The Veterans' Council of St. Johns County and The St.
Augustine 450th Military Commemoration Committee
is proud to announce a
Presentation by LTC. ret. Gregory A. Moore, Florida National Guard
Command Historian:
The National Cemetery at St. Augustine - A Testament to Military History and Heroes
Tuesday, 19 November, at
7 PM
In the
Ringhaver Student Center , Virginia Room , at Flagler College
Public Invited - Free Program
Colonel Moore will be drawing from his newly published book
Sacred Ground: The
Military Cemetery at St. Augustine , the Nation’s oldest, and copies will be available after his talk
for purchase and signature by the author. Call 823-0696 for questions.
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| Gregory A. Moore |
Biographical
Data: Lt. Col (Ret.) Gregory A. Moore
Gregory A,
Moore ( B.A. , U.S. Military Academy , 1974: J.D., University
of Notre Dame Law School , 1982) is Command Historian of the Florida National
Guard, where he has served since June 5, 2001. In addition to his
responsibilities of preserving the history and traditions of the Florida
National Guard he is tasked with educating members of the public, as well
as the organization, about that history through publications of
monograms, maintenance and operation of the St. Francis Barracks Museum, and
guided tours of the Barracks and Post of St. Augustine, to include the
national Cemetery. Over the years, Colonel Moore has served as a board member
or trustee of a number of historically-oriented organizations, to include the
Seminole Wars Foundation, St. Augustine Historical Society and Fort Mose
Historical Society. His paper, "The 1702 Siege of St. Augustine: English
Miscalculation of Spanish Good Fortune," was read at the
symposium, "Firestone and Ashes: the Siege of 1702," sponsored by the
St. Augustine Historical Society, and appeared in El Escribano in 2002.
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