Saturday Morning Coffee and Local History Talk

You didn’t know about the Peach Blossom Parades? Now is your chance! Come have a cup of coffee and hear local historian, museum volunteer, and long-time Arcadia resident, Jack McCrea share his new research on the Peach Blossom parades in Arcadia between 1949-1951. He will be speaking Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Floretta K. Lauber Museum Education Center.

The first of three Arcadia Peach Blossom Festival parades in Arcadia in 1949 featured a team of horses pulling a stagecoach. Photo courtesy of the Arcadia Public Library from the Arcadia Historical Society’s 2008 book Images of America: Arcadia.

After the talk, visit the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage right next door and see the many permanent and temporary exhibits including the Lucky Baldwin and Anita Baldwin exhibits, the Veterans Corner, and the latest temporary exhibit “Only What They Could Carry: The 75th Anniversary of the Santa Anita Japanese Assembly Center”.

For more information, please call 626.574.5440 or visit the website at www.ArcadiaCa.gov/museum. The Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage is located at 380 W. Huntington Drive, immediately behind the Community Center. The Museum Education Center is located at 382 W. Huntington Drive. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (closed 12-1). Admission is always free.