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The '''[[Seville Square Historic District]]''' is the area where the town of Pensacola where a permanent settlement was successfully established after earlier failed attempts. The area was bounded on the south by a beautiful deep water bay, two streams east and west, and a swamp north in the area of what is now [[Garden Street]]. [[Seville Square]] was built as a parade ground for the [[Fort of Pensacola]] but became the center hub of the surrounding neighborhood. The neighborhood was saved as an historic district by the [[Pensacola Heritage Foundation]] led by [[Mary Turner Rule Reed]]. The movement to preserve and restore this and other historic areas of Pensacola began in [[1963]] and continues today.
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−	~~[[Image:Siege1781.jpg\|right\|180px\|The Queen's Redoubt detonates]]~~	+	The '''[[Seville Square Historic District]]''' is the area where the town of Pensacola where a permanent settlement was successfully established after earlier failed attempts. The area was bounded on the south by a beautiful deep water bay, two streams east and west, and a swamp north in the area of what is now [[Garden Street]]. [[Seville Square]] was built as a parade ground for the [[Fort of Pensacola]] but became the center hub of the surrounding neighborhood. The neighborhood was saved as an historic district by the [[Pensacola Heritage Foundation]] led by [[Mary Turner Rule Reed]]. The movement to preserve and restore this and other historic areas of Pensacola began in [[1963]] and continues today.
−	The '''[[~~Siege of Pensacola~~]]''' ~~(also called~~ the ~~[[Battle of Pensacola]]) marked~~ the ~~culmination of Spain's conquest~~ of ~~Florida from [[British~~ Pensacola~~\|Great Britain]] during~~ the ~~[[Revolutionary War]]~~ in [[~~1781~~]]. ~~Spanish troops under~~ [[~~Bernardo de Gálvez~~]] ~~began an amphibious assault on~~ the ~~city in March 1781, steadily advancing towards~~ [[Fort ~~George]] on [[Gage Hill~~]]. On the ~~morning of~~ [[~~May 8~~]]~~, artillery fire sparked a fire within the~~ [[~~Queen's Redoubt~~]] ~~that detonated the powder magazine, allowing Spanish troops~~ to ~~capture the redoubt. British Governor [[Peter Chester]]~~ and ~~Major General~~ [[~~John Campbell~~]] ~~surrendered Fort George~~ and ~~Pensacola shortly thereafter~~.