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on December 11, 2024

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Big Changes at 2 of the Oldest African American Cemeteries in Florida

on October 20, 2024

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Help Bring the Florida Black History Museum to St. Augustine

on February 16, 2024

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Lenny Foster Tells St. Augustine's Stories Through His Photography

on January 22, 2024

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More Than 200 People Come Together for the MLK Day of Service Event in St. Augustine

on January 15, 2024

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More Than 200 People Come Together for the MLK Day of Service Event in St. Augustine

Something special happened in St. Augustine today. MLK Day of Service has become a movement in St. Augustine, it has become a day for individuals, families, and organizations to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in St. Augustine, and it has become a day that joins people together from all walks of life about a purpose greater than themselves. MLK Day cemetery cleanup in St. Augustine, Florida When a group of siblings stood up in front of more than 200 volunteers from all over the county, the state, and the country at the 4th annual MLK Day of Service cleanup in West Augustine to give instructions and thank everyone for coming out, you could feel the spirit of service, the moment of coming together, and the eagerness to be a part of making a difference. MLK Day of Service Cleanup event in West Augustine If nothing else, this event proves that it just takes one person, or a group of siblings, to make a difference, and age doesn't matter. When the ...

Big Changes at 2 of the Oldest African American Cemeteries in Florida

Change has come to the Pinehurst and San Sebastian Cemeteries, two of Florida's oldest African American cemeteries. Thanks to dozens of community donations, the cemeteries located on the outskirts of St. Augustine now have nine new granite gravestones instead of crumbling or lost grave markers. Lucas Elmore, James Axen, Asher Kelp, Marlene Elmore, and Mary Kelp, descendants of some of the recipients of new granite gravestones at the Pinehurst and San Sebastian cemeteries in St. Augustine, Florida. At the annual fall restoration day at the cemeteries, a special ceremony honored the nine people receiving new granite gravestones , including veteran Leroy Kelp and St. Augustine Record columnist Artemesia Holloway Jones. At the ceremony, descendants of the honorees spoke with gratitude to the donors and organizers and with fond remembrance of relatives buried at the cemeteries. "She was the kind of person," James Axen said of his aunt Gladys Delores Kelp, "you didn'...

St. Augustine High School Football Team State Championship Motorcade Comes Through Town

The Johnson Family in West Augustine supports the SAHS Yellow Jackets Football Team. Today was a day of celebration in West Augustine despite the recent tragedies still heavy on the hearts of so many in the community. Today was about cheering on and celebrating the young members from the community, who are headed to Tallahassee for the State Championship as a part of the St. Augustine High School Football team. Willie Mae Chambers supporting the 2023 SAHS Football Team at the Florida State Championship Game Motorcade in St. Augustine All along West King Street, family members, St. Augustine High School alumni, and supporters of the St. Augustine High School football team joined in to cheer on the team, as the Yellow Jackets motorcade led by the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office left St. Augustine High School and drove through town passing Sebastian Middle, heading down US1, and then going through the west side community nearby two of its feeder schools the Webster School and R.J. ...

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