Our trip to St. Augustine was a memorable one. The weather was perfect and our tours were very informative. Here are a few FUN FACTS that we learned while there:
1) The Castillo cannons could shoot a cannon ball a distance of about 3 1/2 miles.
2) The Catholic Cross where Pedro Menendez first arrived in St. Augustine is 208 feet tall. If it were any taller, it would need a red light to be visible to airplanes!
3) The oldest resident of St. Augustine is "Old Senator"- very large oak tree (in our slide show)
4) The Lightner Museum used to be one of Henry Flagler's hotels- there used to be a large indoor pool in there that measured 150 feet by 60 feet. (What was the area of this pool?)
5) St. Augustine marks the beginning of the Trail of Tears (which we will learn more about later this year)
Students, what other FUN FACTS can you remember? Leave a comment to tell us something interesting that you learned and you will earn $5 behavior bucks!
I remember a street called Dr King or Martin Luther street.
ReplyDeleteIt was named after Dr Martin Luther King Jr. when he walked through the streets of St.Augustine on 1964.
Sofia
Mrs.Koster class
I remember that the Castio de san Marcous was built 9 times of wood untill it was built of cocina! Also the area of the pool was 9,000.
ReplyDeleteI remeber That finally after burning many times the Spanish re built the fort out of cocina which is a small seashell but very strong and after that the Fort was never taken by force again .
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The mote did not hold water it held a buch of animals witch was their food supply. Zach
ReplyDeleteThe fort has been standing for over 100 years! Also that if an enemy tried to shoot a cannonball at the fort, it would either bounce off or get stuck in the walls. Abigale ;)
ReplyDeleteI learned on the field trip that James Moore attacked St. Augustine and tryed to take the Castillo and he has been attacking St Augustine for 2 months. Nevaeh
ReplyDeleteThe question for number 4 150x60 I think the answer is 9150. Nevaeh
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