America's Untold Story

I have studied history and taught it professionally at the university level, but in spite of how much history I have learned, I still regularly stumble upon a story from the past that is important but which I have never heard about, and such is the case with this PBS series that tells the story of Saint Augustine, Florida, the first European settlement in what would later become the United States of America.

Founded in 1565 (some 40 years before the English founded Jamestown, Virginia) the Spanish established a fortress on the northeastern coast of what would become the Colony of Florida to counter French claims in the area. What would ensue over the following centuries before Florida became part of the USA is a rich history that is largely unknown today.