Monday, February 16, 2009

Sesqui-Quadricentennial?

According to Wikipedia, there isn't a Latin term that corresponds to a 450th anniversary.
But that is what Pensacola is celebrating this year.

In August 1559 Spanish Conquistador Don Tristan de Luna de Arellano founded a colony in the Pensacola Bay area. In true Florida style it the original colony was wiped out by a hurricane and abandoned by 1561. But that won't stop the City of Five Flags from celebrating! Complete with a visit from the King and Queen of Spain and the Spanish Ambasador to the US.

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