17 June 2009

Dig reveals colonial school artifacts


Two hundred-plus years ago a school on the corner of Bridge and St. George streets and financed by the Spanish government allowed boys -- both black and white -- a free education.

On Tuesday, City of St. Augustine Archaeologist Carl Halbirt was excavating the corner and musing on the similarities between then and now.

"You have the ideal version, and then you have reality," Halbirt said.

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