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<h3 style="text-align:center">Santa Elena celebrates Pedro’s big day<br></h3>
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<p><em>Above: Helping Pedro Menendez, center, celebrate his 500th birthday are Eustace Conway, left, former director of the education center in Boone, N.C.; Mark Menendez, an actual descendent of Pedro Menendez; Dean Hoelz as Domingo Hernandez; and Anne King. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em><br></p>
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<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RES5859-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-39299"/><figcaption><em>Mark Menendez, left, as first governor Pedro Menendez, fires a 1-inch swivel gun as Randy Dominic as Capt. Domingo looks on Saturday at the Santa Elena History Center.</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>
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