{"id":8,"date":"2022-12-01T07:52:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T07:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/first-salute.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2023-01-24T08:13:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T08:13:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/first-salute.com\/nl\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Rock &#8211; Statia &#8211; First Salute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the discovery of Sint Eustatius in 1493, the Europeans lost interest in settling here due to the lack of natural fresh water sources.<br>In 1636, the Dutch built cisterns on the island, and it soon became permanently inhabited.<br>Fort Oranje was built and Sint Eustatius became a transit port for sugar, molasses, gin, rum, cotton, and other products.<br>The island\u2019s activities were an important source of income for the Dutch West India Company.<br>Trade blossomed with the constant flow of ships in and out of the harbor, making Sint Eustatius a wealthy trading outpost and filling the warehouses in Oranjestad with luxury products.<br>The \u201cGolden Rock\u201d was born!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0e47273b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-golden-rock-1-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26\" srcset=\"https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-golden-rock-1-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-golden-rock-1-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-golden-rock-1-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-golden-rock-1-1536x921.png 1536w, https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-golden-rock-1.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Team Statia &#8211; NL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1776 First Salute Johannes de Graaff governor &amp; Abraham Raven\u00e9 commander Fort Oranje<br>1939 President F.D. Roosevelt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/first-salute-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21\" width=\"241\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/first-salute-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/first-salute-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/first-salute-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/first-salute.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Remembrance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">November 16th 2026 Remembrance 250 year aniversary<br>Fort Oranje Sint Eustatius &#8211; Statia &#8211; Remembrance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Christopher_Columbus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42\" width=\"142\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Christopher_Columbus.jpg 330w, https:\/\/first-salute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Christopher_Columbus-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you want to contribute or do you want to receive our newsletter? 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