Apalachicola Area Historical Society (AAHS) Heritage Dinner w/ Archaeologist, Dr. Nancy White

The Apalachicola Area Historical Society (AAHS) is pleased to announce their upcoming Heritage Dinner for Friday, October 20, 2023 from 6:30-8:30 pm at Holy Family Senior Center, 203 Dr. Frederick S. Humphries St, Apalachicola, FL. This year’s dinner theme will be on the Native Peoples of the Apalachicola Area. Archaeologist, Dr. Nancy White, will be the featured speaker.

Nancy Marie White is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida, Tampa. She specializes in prehistoric and early historic cultures of the southeastern United States. Her fieldwork has included the Apalachicola-lower Chattahoochee valley region of northwest Florida, southeast Alabama, and southwest Georgia.

The Heritage Dinner has been a long-standing fall tradition in Apalachicola. Formerly, it was an Apalachicola Library event but is now hosted by the Apalachicola Area Historical Society. Join this fun evening for a sumptuous meal and good company. Net proceeds will benefit the Apalachicola Area Historical Society.

Tickets are available for sale in person at the Raney House Museum or the Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce office. Tickets can be purchased online at https://aahs.wildapricot.org/events. Tickets are $60.

For reservations or more information, please call and leave a message at (850) 653-1700, email to AAHS.Raney@gmail.com, The Raney House Museum is located at 128 Market Street at the corner of Avenue F in historic downtown Apalachicola and is open from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Tuesday through Saturday. Although the house is under exterior restoration, the AAHS is attempting to keep it open most days on our schedule.

Volunteers are needed and more information about volunteering is available by contacting Caty Greene at 850-323-2305 or catygreene32320@gmail.com. Funded in part by the Franklin County Tourist Development Council.