The settlement of Garcia Real de Santa Theresa de Mose, now referred to as Fort Mose Historic State Park, was established in ...

The chant -- translated as "Long live Fort Mose!" -- celebrated the ribbon cutting of a newly constructed replica of a 1738 fort that holds a special place in America's Black history.

In 1738, the Spanish governor of Florida chartered the settlement of Fort Mose as a refuge for those fleeing slavery from English colonies in the Carolinas.

Reenactors gather for a photo during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new replica 1738 fort at Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine, Florida, on May 9, 2025. (Patrick Connolly/Orlando ...

Reenactors at Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine helped celebrate the ceremony for the completion of the park’s 1738 Fort Mose reconstruction project. Fort Mose was the first legally ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 9, 2025, at America’s “First Site of Freedom” — Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine — marked the official completion of the park’s 1738 Fort Mose ...

Viva Mose! 1738 Fort Reconstruction at Fort Mose Historic State Park Opens with Momentous Ribbon-Cutting Celebration - From left, Robert Yero, Julia Gill Woodward, Kathleen Brennan, Charles Ellis, Dr.

And it isn’t the original fort, dating back to when Fort Mose was established in 1738 as the first legally sanctioned free Black community in what would become the United States.That fort was ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 9, 2025, at America’s “First Site of Freedom” — Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine — marked the official completion of the park’s 1738 Fort ...