Did You Know? – 5 Facts About Pensacola’s Past

Things you may not have known

In addition to these five facts about Pensacola’s history, did you know that Pensacola is older than St. Augustine, the United States’s first, continuously occupied European settlement? Pensacola was founded in 1559, whereas; St. Augustine was founded in 1565. Pensacola is the original first European settlement in the U.S. by a whole 6 years (although not continuously occupied during that time)! Check out these other cool facts about Pensacola!

5 Historical Facts You Didn’t Know About Pensacola

Original article here: The Pulse – 5 Historical Facts You Didn’t Know About Pensacola