And the fulfillment of that is right down the street here with our National Guard. So there's so many things that are so historic. Obviously we have Flagler College, Ponce de Leon Hotel, and Frederick Douglass said [the Ponce de Leon Hotel] was as good of any hotel as he saw in Europe, right here in St. Augustine. So I think that one, having Frederick Douglass here is a memorial to a very historic time in our nation's history. His speech here as well as in Jacksonville, very impactful on the community at the time. (10:22)
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