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Florida’s Female Pioneers: Women Who Have Shaped Florida
The Historic Hernando Preservation Society is pleased to host historian and author Peggy Macdonald at our October 7 monthly meeting. Ms. McDonald will examine some of the women who have shaped Florida, including Dr. Esther Hill Hawks, a physician who ran the first racially integrated free school in Florida; Harriet Beecher Stowe, famous for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin who kick-started…
HHPS 3rd Quarter Business Meeting
Please join us for the 3rd quarter business meeting as we update everyone on current and future projects related to archaeology, historic preservation, and more! All are welcome to attend. Thursday, September 2nd 6:30pm – 8:00pm Brooksville City Hall, 201 Howell Ave,…
HHPS Featured on WEDU
HHPS was pleased to be featured on the WEDU PBS July 2021 episode of Up Close with Cathy Unruh. The interview with HHPS board member Jo-Anne Peck was filmed via Zoom, and video crew came to downtown Brooksville to get…
August HHPS Meeting
The Historic Hernando Preservation Society will host their monthly meeting on Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 6:30 pm at Brooksville City Hall. The meeting will provide updates on local archaeology, history and historic preservation activities around the county as well…
14th Annual Parade and Ceremony Commemorating the End of the Second Seminole War
DORWIN SKINNER (May 4, 1945- May 5, 2021)
We remember a long time member and volunteer of the Historic Hernando Preservation Society, Dorwin Skinner Sr. Dorwin Skinner, Sr. was born in Battle Creek Michigan. He was in the US Airforce for 16 years. Worked for the Veterans Administration…
HHPS May Meeting/ Guest Speaker
HHPS is pleased to welcome guest speaker Jo-Anne Peck at the May meeting. She will present a behind the scenes look at the massive historic building relocation project that took place as part of the widening of I-4 through the…
In Pursuit of Florida’s Paleo Hunters – April Guest Speaker
The Historic Hernando Preservation Society is pleased to welcome Florida Humanities speaker and HHPS board member, David Letasi as the guest speaker for the April 1, 2021 meeting. David Letasi is a Paleontologist and expert formerly with the Museum of…
March and April Meeting Schedule
The Historic Hernando Preservation Society will host their quarterly business meeting on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 6:30 pm at Brooksville City Hall. The meeting will provide updates on local archaeology, history and historic preservation activities around the county. All…
