The Painted Lady
These ladies will make a special appearance to mingle with your guests and discuss their lives and the history of their time.
Historic Personalities
The Early Spanish Ladies
Dona Luisa , 16th century Spanish noblewoman and widow, she talks about her friendship with Pedro Menendez and Fater Lopez and tells the story of Landing and Matanzas Massacre
Sister Maria Guadalupe, a 17th century Carmelite Nun, she stops in town on way to Nueva Espana/Mexico to talk about Landing, Mission sites, Indians, Cathedral etc
From 1565, Spanish Ladies of all stations enlivened and enriched the life of early Saint Augustine.
The Later Spanish Ladies
Maria de Hita, !8th c. Spanish Tavern owner she talks about owning the tavern that's now open at Spanish Quarter Museum and life in Colonial Garrison St.A.
Catalina Moran, Second Spanish Period ‘Seamstress’, she talks about the wild living conditions in Garrison St.A. and her infamous trail for murder and Delaneys ghost
The British Ladies
Mary Evans, owner of the Oldest House during the British Period she talks about the changes the British occupation brought to the City, mid-wifing and owning her British Pub
Sara Fish, flamboyant wife of Jesse she talks about British plantation life,transition from Spanish to British Possession and being the young wife of the ‘man who owned St Augustine’
The American Ladies
Mercedez Triay, wife of St. Augustine Mayor Gomecindo Pacetti. She talks about the Civil War, Federal troops, women cutting down the flagpole in the Plaza, the burning of Jacksonville, and the Battle of Olustee.
Diamond Lil , First owner of the Fountain of Youth. This flamboyant woman talks about selling water at the First Tourist Attraction in FL, being a doctor in the Yukon and dining at the Ponce Hotel.