of supernatural retribution for bad actions. Professor Freedman ends with a brief summary of the decline of the Merovingians.
00:00 - Chapter 1. What Holds Society Together?
07:20 - Chapter 2. Gregory of Tours
12:27 - Chapter 3. The bishops and the King
16:39 - Chapter 4. The Basis of Merovingian Power
34:20 - Chapter 5. The Church in Frankish Society
46:26 - Chapter 6. The End of Merovingians
Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu
This course was recorded in Fall 2011.
In one Florida community, it's Christmas every day
Central Florida has so many hidden gems including a small Orange County community where it's pretty much Christmas all year round.
07. Barbarian Kingdoms
The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000 (HIST 210)
In this lecture, Professor Freedman considers the various barbarian kingdoms that replaced the Western Roman Empire. Oringinally the Roman reaction to these invaders had been to accommodate them, often recruiting them for the Roman army and settling them on Roman land. Now, however, they were the rulers of the previously Roman lands of the West. These tribes included the Ostrogoths and Visigoths in Italy, the Franks in Gaul, and the Vandals in North Africa. As most sources about these groups come from the Roman perspective, it's unclear how coherent each group was. In general, the barbarian groups characterized by disorganization, internal fighting and internecine feuds, and lack of economic development. Professor Freedman closes with some remarks on the Burgundian Code as evidence of barbarian society and institutions.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction
04:48 - Chapter 2. Tacitus and the Nature of the Barbarian Tribes
20:30 - Chapter 3. The Barbardian Kingdoms
26:42 - Chapter 4. Intellectual Life after the Fall of Rome
34:58 - Chapter 5. The Barbarian Tribes: Vandals, Moors, Angles, Saxons, and Visigoths
39:40 - Chapter 6. The Burgundians and the Burgundian Code
Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu
This course was recorded in Fall 2011.
Social Media and Democracy; the Local Role of the US Navy; and UNF Public Opinion Research Lab
Author Roger McNamee talks with Kent Justice about his new book Zucked and the roles and dangers of social media in democracy. Rear Adm. Gary Mayes talks about the role of the Navy in Jacksonville and National security. Dr. Michael Binder from the UNF Public Opinion Research lab talks about polls on various issues affecting Jacksonville.
Full Recording -- David Brooks: Trump and Afterwards: The Next American Culture.
Watch this special recording featuring New York Times Op-Ed Columnist David Brooks. He delivered the lecture Trump and Afterwards: The Next American Culture in the Duke Family Performance Hall at Davidson College on Thursday, January 18, 2018.
FISHING for RED SNAPPER on the west coast of FLORIDA part 2!
Part 2 of our Red Snapper offshore fishing trip! Non stop action!
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09. The Reign of Justinian
The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000 (HIST 210)
Professor Freedman opens by discussing why historians use the writings of Procopius and Gregory of Tours, a sixth century bishop whose history of the Merovingian kings is discussed the following week. Procopius's three works -- The Wars, the adulatory Buildings, and the invective Secret History -- are the best sources on the reign of the Emperor Justinian. Under Justinian and his wife Theodora, the Roman Empire reached its height as it reclaimed territories in North Africa and Europe previously lost to the Vandals, Visigoths and Ostrogoths.. However, defeats in war accompanied by heavy taxation led to civil unrest. In addition to the wars, Justinian commissioned a number of large projects like the building of the Hagia Sophia and the organization of Roman law in the Corpus Iuris Civilis.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Primary Sources: Procopius and Gregory of Tours
02:19 - Chapter 2. The Emperor Justinian
08:42 - Chapter 3. Procopius as a Source on Justinian
16:28 - Chapter 4. Background on Justinian
24:10 - Chapter 5. The Circus, the Blues and the Greens, and the Nika Riots
30:20 - Chapter 6. Justinian's Wars
38:11 - Chapter 7. Justinian's Law Code, the Corpus Iuris Civilis
Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu
This course was recorded in Fall 2011.
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 13 - Flagler County
Flagler County was established in 1917, but has historic sites from much earlier, including Mala Compra and the Bulow Plantation.