Historic Hernando Preservation Society
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  • Architecture
  • Historic Markers
  • Local History
  • Awards

There may have been a time when preservation was about saving an old building here and there, but those days are gone. Preservation is the business of saving communities and the values they embody.


Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation

We invite you...

...to attend our monthly meetings. We meet on the 1st Thursday of the month at Brooksville City Hall Council Chambers, located at 201 Howell Avenue. Meetings start at 6 pm. Guest speakers start at 7 pm.

...to get involved. As an all-volunteer organization, we can't function without you. Become a member. See our guest speakers. Learn about local history

Membership

 ... to get excited about history! 


September Meeting - Guest Speaker Steve Melton

We will have a business meeting at 6pm, followed by the speaker at 7 pm

     You are officially invited to join us at the September monthly meeting of the Historic Hernando Preservation Society.  We will be having a special presentation by Steve Melton. Steve is a true Southern gentleman, raising crops and livestock on 1,500 acres with his family. The Melton family’s history of farming and ranching in Pasco/Hernando County stretches back to 1950, when Jack Melton went to work growing watermelons for a rancher.  

     Steve's presentation will be on September 7, 2023 - Thursday at 7:00 - 8:00 at City Hall in Downtown Brooksville (201 Howell Avenue, Brooksville, 34601).  He will share his vast knowledge of the history and changes in Pasco and Hernando County's agricultural landscape from 1900 - present.  We look forward to you all coming and experiencing Steve's passion as you learn about our agricultural heritage and are inspired by his insight on continued growth for our county in the years to come.

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HHPS Volunteers

Officers & Directors 2023

 President

Jan Knowles

Vice Pres

David Letasi

Secretary

Jo-Anne Peck

Treasurer

Victoria Jimmerson

Directors

Tommy Blackmon

Deborah Charlow

Doug Davis

Ross Lamoreaux

Amber Lamoreaux

Lara Dedmon

Standing Committees

Archaeology:  David Letasi, Chair

Archaeological Site Identification & Preservation

Cemetery Documentation & Preservation

Hope Hill Archaeological Site

Chocochatti Research

Historic Architecture:  Jo-Anne Peck, Chair

Documentation

Walking Tours

Home Tours

Historical Signage & Plaques: Deborah Charlow, Chair

Florida State Markers

Outreach: Vickie Jimmerson, Chair

Membership

Marketing

Education

Coordination with other organizations

Ode to the Volunteer

Oh Humble volunteer, where can you be,  

Selling hot dogs in the shade of a tree?  

Perhaps attending a lecture at City Hall,  

How can you possibly juggle it all?  

There were rumors that you were seen at the Raid,  

Handing out leaflets in the afternoon shade.  

Baking cookies, or driving a tram,  

Giving home tours, Looking 1800’s glam.  

Setting up tables, as well as large tents,  

Wrestling with brochures, not making a cent.  

Why do you do it, why work so hard?  

Is it for a framed certificate or ‘thank you” card?  

Why teach history to those who don’t care?  

It’s something that drives you to make them aware.  

It’s not about money or fame or being smart,  

It’s about reaching someone straight from you heart.  

So when you see all over town,  

Teaching & working, never being down,  

We’ll point and say, “honey look over there,”  

There goes Hernando’s Best Volunteer. 

-Written by MARY MOSES  

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