"Just landed in Florida and founded the oldest city in the USA! Sorry, Columbus, but I guess I got here a little fashionably late. Hope the natives enjoy being on the tourist map! #OldestCity #SpanishPride #FloridaMan"
- Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

Aug 28, 1565 - Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés - Wikipedia