In honor of the 450th anniversary of the Luna expedition (1559), join us for a FREE public symposium to highlight the role of Pensacola during the 16th-century Spanish exploration and colonization of the New World. The symposium will be held on the exact anniversary of the hurricane that destroyed the Luna colony, preventing Pensacola from being the oldest continually occupied city in the United States. Internationally recognized scholars from throughout the United States will lecture on a variety of topics within the context of 16th-century Spanish colonization.

Friday, September 18, 2009 (Gallery Night)

• 5:00 pm-6:30 pm, Reception, Meet the scholars and purchase signed copies of Unearthing Pensacola and Colonial Pensacola (T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum)

• 7:00-8:00 pm, Keynote Address, Dr. Judith A. Bense (Old Christ Church)

Saturday, September 19, 2009 9:00 am-4:00 pm, Symposium (Old Christ Church)

• Lectures by leading scholars including:

• Dr. John Bratten, University of West Florida
• Dr. Kathleen Deagan, University of Florida
• Dr. Mary Glowacki, State of Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research
• Dr. Paul Hoffman, Louisiana State University
• Dr. Roger Smith, State of Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research
• Dr. John Worth, University of West Florida

For more information, go to www.flpublicarchaeology.org/nwrc/symposium