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Pensacola celebrates 194th anniversary of becoming U.S. territory on Friday, July 17

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Historian John Appleyard called the office. This Friday, July 17, Pensacola celebrates becoming part of the United States. Military Gov. Andrew Jackson accepted the West Florida territory from the Spanish at 10 a.m. on July 17, 1821 in what is now Ferdinand Plaza on South Palafox. The American flag was raised over the city for the first time.

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