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Visit the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and museum for a fun-filled day of adventure on Sunday, February 13, 2022!
Travel back in time and discover the fascinating history of Volusia County’s indigenous peoples, including the Timucua and Seminole, as you explore the light station grounds and participate in interactive workshops, demonstrations, and oral presentations brought to you by representatives and historians from museums and cultural sites located throughout the local Florida region.
All special on-site activities are scheduled between the hours of 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM and provided free of charge with your regular paid admission.
Planned Onsite Activities, Booths, and Workshops Include...
- Guided Tours of Light Station and Museum (provided by the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Museum)
- Tower Gallery Deck Tours (provided by the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Museum)
- The Timucuan Language Decoded (presented by the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Museum)
- Archaeology: Digging into the Past (provided by the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Museum)
- Dugout Canoe Carving and Display (presented by the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Museum)
- Mayaca Native American Artifacts Display and Spanish First Contact Workshop (presented by De Leon Springs State Park)
- Native Peoples of Florida Artifact Display (presented by Hontoon Island State Park)
- The Sweet Collection of Native American Artifacts (presented by the New Smyrna Museum of History)
- Captain Charles H. Coe (presented by historic interpreter Andrew Foster)
And More!
Please contact Educational Programs Manager Zachary Hopple by phone at (386) 761-1821 ext. 18 or via email at zhopple@ponceinlet.org to learn more about planned activities during this exciting event or how your historic/cultural organization can become involved.
On-site Historic Lecture Schedule (w/presenters)*
10:30 AM - Green Mound: An Archaeological Site in Ponce Inlet (presented by Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Museum Registrar/Assistant Curator Felipe De Paula)
11:15 AM - Indigenous People of Hontoon Island (presented by Hontoon Island State Park Ranger Devin Whitney)
12:00 PM - What Happened to the 1835 Mosquito Inlet Lighthouse (presented by Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Museum Lead Docent John Mann)
12:45 PM - The Mayaca: DeLeon Spring’s First Native Peoples (presented by De Leon Springs State Park Ranger and Historian James Stone)
1:15 PM - Captain Charles H. Coe and His Forgotten History: The Florida Star and Red Patriots (presented by historic interpreter Andrew Foster)
2:00 PM - The Timucua of Volusia County, Florida (presented by Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Museum Registrar/Assistant Curator Felipe De Paula)
*Note: All historic lectures will be held in the museum's Theater in Woods (weather permitting)
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