Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
2009
February
7, 2009 - Geneva Bus Tour & Pancake
Breakfast, Community Center.
¨ Do you know where the Seminole Indian annual green corn dance was held?
- Where was train depot, Coke Bottling Co.?
¨ A previous year’s rider said, “After the tour, I feel like I am walking on hallowed ground.”
¨ Go on a narrated tour, sitting comfortably on a sightseeing bus, and learn about Geneva’s interesting history.
¨ The tours are for people new or not-so-new to Geneva to learn its history or to remember what it used to be like.
This is the ninth year of the well-known and thoroughly enjoyed Geneva Historic Bus Tour and the accompanying Pancake Breakfast at the Geneva Community Center - - great interest to new residents and wonderful memories for long-time Genevans. There will be two runs of the bus - 8:30 and 10:30 AM. Reservations will begin in January. Watch for emails and signs for the number to call. The reserved bus tickets are an $9 donation per person. (Price went up $1 due to raise in bus costs for 2009.)
If you can’t make the tour, come anyhow for the optional, but delicious, Pancake/Sausage/OJ/Coffee Breakfast which is a $5 donation per person and needs no reservations. Come and meet your Geneva neighbors! The Geneva Historical Society sponsors these activities with proceeds benefiting The Museum of Geneva History and Historic Fort Lane Park.
March 28,
2009 - Antique Appraisal Fair - Trash or Treasure?
Ever wonder what the old quilt your great grandmother gave to you is worth? Does that old
table you found in the barn have any value? Mark your calendar for
March 28, 2009 and come find the answers at the Antique Appraisal Fair to be
held at the Geneva Community Center . Experienced appraisers from
different appraisal companies that specialize in jewelry, currency, vintage
items, china, historic items, furniture, rugs, glass, bronzes, and
also collectibles such as toys, models, and dolls, donate their time for this
event. There will be a small per item donation to the Historical Society.
More details will follow as the date approaches. Take time now to select your items.
First Saturday in May - May Day Picnic and Annual Meeting - The annual picnic will be at Fort Lane Park starting a round 11:00 AM. The Society provides the meat and drink. Bring a potluck salad, vegetable or dessert large enough for your family/group and your annual dues, if you have not sent it in for the year. See old friends and relive old days while meeting new Historical Society members and catching up on what's going on in the Society (and Geneva). Free to present members / new members, $5 for guests.
September 26, Saturday - Smithsonian’s Nationwide Museum Day will honor East Seminole County’s Rural Renaissance in conjunction with the newly dedicated Rural Heritage Center, the Museum of Geneva History, and the Ed Yarborough Nature Center in the Geneva Wilderness Area. Between 9 AM and 5 PM, the communities of Black Hammock, Chuluota and Geneva will officially open the Rural Heritage Center to celebrate its rich and diverse living rural heritage with family activities. Come enjoy a fine arts and crafts show, historical exhibitions and nature hikes that help define the rural lifestyle traditions. Partake in buggy rides, blacksmith demonstrations, cracker cuisine (swamp cabbage & cowboy sundaes), square dancing and jug band music for a day of precious memories. Rediscover Florida’s rural heritage of the past, present and future. Fun family experience! Don't miss it! (See a full Press Release about the Rural Renaissance at end of this email.)
October
30, Friday - How does the youngest son of a Baptist minister, a boy
described as gentle and caring, end up swinging from a gallows in Washington, DC
along with other conspirators in the Lincoln assassination? Join us for an
evening of "Lewis Powell: Lost Cause, Lost Soldier," exploring
Powell's journey from Live Oak, FL to the final resting place of his partial
remains in the Geneva Cemetery. On Friday, October 30 at 7 PM, Dr.
Richard Adicks, former professor of literature at UCF, will share his research
on Powell and some excerpts from his novel about Powell, A Court for Owls.
Artifacts from the museum related to Lewis Powell will also be on display.
For the brave at heart, there will be a walk (or ride) to the cemetery
after the presentation to visit the burial site of Powell's remains.
Mark your calendar!
December 5, 2009, Saturday, 9:00 - 2:00 Geneva Community Yard and Craft Sale, Geneva Community Center, First Street. You can rent a booth or just come and browse. Indoor tables - $15 with table provided. Outdoor 10x10 spaces - $10 and you provide your own tables. For registration form click here > Yard Sale Registration Form.
