Now as a former resident of Pensacola I have to take offense at the section that says St Augustine is the oldest permanent city. Pensacola was founded in 1559 by Don Trista de Luna. St Augustine was founded in 1565. Its just that a hurricane drove off nearly the entirity of Pensacola and it wasnt repopulated in a big way until 1561. A handful of people did stay though. Graves from this period of abandonment are down town. In a side note, the king and queen of Spain made an awesome guest appearance in the old part of the city for its 450th birthday last year.
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