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In 1987 philanthropists Dominique and John de Menil opened their vast art collection, which includes pieces by René Magritte, Henri Matisse, and Mark Rothko, with a museum designed by Renzo Piano ...
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St. Augustine is considered to be the birthplace of the Coast Guard Reserve, as one of the first classes to graduate from Reserve officer training did so at St. Augustine in May 1941. From 1942 until the end of the war in 1945, thousands of young recruits received their basic and advanced training at the hotel, with up to 2,500 trainees living ...
Commemorative plaque May 2019. Villa Zorayda (also known as the Zorayda Castle) is a house at 83 King Street in St. Augustine, Florida. [2] Built in 1883 by the eccentric Boston millionaire Franklin W. Smith as his winter home, [3] it was inspired by the 12th-century Moorish Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain.
A Gearing-class destroyer that was sunk as a target off St. Augustine. Industry Kingdom of Great Britain: 6 May 1764 A British supply sloop en route from New York, wrecked off St. Augustine Light. [citation needed] USC&GS Isis United States: January 1920 A survey ship that was wrecked off Crescent Beach
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Boone died at his home in St. Augustine, Florida on January 10, 1981 due to complications from throat cancer. [35] His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii. [ 36 ]
Grumman, along with the Airport Authority, also built a facility to house the U.S. Coast Guard's E-2C Hawkeyes, which was named Coast Guard Air Station St. Augustine. At this point, the airport technically became a joint civil-military facility, while CGAS St. Augustine operated for two years with E-2C aircraft on loan from the Navy, patrolling ...