Florida

Florida is the sunshine state. It was the 27th state to join the union.
Christopher Columbus went south of Florida in 1492.
It was Ponce de Leon who discovered Florida back in 1513.
 He named it "Florida". In spanish, it means land of flowers.
In less than 3 years, Florida will be 500 years old.
That's going to be a lot of candles for the cake.
There will be celebrations all over the state.
The first city was St. Augustine. It's the oldest city in the Americas. Let's look at a picture of St Augustine.

This is Castillo de SanMar. It's called a star fort because of it's shape.

The oldest structure in the Americas, post Columbian.