What is important about that project?
The Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort and the best preserved example of Spanish colonial fortification in the continental United States. Begun in 1672 and substantially completed by 1695, the Castillo subsequently enabled the Spanish to withstand two attempts by the English to drive them from St. Augustine and Florida. Since 1821, when the United States took possession of Spain’s Florida colonies, the Castillo has been the central historical attraction within St. Augustine. In the past half century, over a half million visitors have crossed its drawbridge each year. Unfortunately, visitors to the Castillo de San Marcos enter the site coldly unprepared, leaving all but the very well educated unable either to understand its place in history or fully enjoy the experience. The lessons about the past that this historic site, like any other great piece of history, ought to impart are lost upon most. No illustrations, no film, no lectures of any kind prepare the visitor. Espec
