A few years ago I visited the Spanish fortress at St. Augustine, Florida, while on vacation. I'm somewhat of a history fan, so I like to stop at interesting sites I find as I drive. On this day I saw a sign for Fort Matanzas National Monument and decided to check it out. Being a student of American history I had heard of the massacre of the French Huguenot settlers in Florida, but I had not visited the sites where it took place. As I joined the tour at Fort Matanzas (meaning