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Castillo de San Marcos National MonumentMassive iron cannon peer menacingly through the embrasures on the Castillo's south curtain.
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Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
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Plan A Field Trip
 
 

Many schools visit us each year as the culmination of their studies.  Please visit our Plan a Field Trip page if you are interested in bringing your students to the fort. 

We have a small selection of educational materials available for your use listed below.

 

Building the Castillo

Map Study - The Defenses of St. Augustine

Vocabulary

National Parks

Bibliography

 

 

 
Bronze Spanish cannons look out over the city of St. Augustine  

Did You Know?
Black, or gun, powder is a mix of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal used as a propellant charge in cannons. Burning rapidly when ignited, it expands 600 times its volume creating pressures that can hurl a cannonball up to 3.5 miles! Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida

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Last Updated: July 12, 2007 at 14:09 EST