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Listen: The Folk ProgramLanding at Nombre de Dios.
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Accompanying note "Painting by famed illustrator Stanley Meltzoff depicts landing at Nombre de Dios on September 8, 1565. Shown in foreground are Father Lopez de Menodoza Grajales, first pastor of St. Augustine, and kneeling, Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles, expedition leader. Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine, Florida is America's first Mission. A 200-foot stainless steel Great Cross (see background) now marks place where Cross of Christianity was first permanently planted in the U.S."
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