St. Augustine/Palm Coast
Fort Mose Historical Society - Flight to Freedom

Fort Mose Historical Society: Annual Flight to Freedom

  • When: Thursday, February 20, 2025,  9:00 am -  3:00 pm
  • Location: Fort Mose Historic State Park, 15 Fort Mose Trail, Saint Augustine, FL 32084
  • Cost: Cash Donations Apprecitated | Museum Admission $2.00 Cash Only

You are drawn into a dangerous world where men, women and children flee from enslavement on British plantations, and toward the free Black community of Fort Mose.

Share the Freedom Seekers hopes, fears and sacrifices. Experience their perilous journey of over 300 miles through unknown swamps, forests and waterways—traveling by night to avoid capture. Witness formation of the original Underground Railroad, forged through alliance with members of the Yamassee tribe. And feel the power of place as you enter Spanish Florida and Fort Mose, a vibrant and culturally diverse community seated on Spanish St. Augustines northern border.

Join us in this unique journey, and honor those who risked it all, in order to secure freedom for themselves and their offspring.

Flight to Freedom tours begin every 15 minutes daily, during these times:

9:00-11:00 am - Tours every 15 minutes

11:00 am -Noon - African Drumming

Noon -3:00 pm - Tours every 15 minutes

4:00 pm - Last shuttle to the parking lot

This event is weather-sensitive. Please watch this site frequently for event updates!

The final shuttle bus departs for the satellite parking lot at 3:45 pm.

Mid-day entertainment runs from 11:00 am to noon daily.

Free shuttle and off-site parking available on select dates.

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