3rd ANNUAL PANCAKE FESTIVAL
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Join the fun and help us build a new home for the Rancho Bernardo Historical Society! Order your tickets here and pick them up at our WILL-CALL table at the event entrance.
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Obtain a printable flyer for the Pancake Festival.
Groundbreaking for our new History Museum was held on Saturday, February 9, 2008 10:00 AM at the Bernardo Winery
On February 9, 2008, the RBHS and the community of Rancho Bernardo came together for a ceremony to break ground for our new History Museum. Ken Kramer was our MC and there was a memorable program with speakers, a ceremony, and refreshments.
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Our Response to the Firestorm
by Tom Cook, President
Our hearts pour out to those who have lost everything during this, the “Great Firestorm of 2007”. Both cherished possessions and irreplaceable records, photos, letters, artifacts are no more. To stand by the ashes of our major Historic Site, the Sikes Farmstead of 1881, so recently restored at great expense. It can make you cry. We could go on and on but what possible good could be found in this, the greatest tragedy that this area has ever faced?As we see it, nothing can be un-done but your Historical Society plays a huge roll in capturing, preserving and presenting to future generation what really happened before it is lost. An example is the Great Flood of 1916 that the SD Historical Society captured so well.
To this end I ask that our members and all others help to ‘document the moment’ Please drop off at the Museum or at Village Mail any photos, maps, sad stories, success stories. heroic stories, antiques, videos, etc. Please note your name and phone. With all this in safe storage we will at a future date condense this ‘moment in RB History’ for presentation long after much is forgotten. This is our justification as a Society and a reason for your support.
In closing I thank all those who have worked so hard in the past year and those who have given their financial support for the new Museum. My dream is a new open museum this time next year………….To All a Happy Holiday.
Moving History Forward: Museum in 2007 Campaign
The Rancho Bernardo Historical Society has established a $600,000 "Museum in 2007" capital campaign to raise funds for a permanent museum building. Our "Museum in 2007" capital campaign focuses on obtaining donations from a variety of sources including government matching grants, various community fund raising events, and individual and corporate membership. Use of the land for the building has been donated and graded by a local winery. Of the $600,000 budgeted for the project, $300,000 will be used for building construction and the remaining $300,000 placed in endowment with the San Diego Community Foundation for ongoing operations and maintenance. Click here to view the virtual tour and learn more!
