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Speaker Series

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Speaker Series

The HSARI organizes and sponsors a thematic series of speakers each Spring, with one free evening lecture a week for three weeks. The talks are intended to bring the most current scholarly research on St. Augustine to the interested public in an appealing and accessible way. Lectures are held at Flagler College.

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2018: The Civil War Memorialized

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2016: Beneath The Surface Series
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2015: First America Ideas & Images Series		 Graphic depicting four St. Augustine settlers with text overlay reading
2014: St. Augustine's Forgotten People
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2011: Civil War in Northeast Florida - Encore Presentation 
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2011 Civil War in Northeast Florida		 Illustration of explorers planting cross in lush, green landscape with Spanish galleon in background. Text overlay reads
2009: 1965: Celebrating 400 Years, A Look Back
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2008: Why St. Augustine?		 Illustration of oak tree hung with Spanish moss with house in background. Text overlay reads
2007: Plantation Life in Colonial Florida
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2006: St. Augustine History Lost and Found		 Illustration of two-story house with palm tree and man out front. Text overlay reads
2005: The St. Augustine You Never Knew
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2004: Art & Architecture of Henry M. Flagler 		Illustration of two-story house with palm tree. Text overlay reads
2003: Our Architectural Heritage
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2001: The French in St. Augustine		 Illustration with crest and text overlay reading
2000: Underground in St. Augustine