Today in History

August 28, 1565

The Founding of St. Augustine

The oldest continuously occupied city in the United States was first sighted on this day in 1565. Explorer Pedro Menendez founded St. Augustine, naming it for St. Augustine of Hippo. He and 600 of his soldiers arrived and settled in an Indian village, which they turned into a fortified outpost. In 1566, the first child of European ancestry was born in St. Augustine, some 21 years before the English settlement at Roanoke Island.

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