Football Legend and Dana Point Statue Model Brad Budde is Featured Speaker on June 18
Join us on Wednesday, June 18, at 6 p.m. in City Hall Chambers for our next meeting featuring football legend Brad Budde, selected by sculptor F. Benedict Coleman as the model for the Hide Drogher statue located on the bluff-top trail between Amber and Violet Lantern. Brad, an All-American guard at USC who won the […]
Donated Historic Lanterns Come with a Dual History
The Historical Society received two original Dana Point Lanterns on March 6 from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. Vice President Gary Macrides was the museum docent who accepted the c.1927-1929 lanterns. When I called the donor for this article, he was able to give me the history he knew. Sometime after Orange County […]
The Dana Point Historical Society is proud to congratulate our 1st Vice President, Gary Macrides, on receiving the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Citizen of the Year, awarded February 27th. Gary tirelessly volunteers for DPHS while still actively working in his role at Surterre Properties®.
DPHS Introduces New President and Inducts Board Members
The Dana Point Historical Society held its annual meeting and potluck dinner on Wednesday, January 22, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church’s Bankson Hall. The membership elected former Vice President Marsha LaRusso as President of the Society. In addition, Gary Macrides was elected as 1st Vice President and Jeff Lander was elected as 2nd Vice President […]
Dana Point Historical Society Art Event
Join us Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at Chapman University’s Hilbert Museum, 167 N. Atchison St., Orange, CA for an art collection tour of Timothy J. Clark : Going Places Artist Timothy J. Clark will lead the tour. Attendees should arrive by 10 a.m Self-guided general museum tour from 10:30-11:30 a.m. 11:30 Lunch at the Streamliner […]
Dana Point Historical Society Announces 2025 Scholarships
The Dana Point Historical Society will be awarding two $1000 scholarships honoring prominent women in the history of our community. Doris I Walker was a historian and the author of many books about local history as well as a founding member of the Dana Point Historical Society. Lucy Chavarrias-Saunderson was the matriarch of the El […]
Annual Meeting Set for January 22 – Click image for more information
Big Wave Surfing Pioneer Mickey Muñoz to Join Watermen’s Plaza in Dana Point
Limebrook Studios “I’m taking off, and dropping in on my next statue for Dana Point’s Waterman’s Plaza. This time the subject (see photo) is the Matchless, magnificent, Mickey the “Mongoose” Munoz, fearlessly and flawlessly flexing the famed, superb and singular, surfing stance known as “The Quasimodo.” This cool configuration was choreographed, and created, and performed […]
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The Big One Vintage Market
The Big One Surf Swap, Vintage Market, Music & Beer Garden. Sunday, November 10, 2024 from 8am to 2pm atLa Plaza Park located at 34111 La Plaza, Dana Point, CA 92629 Join us this Sunday to show some love for your Dana Point Historical Society at the exciting “Big One” Surf Swap and Vintage Market. […]