DeLuna Landing Ceremony

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Under orders from King Phillip II of Spain nearly 450 years ago, conquistador Don Tristan DeLuna sailed into the beautiful waters surrounding what is now Pensacola, Florida. He claimed the land he found in the name of Spain, and Pensacola became the first European settlement in the United States.

The DeLuna Landing Ceremony is a light-hearted re-enactment of what might have happened when Don Tristan DeLuna landed.

The ceremony will take place on June 5 at 3 p.m. at the Quietwater Beach Amphitheater located at 400 Quietwater Beach Road on Pensacola Beach.