http://www.jaxhistory.org/event/spies-schemes-sons-liberty-shadier-side-east-west-florida/?instance_id=330
For those interested, the Jacksonville Historical Society will be presenting a lecture on Thursday, February 26 entitled "Spies, Schemes and the Sons of Liberty: The Shadier Side of East and West Florida." From the title it is clear that this topic is right up our alley. I am not familiar with the speaker nor can I attest that this will be a liberty-oriented presentation, but what use is our system if we never listen to different points of view? I intend to be there in an AS T-shirt and maybe learn about some topics which we can present on at future 'Seeds. Hope to see many of you there.
Tony
Washington's secret Six The Culper ring!
I am planning on attending this and will also wear one of my many Appleseed shirts.
Terry
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I attended this presentation and it was very interesting talking about the 14th and 15th British colonies (East Florida and West Florida) in what is now the United States. These two colonies remained loyal to the King and did not join in the revolution. In fact when they received word of Declaration of Independence in St Augustine there was a riotin which they hung effigies of Sam Adams and John Hancock and set them on fire.
In a twist of what happened in Concord it was the colonists that tried (5 times) to invade East Florida to capture British arms and ammunition that were stored at St Augustine to prevent there use in the British Southern Campaign in Georgia and South Carolina.
More information is available at www.colonialre.com (http://www.colonialra.com).
Terry, I'm so glad you were able to attend this lecture even though traffic prevented me from making it. Thanks for the summary and the link to more info.