BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250731T203000Z DTEND:20250731T223000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Colonial History Exhibit at Museum of Seminole County History DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a reception to celebrate the opening of the museum's most recent temporary exhibit\, "Fighting Florida: Legacies of the Colonial Era in Central Florida." \n\n\n\nThe exhibit features new research and artifacts related to the influential figures who left their mark during the colonial era on the area that would eventually become Seminole County! From Spanish missionaries to British surveyors\, revolutionaries\, and religious groups\, visitors are invited to travel back in time by exploring this exhibit and discovering their stories. \n\n\n\nThe highlight of this exhibit is a new 1765 map that was discovered by researchers in 2012 at the National Archives in Kew in Great Britain. The 24 foot map was created by German Surveyor William Gerar de Brahm and is thought to be the oldest known map of the area of Seminole County. It focuses specifically on the areas of Lake Grant (modern day Lake Monroe)\, Lake Beresford (modern day Lake Jesup)\, and the Upper Lake (modern day Lake Harney) and some of the first surveyed land owners in what would become the cities of Winter Springs\, Oviedo\, and the village of Geneva in Seminole County\n\n\n\nThe reception is being co-sponsored by the Seminole Cultural Arts Council and the Seminole County Historical Society. It will serve as an unofficial kick of to the Seminole250 celebrations!\n\n\n\nPlease join us at the Museum of Seminole County History on Thursday\, July 31st from 430pm to 630pm. It is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Please join us for a reception to celebrate the opening of the museum'\;s most recent temporary exhibit\, "\;Fighting Florida: Legacies of the Colonial Era in Central Florida."\; \;
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\nThe exhibit features new research and artifacts related to the influential figures who left their mark during the colonial era on the area that would eventually become Seminole County! From Spanish missionaries to British surveyors\, revolutionaries\, and religious groups\, visitors are invited to travel back in time by exploring this exhibit and discovering their stories. \;
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\nThe highlight of this exhibit is a new 1765 map that was discovered by researchers in 2012 at the National Archives in Kew in Great Britain. The 24 foot map was created by German Surveyor William Gerar de Brahm and is thought to be the oldest known map of the area of Seminole County. It focuses specifically on the areas of Lake Grant (modern day Lake Monroe)\, Lake Beresford (modern day Lake Jesup)\, and the Upper Lake (modern day Lake Harney) and some of the first surveyed land owners in what would become the cities of Winter Springs\, Oviedo\, and the village of Geneva in Seminole County
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\nThe reception is being co-sponsored by the Seminole Cultural Arts Council and the Seminole County Historical Society. It will serve as an unofficial kick of to the Seminole250 celebrations!
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\nPlease join us at the Museum of Seminole County History on Thursday\, July 31st from 430pm to 630pm. It is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served!
\n LOCATION:Museum of Seminole County History 300 Eslinger Way Sanford\, FL 32771 UID:e.2138.37543 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260504T030410Z URL:https://business.seminolebusiness.org/events/details/opening-reception-for-colonia-history-exhibit-at-museum-of-seminole-county-history-37543 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR