Where Blood Became Memory: Visiting Fort Matanzas National Monument

Fort Matanzas National Monument viewed from the ferry crossing Matanzas Inlet near St. Augustine, Florida.

There are some places you plan carefully for. And then there are the places that seem determined to make you work for them. Fort Matanzas fell firmly into the second category. A few months before this visit, my son and I were heading north on our Washington D.C. road trip. Fort Matanzas was supposed to … Read more