1965 Sunny Isles Beach Florida
Channel: Digitizing Family Film
Date: 2022-11-13

Florida Family Trip 

Aboard a Ferry 

“Misson of Nombre de Dios” 

The mission traces its origins to September 8, 1565, when Admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed with a band of settlers to found St. Augustine. Father Francisco López de Mendoza Grajales, who was the chaplain of the expedition, celebrated the first Thanksgiving Mass on the grounds.[2] A formal Franciscan mission was founded near the city in 1587, perhaps the first mission in the continental United States.[3] The mission served nearby villages of the Mocama, a Timucua group, and was at the center of an important chiefdom in the late 16th and 17th century.
First the Jesuits and later the Franciscans ministered to the resident Spanish colonists, and made some efforts to evangelize the local Mocama and Agua Dulce peoples near St. Augustine. They were particularly successful in the Mocama village known as Nombre de Dios, converting the chief and her daughter. In 1587, at the beginning of the Franciscans' first major missionization push, a mission was founded at Nombre de Dios, served by a resident friar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Nombre_de_Dios

Motel Ankara was located at 18401 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160

Juniors Restaurant was located at 18288 Collins Ave Sunny Isles, FL 33160

Swimming in Ocean 

Game Room: Shuffleboard on board  and Pinball Game “Aloha.” 

“Suez” Sign hotel with Pymard Statue 18215 Collins Ave – Miami Beach Florida 

Harbor View