“IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM - THE WANING DAYS OF THE FIRST MOSE”
HERITAGE EVENT, May 17, 2014
St. Augustine, Florida
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – May 8, 2014 – In March 1738, Don Manuel de Montiano y Luyando, royal governor of Florida, established El Pueblo de Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (“Fort mo-SAY”) – the first, legally sanctioned free black settlement in the continental U.S. – just north of the walled city of St. Augustine, the capitol of colonial Spanish Florida.
On Saturday, May 17, Florida Living History, Inc., in partnership with Fort Mose Historic State Park and the Fort Mose Historical Society, will present “In the Name of Freedom - The Waning Days of the First Mose”, a living-history program dedicated to the people of Fort Mose, the men who defended it, and their leader, Capitán Francisco Menéndez. Visitors will experience life at Mose in the tense days before the British invasion of Spanish Florida in 1740 and the fiery destruction of the first Fort Mose.
The new Waning Days of the First Mose heritage Event will take place from 10AM to 3PM at Fort Mose Historic State Park – 15 Fort Mose Trail; St. Augustine, Florida; 32084. Historical re-enactors and volunteers will participate in this commemoration of daily life in this colonial bastion of freedom, which will include living-history demonstrations and presentations.
At 2 p.m., Dr. Jane Landers, the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, author of the award-winning monographs Black Society in Spanish Florida and Atlantic Creoles in the Age of Revolutions, Director of the Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources for Slave Societies digital archive, and the scholar who did the original archival research on Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, will present a lecture entitled “Atlantic Transformations: The Many Lives of Francisco Menéndez and His Free Black 'Subjects'.”
Admission to this Event is free of charge to the public. There is an optional Museum admission fee of $2.00 per adult; children age 5 and younger are free.
The U.S. National Park Service and The Organization of American Historians have named the new In the Name of Freedom - The Waning Days of the First Mose heritage Event as a Member Program of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
The Waning Days of the First Mose heritage Event is sponsored by the 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational Florida Living History, Inc., by Fort Mose Historic State Park, and by The Fort Mose Historical Society.
Financial support for this Event is provided, in part, by the Florida Humanities Council, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the ongoing generosity of NTE Solutions.
For more information on the new In the Name of Freedom - The Waning Days of the First Mose heritage event, please contact: Tonya Creamer / Fort Mose State Historic Park - tonya.creamer@dep.state.fl.us or Dr. Richard Shortlidge / Florida Living History, Inc. - info@floridalivinghistory.org ; Phone: 1-887-FLA-HIST [1-877-352-4478].
Founded in St. Augustine, Florida, in 2009, Florida Living History, Inc. (FLH), is a community based, all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to educating the public about Florida's colonial and territorial history, using living-history programs, demonstrations, and recreated portrayals of significant historical events. FLH supports educational initiatives that promote a greater understanding and appreciation of Florida's, and America’s, rich and diverse heritage. For more information on Florida Living History, Inc., please contact us at info@floridalivinghistory.org or phone us, toll-free, at 1-877-FLA-HIST (1-877-352-4478)!
Florida Living History Inc is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the support of living history activities, events, and portrayals related to the history of colonial Florida.
www.floridalivinghistory.org
On Saturday, May 17, Florida Living History, Inc., in partnership with Fort Mose Historic State Park and the Fort Mose Historical Society, will present “In the Name of Freedom - The Waning Days of the First Mose”, a living-history program dedicated to the people of Fort Mose, the men who defended it, and their leader, Capitán Francisco Menéndez. Visitors will experience life at Mose in the tense days before the British invasion of Spanish Florida in 1740 and the fiery destruction of the first Fort Mose.
The new Waning Days of the First Mose heritage Event will take place from 10AM to 3PM at Fort Mose Historic State Park – 15 Fort Mose Trail; St. Augustine, Florida; 32084. Historical re-enactors and volunteers will participate in this commemoration of daily life in this colonial bastion of freedom, which will include living-history demonstrations and presentations.
At 2 p.m., Dr. Jane Landers, the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, author of the award-winning monographs Black Society in Spanish Florida and Atlantic Creoles in the Age of Revolutions, Director of the Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources for Slave Societies digital archive, and the scholar who did the original archival research on Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, will present a lecture entitled “Atlantic Transformations: The Many Lives of Francisco Menéndez and His Free Black 'Subjects'.”
Admission to this Event is free of charge to the public. There is an optional Museum admission fee of $2.00 per adult; children age 5 and younger are free.
The U.S. National Park Service and The Organization of American Historians have named the new In the Name of Freedom - The Waning Days of the First Mose heritage Event as a Member Program of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
The Waning Days of the First Mose heritage Event is sponsored by the 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational Florida Living History, Inc., by Fort Mose Historic State Park, and by The Fort Mose Historical Society.
Financial support for this Event is provided, in part, by the Florida Humanities Council, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the ongoing generosity of NTE Solutions.
For more information on the new In the Name of Freedom - The Waning Days of the First Mose heritage event, please contact: Tonya Creamer / Fort Mose State Historic Park - tonya.creamer@dep.state.fl.us or Dr. Richard Shortlidge / Florida Living History, Inc. - info@floridalivinghistory.org ; Phone: 1-887-FLA-HIST [1-877-352-4478].
Founded in St. Augustine, Florida, in 2009, Florida Living History, Inc. (FLH), is a community based, all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to educating the public about Florida's colonial and territorial history, using living-history programs, demonstrations, and recreated portrayals of significant historical events. FLH supports educational initiatives that promote a greater understanding and appreciation of Florida's, and America’s, rich and diverse heritage. For more information on Florida Living History, Inc., please contact us at info@floridalivinghistory.org or phone us, toll-free, at 1-877-FLA-HIST (1-877-352-4478)!
Florida Living History Inc is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the support of living history activities, events, and portrayals related to the history of colonial Florida.
www.floridalivinghistory.org