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April 2020
Dylan Peterson “Dwight Murphy”
Carriage and Western Art Museum’s Assistant Curator Dylan W. Peterson will be speaking on “Dwight Murphy and Santa Barbara's Spanish & Western Culture” Palomino horses, now a main feature in the Old Spanish Days Fiesta parade, were not native to Santa Barbara, but the result of tireless work by Fiesta's first El Presidente, Dwight Murphy (on left). Golden Palomino horses, once known as ceremonial royal horses in Spain as far back as Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand (late 1400's), were…
Find out more »History of the Port Tours
Presented by the Port Hueneme Historical Society Museum and the Port of Hueneme / Oxnard Harbor District These landside tours are at 10am on the third Friday of each month and are limited to 12. The tour van departs from the Museum. Attendees must complete the following: Drop by any time the museum is open: Tuesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday 9am – 3pm Watch the “History of Port Hueneme” film (25 min.) Sign up on the master sheet…
Find out more »Robert Salas “UFOS and Nukes”
Author Robert L. Salas will be addressing the topic: “UFOs & Nukes” While stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, Robert Salas personally encountered a UFO. He detailed the 1967 incident in two books: Faded Giant co-authored with James Klotz (2005) as well as Unidentified - The UFO Phenomenon (2015). A 1964 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, for the next seven years, Salas served as a Weapons Controller, flew target drones, commanded inter-continental ballistic missiles as a…
Find out more »Denis O’Leary “Cinco de Mayo”
Educator Denis O’Leary will be speaking on the topic “History and Significance of Cinco de Mayo” Did you know that 42.3 percent of the population in Ventura County is Hispanic or Latino? Yet you don’t have to have Mexican roots to party on Cinco de Mayo. While it’s great fun to indulge in margaritas, mariachi music and Mexican fare, many revelers are mistaken when they believe the event they are celebrating is Mexican Independence Day. Cinco de Mayo possesses a…
Find out more »May 2020
History of the Port Tours
Presented by the Port Hueneme Historical Society Museum and the Port of Hueneme / Oxnard Harbor District These landside tours are at 10am on the third Friday of each month and are limited to 12. The tour van departs from the Museum. Attendees must complete the following: Drop by any time the museum is open: Tuesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday 9am – 3pm Watch the “History of Port Hueneme” film (25 min.) Sign up on the master sheet…
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