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Honey, not tonight. A History of Groundhog Day
Well, first you have to understand that it started out, in the US at least, when European immigrants wanted to take note of Hedgehog Day. But the science of “6-more-weeks-of-winter” is: While animals obviously can’t predict the weather, hibernating males traditionally emerge sometime in February to gauge if they can start waking up their female… Read more
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Midweek Get-Togethers at HSoSC
We’re thrilled to partner with our historic peers, the Friends of the History Center, to present two special programs this season. Wednesday January 24, 2024 at 2pm in the Crocker Memorial Church How Florida Got Its Shape – Of the fifty states, Florida has one of the most distinctive and widely recognized shapes. But how did… Read more
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Pinecraft: How It Came to Be
Curious abut the history and development of Pinecraft? It’s an unusual neighborhood in Sarasota, first settled by Mennonites in the 1920s. Many Mennonites still live there. As a religious group Mennonites are members of a small denomination, with some 300,000 members in the United States. Sarasota’s Mennonite community is composed of about 2,000 regular worshippers… Read more
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