The Hernando County Public Library invites you to attend the second annual Hernando History Festival: Ghosts from Our Past on Saturday, November 8th at the Sand Hill Scout Reservation in Brooksville. This is a free community event featuring programs by historians from around the state as well as some of our local favorites. We will have three sessions running concurrently throughout the day.
Saturday, November 8th
11:00 am – 2:30 pm
Sand Hill Scout Reservation
11210 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville 34613
In the main dining room we will be featuring:
Alligators in B-flat: Improbable Tales from Real Florida with Jeff Klinkenberg
Archaeology Works: Materials Science with Nigel Rudolph of the Florida Public Archaeology Network
Blood on the Burial Mound with David Letasi of the Historic Hernando Preservation Society
Also on display will be Spirits of the Passage: The Story of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a pop up museum exhibit from the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum.
We are also offering informal presentations on the porches:
Oral History: Projects and Processes with Barbara Lewis and Jane Duncan from the USF Oral History Program
How to Date Old Photographs with Bob Martinez
Local History Live, a conversation with Frasier Mountain
DIY Oral History with Reese Bernier of the Hernando County Public Library System
· Brooksville and Hernando County during the Florida Land Boom with Joshua Goodman of the State Archives of Florida
Memory Preservation: DIY Photo Scanning with Brittany McGarrity and Elin Tate of the Hernando County Public Library System
Hernando Epitaphs: Cemeteries and Memorials of Hernando County with Linda Welker and Jan Kalnbach of the Hernando Historical Museum Association
Attendees will be able to try three different crafts throughout the day – Seminole dolls, DIY butter, and church dolls. We have numerous exhibits and vendors planned, including the Hernando Historical Museum Association, Historic Hernando Preservation Society, Friends of Chinsegut Hill, and Florida Memory and music by Dixie Blue
The event poster is attached, please feel free to share it as you think appropriate. If you have any question or are interested in volunteering, don’t hesitate to contact me.
Stephanie
Stephanie F. Race
Outreach Services Librarian
Hernando County Public Library System
352-540-6591