St.
Augustine, Florida
June 23-27, 2010
June 23-27, 2010
Welcome all CVMA members, auxillary, supporters and guests to St. Augustine, Florida for the 2010 Nationals! We've included some helpful information to help make your trip to Florida enjoyable. Please stay tuned as the site is updated throughout the year. The Florida 20-1 CVMA Chapter is proud to be the 2010 hosts! Please register now!
Travel
to St.
Augustine - America's Oldest City
St. Augustine is located on Florida's Atlantic coast about 30 miles South of Jacksonville, FL, 100 miles North of Cocoa, FL and about 58 miles North of Daytona Beach. You can view a Google map here OR you can choose to view or print our PDF area maps of Florida, St. John's County and St. Augustine city here:
St. Augustine is the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida. It is the oldest continuously occupied European established city, and the oldest port, in the continental United States. St. Augustine lies in a region of Florida known as The First Coast, which extends from Amelia Island in the north, south to Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Palm Coast. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 11,592; in 2004 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that its population had reached 12,157.
St. Augustine was founded by the Spanish under Admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in 1565. The first Christian worship service held in a permanent settlement in the continental United States was a Catholic Mass celebrated in St. Augustine. A few settlements were founded prior to St. Augustine but all failed, including the original Pensacola colony in West Florida, founded by Tristán de Luna y Arellano in 1559, with the area abandoned in 1561 due to hurricanes, famine and warring tribes. Fort Caroline, founded by the French (and including a number of free Africans) in 1564 in what is today Jacksonville, Florida only lasted a year before being obliterated by the Spanish in 1565.
Check back here frequently as we update our site to provide you with as much information as possible to help make your CVMA 2010 Nationals experience a lifetime memory.
