News Release

Special guest lecturer, David Kroese

Date: October 1, 2018

St. Augustine, FL – On Sunday, October 7 through Tuesday, October 9th, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will be hosting special guest lecturer, David Kroese, to speak on his travels through 417 of the National Park Service’s park sites. Mr. Kroese will also bring his one-of-a-kind displays of National Park Service Centennial badges and Find Your Park pins that he has collected himself from hundreds of national park sites across the United States.

Come and join Mr. Kroese as he gives several presentations throughout the day on Sunday through Tuesday and shares his park odyssey. Programs will last 30-45 minutes each and will be held in a presentation room within the fort. No reservations are required for this program, but standard park admission rates do apply. Operating hours of the Castillo are 8:45 am to 5:00 pm. For questions, please call [phone] ext. 233.


Built by the Spanish in St. Augustine to defend Florida and the Atlantic trade route, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument preserves the oldest masonry fortification in the continental United States and interprets more than 450 years of cultural intersections.  Learn more at www.nps.gov/casa and visit us on Facebook www.facebook.com/CastilloNPS and Twitter www.twitter.com/CastilloNPS.

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