Trust honor validates Save Our Bridge advocacy
For more than 30 years, many St. Augustine residents advocated on behalf of the preservation of the Bridge of Lions to prevent the state from tearing it down and building a new bridge. Organizing themselves first in the mid-1970s into Friends of St. Augustine Architecture and then reforming that group with even more supporters into Save Our Bridge Inc., they succeeded. The end result is the rehabilitated Bridge of Lions that graces our skyline today.
Last month, Save Our Bridge Inc., was recognized as a National Trust for Historic Preservation Honor Award recipient. They were chosen for one of 23 awards given annually by the National Trust because of the group's tenacity to save the bridge. Continue Reading...