Come walk with us in Floral City Saturday, November 13 

Annual Citrus County Alzheimer's Walk

• Coping with Dementia is an Organizational Member of Floral City Heritage Council that uses our small-town setting to stimulate nostalgia therapy each year with an Annual Walk under the Historic Oaks. 
• National Review of Annual Walk For Alzheimer's   |  Snippet presented October 2019 Membership Meeting

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  Check out the Recognitions of Excellence our Corporate Members earned this year!

  Debbie Selsavage (Coping with Dementia, LLC) named Distinguished Citizen Award

  Diane Bedard and the writers of Naturecoaster.com earned 6 Excellence-in-Craft awards from Florida Outdoor Writing Association

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Working Together in Floral City

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What to See	Red Brick Place Crossland Realty  Trailside Bike
Activities	Withlacoochee State Park  Bike Trail 46 miles
Where to Stay	Sunshine Lodge Moonrise Resort Rock Pointe Ranch

Places to eat

Shamrock Inn: prepares take-out; no drive-through; dining room and bar

Pudgee's: prepares take-out; no drive-through; seated dining

Monster Pizza: pickup and no-contact local delivery

Lollygaggers Floral City: dine-in or customer take out

Robin's Country Kitchen: prepares food for take-out; no drive-through; seated indoor and outdoor dining

The Diner: prepares food for take-out; no drive-through; seated dining indoors

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Women of the Inverness United Methodist Church (IUMC)

participated in an Easter Bonnet program presented by Heritage Council members Sharon Thompson and Marcia Beasley and featuring "costume closet" items from the Heritage Museum.

 

 

 

 

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Annual Ice Cream Social

 honoring our E-Nini-Hassee friends (February 2019)

 

 

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Floral City Gateway Sign 2020

Artist Ann Covington of Floral City's Artist's Studios is pictured alongside her artwork on the sign visitors pass as they approach Floral City's Avenue of Historic Oaks from the east. Local volunteers plant and maintain the greenery at the gateway sign every week. A special thanks to Ann and all our friends and neighbors!

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January 28, 2020 Membership Meeting
Floral City Community Building, 50 members and 22 visitors attending

Snippet presented by: Jennifer Clark, her research and remembrances of the history and heritage of Floral City's Black Community

picture from 2019  Luminaria Night in Floral City - Floral City Heritage Council

 Floral City Heritage Council Museum Volunteer Training

Operating the Media Viewer

Locating items in the Museum

 

Summer Library Program in the Museum

Making butter Takes awhile (HD Bassett)

My Name in Hieroglyphics

A Day at the Museum Builds Background Knowledge that helps develop literacy, mathematics, and social skills

Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) partners

Kassie Kemp, FPAN

 

Links to FPAN documents and Pages (These will be targeted links on the archive page)

 

Local cemeteries

Floral City Heritage Council partners with Inverness Heritage Council on the care and upkeep of the Dampier Cemetery where Marie Duval is buried.
Floral City has more than 17 cemeteries that have been identified but not yet cataloged.

The Hills of Rest is right on the edge of town.

The Frazier/Williams Cemetery (or the Floral City Community Cemetery) on Great Oaks Blvd is a famous entry in the Black History Trail as the oldest African American Cemetery in Florida.