Category : TSFMNov2023

In 1687, a group of eight men, two women and a child traveled by dugout seeking freedom from enslavement in a Carolina colony. They found it in St. Augustine. Four years later, the Spanish King Carlos II issued the first official crown position on runaway enslaved people that made their way to Spanish Florida. In […]Read More

How do you build a replica of an 18th-century fort with no historical plans or detailed descriptions? With a lot of research and a sense of history. According to a Florida Park Service report on the Fort Mose reconstruction project, “Since no exact description of the original fort survives, this structure is not an exact […]Read More

The dream to reconstruct the original structure at Fort Mose requires a little blood, sweat, toil and tears – and a lot of money. Leading the way in the fundraising effort for the project is the Florida State Parks Foundation. The Fort Mose Historical Society set a goal to reconstruct the fort in the mid-1990s, […]Read More

The project to reconstruct Fort Mose will stand out as a milestone for the Fort Mose Historical Society, but it will be one in a long line of achievements for the volunteer organization. The citizen support organization was formed in 1996 after archaeological work on the site of the present-day park uncovered evidence of the […]Read More

St. Augustine and St. Johns County are already known for their historical sites and attract millions of visitors annually. And while Fort Mose has been an important element in the mix, the reconstruction project is expected to become even more pronounced as a destination, according to tourism officials. “It does have a significant impact,” said […]Read More