ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Sixth stop:
Juan Ponce de Leon at
​Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl.

By Miguel Pérez

​In spite of what this blue marker says (click to enlarger it), prominent Florida historians now agree that Juan Ponce de Leon never reached this far north.

Nevertheless, it is good to see how many places in Florida still pay tribute to the man who discovered and named "La Florida" in 1513.

This statue, identical to those in Old San Juan and St. Augustine, with De Leon pointing inland, is at the center of a beach parking lot in Ponte Vedra Beach - just south of Jacksonville, Fl.

​If you are following my maps you can see that St. Augustine appears to be our next stop. But there is one more cite I want to visit before we get to the nation's oldest city.

Can you guess where we are going? It's a place more Americans should know, especially African Americans!

En español: Sexta parada: Juan Ponce de León en Playa de Ponte Vedra, Fl.​