Well, its the 400th anniversary of English America. But that isn't the anniversary of the first continuously inhabited European settlement in America, or the first settlement of European ancestors of today's American population.
There were settlements by various nationalities in what is now the US, but the chain of the governing authority flowed from the English settlements, not from the Spanish or French or Russian settlements.
On the contrary, the governing law of Lousiana is French in origin (Napoleonic Code), and the charters of the cities and land title in all of these places flow from foreign colonial law grants and rulings, not reestablishment under English law after the granting of statehood.
The accession of these places to US rule does not wipe out their history.
“The accession of these places to US rule does not wipe out their history.”
Go back even further and their history will be of some Native American tribe that inhabited the area. No one said anything wiped out their history. You keep changing the argument.
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St. Augustine was a Spanish settlement, but it is no longer a Spanish town.
New Orleans was a French settlement, but it’s no longer a French city.
Ditto Santa Fe.
“But that isn’t the anniversary of the first continuously inhabited European settlement in America, or the first settlement of European ancestors of today’s American population.”
You pulled St. Augustine out of a hat. St. Augustine had nothing to do with the settlers and descendants who established governments in Virginia which eventually evolved into the USA, and had nothing to do with Ellis Island, and was not in one of the thirteen original colonies.
But if you think St. Augustine is America’s birthplace, then have your own celebration of ___the birthday of America. The rest of the country observed the 400th anniversary a few months back.