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America 250
Florida in America 250
General George Washington and the American Patriots in the 13 Colonies were fighting King George and his British troops at home for independence.
But Florida Had a
Different Story!
Join us as we explore things to see and do in the year of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence from England.
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Treasure Map Theme, details of Revolutionary War Battles in Florida,
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Cemeteries
15 Known American Patriots Buried in Florida
Clay County
Old Hickory Grove Cemetery - Green Cove Springs
Columbia County
Pvt. Theophilus Weeks, Continental Line
Price Creek Cemetery
Duval County
Capt. John Carroll Houston - Continental Line
Houston Cemetery - Jacksonville
Escambia County
Dorothy Walton, widow of Declaration of Independence signer, George Walton
St. Michael’s Cemetery - Pensacola
Gadsden County
Salem Cemetery - Havana
Hamilton County
Simon Sheridan Whitehurst - Continental Line
Bell-Tuten-Moody Cemetery - Jasper
Jefferson County
Abraham Bellamy Sr. SC Militia
Bellamy Cemetery
Leon County
Strickland-Ferrell Cemetery - Tallahassee
Nassau County
Bosque Bello Cemetery - Fernandina Beach
Higginbotham Family Cemetery - Evergreen
James Pelot, civil service and material aide
Vaughan-Scott Family Cemetery
Okaloosa County
Pvt. Joab Horne, Continental Line
Laurel Hill - Stuart Cemetery
Santa Rosa County
Pvt. Aaron Snowden, Continental Army
Milton Cemetery - Milton
St. Johns County
Tolomato Cemetery - St. Augustine
Washington County
New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery
Museums
Boca Raton
The 14th Colony
(through 8/27/26)
Pensacola
Road to Revolution Exhibit
(through 5/27)
St. Augustine
The Governor's House
Cultural Center and Museum
Florida at War: St. Augustine in the
American Revolution Exhibit
(through 9/26)
St. Augustine Lighthouse
and Maritime Museum
“Storm Wreck” Exhibit of Revolutionary War artifacts discovered from British warships (circa 1782)
Historic Battle Sites
Callahan
Battle of Alligator Bridge Marker
Merritt Island
Last Naval Battle of the War Marker
Pensacola
Fort George Reconstruction Marker
Other Historic Sites
Ormond Beach
Oswald Plantation Marker
Tallahassee
American Soldier Marker
Lafayette Land Grant Marker
St. Augustine
American POW Marker
On December 8, 1775, Gen. George Washington learned that the British had amassed a large stockpile of weapons and ammunition at Fort Mark (Castillo de San Marcos) in St. Augustine, in the British East Florida Colony. He rightly suspected that the Fort would be used as a launchpad for an invasion of the southern Rebel colonies.
Washington immediately wrote to John Hancock, warning the Continental Congress about this threat and the vulnarability he saw on the Southern front.
He tried to neutralize the threat by autorizing attacks on St. Augusine and Rebel forces made three incursions into East Florida, but British alliance with the natives thwarted them all.
Pompano Beach - Last Naval Battle
Pensacola - Bernardo de Gálvez Monument & Marker
Pensacola - Patriot Monument
Monuments
& Markers
Who's Who in British East Florida
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Patrick George Tonyn was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland in 1725, into a military family. Patrick Tonyn a captain in the 6th Dragoons in 1751, and served with that regiment in Germany during the Seven Years' War. In 1759 the regiment fought at Minden and Wetter with great distinction. Tonyn was made lieutenant-colonel of the 104th Regiment of Foot in 1761.
He arrived in St. Augustine as the second governor March 1, 1774, formally ending the three-year interim period after Governor Grant's illness. He raised a provincial regiment known as the East Florida Rangers to actively harass Rebel forces in Georgia and the Carolinas. He also secured alliances with the Creek and Seminole Native American tribes to defend the region. He turned St. Augustine into a refugee camp for loyalists displaced from the Southern colonies. He established his own 20,000-acre plantation in the area (south of present-day Black Creek).
When the 1783 Treaty of Paris returned Florida to Spain, Tonyn spent his final months overseeing a massive, complex evacuation of British troops, administrators, and Loyalists before officially turning the province over to the Spanish governor in 1784.
Thomas Brown was born in England and settled in the Georgia Colony in 1774 near Augusta. In 1775, a Patriot mob demanded he swear allegiance to the rebellion, and when he refused, he was tortured, partially scalped, and his feet were held over burning coals, earning him the derisive nickname "Burnfoot". He escaped to St. Augustine, where Governor Patrick Tonyn, commissioned him to raise and lead a regiment of Loyalist mounted rangers. He built alliances with native tribes and successfully repulsed Rebel invasions into Florida. He commanded successful incursions into Georgia, bringing back food to St. Augustine and capturing Rebel forts and assisting in the capture of Savannah, Georgia in 1778.
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Who's Who in British West Florida
John Campbell was born in Argyll Scotland, and would eventually become the Chief of the Campbells of Strachur Clan who claimed to be descendants of King Arthur. He began his military career at age 18 when he was appointed lieutenant in the 4th Earl of Loudoun’s Highlanders. He served in the British Army and rose in the ranks and saw service during the French and Indian War where was promoted Major of the King’s 17th Regiment of Foot, while recovering from being wounded in the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
He returned to the colonies in May 1776 as part of the failed anphibious landing of Sullivan's Island. He was assigned to New York in 1776 and had successes there against the Rebels. He was promoted to assigned to Pensacola to defend the West Florida colony, and was given authority over all troops in March 1779 and promoted to Major General.
He was authorized to attack Spanish New Orleans but plans for the attack were intercepted by Bernardo de Gálvez, governor of Spanish Louisiana and Rebel ally. Gálvez launched an attack on the British and captured much of western West Florida before Campbell could counterattack.
Campbell inspired his troops to defend Fort George at Pensacola, but was overwhelmed by the Franco-Spanish force and surrendered the fort in May 1781. He was taken to Cuba as prisoner but was eventually released.
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THE SPANIARD WHO HELPED THE REBELS
Bernardo de Gálvez was born Málaga, Spain, and began his military career at age 16 and eventually rose to the Royal Spanish Governor of Louisiana in 1777. Under his administration, Spain officially encouraged the importation of enslaved Africans to stimulate the colonial economy, and he actively oversaw the integration of enslaved people into his multinational military campaigns.
Even before Spain declared war on Britain, he adopted an anti-British policy and assisted the rebels in their military efforts in the area. After the declaration, he began moving aggressively to attack British holdings, and successfully captured Pensacola, the Capital of West Florida in a two-month siege in 1781 that included support from French naval forces.
Check out the commemorative Road Trip Guide for more information on the Siege of Pensacola!
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