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This is the downtown sign that gets our history wrong...
But thank God I just found a prominent sign which does get our history right. It's the one right near the de Luna statute at Palafox Pier...
"it was the longest-lasting colonial settlement up to that date in what is today the United States".
That's EXACTLY what it was. It wasn't the first European settlement in what is today the United States as claimed on the other sign. It was the longest lasting up to this point.
I can speculate as to why this particular sign doesn't lie about the history.
It's because this sign was erected for the visit of the King and Queen of Spain.
And the actual first settlement, San Miguel de Gauldape (off South Carolina), was ALSO a Spanish settlement. It's very likely the Spanish Royalty know the history of their empire and their colonial conquests. And whoever was in charge of the wording of this sign would be aware of that. They didn't want to look stupid by lying to the Spanish King and Queen. lol
But thank God I just found a prominent sign which does get our history right. It's the one right near the de Luna statute at Palafox Pier...
"it was the longest-lasting colonial settlement up to that date in what is today the United States".
That's EXACTLY what it was. It wasn't the first European settlement in what is today the United States as claimed on the other sign. It was the longest lasting up to this point.
I can speculate as to why this particular sign doesn't lie about the history.
It's because this sign was erected for the visit of the King and Queen of Spain.
And the actual first settlement, San Miguel de Gauldape (off South Carolina), was ALSO a Spanish settlement. It's very likely the Spanish Royalty know the history of their empire and their colonial conquests. And whoever was in charge of the wording of this sign would be aware of that. They didn't want to look stupid by lying to the Spanish King and Queen. lol