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Pueblo Day, June 23, 2018
Pueblo Day, honoring the founding of Sonoma in 1835, was celebrated at the Sonoma Barracks where almost 300 residents and visitors viewed exhibits, re-enactments and demonstrations of crafts of the... Read more.
Gordie Stedman Farewell Party
Docent and staff gathered in the Toscano Kitchen on May 12 to bid farewell to Gordie Stedman, to honor his fifteen years serving as a state historic park docent, mentoring... Read more.
Children’s Day At The Mission, April 28, 2018
Lots of craft tables, lots of eager children with parents in hand, and volunteers and park staff to demonstrate and instruct in crafts from the mission era such as candle... Read more.
Sheep Shearing Day at the Petaluma Adobe
The annual Sheep Shearing event was held at the Petaluma Adobe on Saturday, April 7. An “atmospheric river” passed over on Friday dumping lots of rain, with a forecast of... Read more.
Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, 1/18/2018
Docents and parks volunteers were wined and dined by park staff at the annual volunteer appreciation dinner held at the Veteran’s Memorial Building in Sonoma. About one hundred people enjoyed... Read more.
Christmas at the Mission, Dec. 9, 2017
City and valley residents turned out to celebrate Christmas at the Mission festivities on December 9. Under the glow of twinkling Plaza lights people lined up to follow Joseph and... Read more.
P-D Story on Barracks Gift Store
Highlight and click on the link below to read the article by Dianne Reber Hart in the Towns section of the Press-Democrat of Sunday, December 3, 2017. Great coverage! Wonderful... Read more.
SPParks Annual General Meeting
It was a dark and stormy night on November 15, but thirty two stalwart SPParks members, guests and staff gathered at the Toscano Hotel and Kitchen for our Annual General... Read more.
2017 Nature & Optics Festival
Sonoma State Historical Park again hosted the annual Wine Country Nature and Optics Festival with Sonoma Birding on September 9 in the Casa Grande courtyard. Locals and visitors were welcomed... Read more.
Docent Picnic
The annual docent picnic was held at the Petaluma Adobe on Sunday, August 20. Twenty one docents and spouses, plus Denise Fowler representing parks staff, enjoyed the setting and good... Read more.