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St. Augustine Beach mayor marks Martin Luther King Day, recalls 1964 protests
Summary
Mayor Dylan Romrell of the City of St. Augustine Beach opened a Monday session marking Martin Luther King Day, recalling protests in 1964 and thanking civil rights leaders for their role in local change.
Mayor Dylan Romrell of the City of St. Augustine Beach opened a Monday edition of his weekly remarks by marking Martin Luther King Day and recalling civil-rights-era protests in the area.
Romrell said the city remembers demonstrations from 1964 and thanked national and local civil rights leaders for their work. “Good morning, and welcome to another edition of Monday with the Mayor. I'm Dylan Romrell, Mayor of the City of St. Augustine Beach, and happy Martin Luther King Day,” he said.
He said a group of “young men and women” protested in the city in 1964 and called the events and leadership of civil-rights figures instrumental in changing the direction of local government and the county. Romrell said, in the meeting transcript, that “Dr. Martin Luther King and Dr. Halen were very instrumental in changing the direction that Saint John's County and the city of Saint Augustine and Saint Augustine Beach headed.”
Romrell closed the brief remarks by thanking residents and saying the observance was “a very somber, but yet a very positive day” for the city.
No formal actions, votes or agenda items were discussed in the recorded remarks; the segment consisted of ceremonial remarks and a short historical reference to protests in 1964.
