This may be the only monument left in the Western Hemisphere to the Spanish Constitution of 1812. This is located in the plaza in St. Augustine Florida. Two prominate people are linked to this monument - Father Felix Varela (on his way to sainthood). From St. Augustine (in his boyhood) he would have a part in the writing of this constitution. Later he would die across the street from the monument (in the American period). Geronimo Alvarez, the first Spanish mayor of St. Augustine, (and owner of the Oldest House) would be mayor during the building of the monument and would be instrumental in keeping the monument when the order came from Spain to tear it down.
The Spanish inscription on the monument was: "Plaza of the Constitution, promulgated in the city of St. Augustine, in East Florida, on the 17th day of October, in the year 1812; the Brigadier Don Sebastian Kindalem, Kinght of the Order of Santiago, being Governor. For eternal remembrance the Constitutional City Council erected this monument, under the superindendence of Don Fernando de La Maza Arredondo, the young municipal officer, oldest member of the corporation, and Don Francisco Robira, Attorney and Recorder. In the year 1813."
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