As part of the 2026 Semi-Quincentennial Celebration Lecture Series, Tom Hand, Founder of Americana Corner, and Jeff Jore, History Professor at Flagler College, will present “We Floridians Could Have Been British If It Weren’t for the Spanish!”

The lecture series is presented by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Florida, the St. Augustine chapters of the DAR and SAR, and the St. Augustine America 250 committee.