Do you think that a beachside area in Brevard County should be named in Ponce de Leon's honor?
This poll is for anyone to take. It will not form policy and the real purpose is exploratory in capturing public opinion using this tool. A designation is underway to name the 45-mile beachside stretch from Port Canaveral to Sebastian Inlet in Ponce de Leon's honor. Also a 500th anniversary celebration in 2013 is also in the works. Recently Brevard county commissioners voted 4-1 to support naming the barrier island for Ponce de Leon.
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Would you like to see the designated area named in honor of Ponce de Leon?
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If you answered No in the previous question please answer the following
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Do you have extra comments? ie: If you answered "For other reasons not listed here", please write them here.
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- thirty degrees - eight minutes.
- ponce de leon landed somewhere else. if the viva 500 celebration wasn't taking place, the island would be left alone!
- native populations should be honored by renaming the barrier islands: "ais islands."
- you're on top of the game. thanks for sharing.
- i personally believe it's 500 years too late in recognizing the historical importance, if indeed, this is where ponce de leon first touched land. the area has never done anything to acknowledge its role. st. augustine has for years, perhaps decades, commemorated its historical importance. it seems inappropriate to do this now.
- the spanish historian herrera had access to ponce's logbooks and stated that the noon sun shot taken the day before the landing was 30.8 degrees north latitude. ponce's ship drifted slowly northward until about 5 p.m. when they anchored for the night. the next morning, he and his crew went ashore. 30.8 is just north of st. augustine and south of ponte vedra. his landing spot was obviously in this vicinity.