Gulfport Historical Society general meeting

Mark your calendars for the September 21 premier of "Henry's Cemetery," a new short play by Deborah Frethem!  The Gulfport Historical Museum will open its fall season with a general meeting at Scout Hall that evening. 

Deborah, the author of "Ghost Stories of St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Pinellas County: Tales from a Haunted Peninsula," is known as "The Queen of Haunts."

Henry Slaughter was the oldest son of Gulfport's founding family.  At the age of just 15, he moved eastward to homestead a land grant along what is today 22nd Avenue South.  In a particularly peaceful corner of this property was one of the great old shell mounds, naturally protected by oaks and magnolias and well elevated above the often-flooded lowlands.  It became the perfect site for the community's first graveyard, and one by one the pioneers would come to rest there.

After the play, all are invited to tour the redecorated and refreshed Museum to see our several new exhibits, and enjoy some refreshment.  Please join us for this lovely opportunity to get to know your community -- both past and present -- a little bit better.

More information:  (727)327-0505 or admin@gulfporthistoricalsociety.org