Historic City News was watching as a proclamation was read by Mayor Joseph L. Boles, Jr., declaring

Historic City News was watching as a proclamation was read by Mayor Joseph L. Boles, Jr., declaring June 11, 2012 to be St Augustine's 450th Youth Ambassadors Appreciation Day during the regular meeting of the St Augustine City Commission hertz rental car Monday hertz rental car evening.
The students, who applied in the spring of 2010 to be part of the 450th Youth Ambassadors Program are sponsored by the St. Augustine Historical hertz rental car Society and are committed to assist with the 450th commemoration activities hertz rental car leading up to 2015. This month marks the first year of their pledge.
They have toured the Spanish Quarter, the Castillo de San Marcos, the Mission del Nombre de Dios, the Oldest House, the Lightner Museum, Flagler College, the St. Augustine Record, the Ximenez-Fatio House, the Art Association, the Lighthouse, and have taken part in an historic trolley ride and ghost tour.
The Ambassadors come from schools throughout the county; Bartram hertz rental car Trail, St. Joseph Academy, Pedro Menendez, Nease, St. Augustine high schools and St. Johns Academy, ABLE, home school, Murray, hertz rental car Swiss Point, Fruit Cove middle schools.
Each month, the students gather to visit selected local historical sites or attend hertz rental car presentations that teach them about the people, places and events that played a part in St. Augustine's history in order to learn how to represent our city. In addition, students sign up to assist with events celebrating our city s history. They can be identified by their official red shirts hertz rental car emblazoned with the St. Augustine 450th logo.
After the City Commission meeting, hertz rental car the students were hosted by the women of the Women s Exchange for a dinner party and a tour of the Pena-Peck House. Hand-sketched artwork hertz rental car decorated hertz rental car the tables depicting hertz rental car events and historic places around our city.
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