This story is a follow-up to my post on American Loyalists (Liberty's Exiles, 6/30/11).
For years, there have been several shipwreck excavation projects off the coast of St. Augustine. Two of the cannons recently discovered off the coast of St. Augustine illustrate a link to the Loyalist history of Florida. See today's article from the Florida Times-Union:
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2011-11-19/story/cannons-coast-reveal-clue-about-centuries-old-shipwreck-site-st
For further interest, see the St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP)
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