{"id":482,"date":"2025-06-11T18:41:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T01:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delmarhistoricalsociety.org\/?page_id=482"},"modified":"2026-03-01T10:44:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:44:43","slug":"home-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/delmarhistoricalsociety.org\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW INITIATIVES!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">SAVE THE DATE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An epic 4-day Surfing Festival to celebrate Del Mar\u2019s iconic role in the early days of surfing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/delmarhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/surf-del-mar\/\">MORE INFO<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">LIFE&#8217;S A BEACH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Retired Del Mar lifeguards Jack Ross and Brett Mattei will share stories. 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Registration required<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/delmarhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/lifes-a-beach\/\">REGISTER<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CAMPAIGN TO FIND A HOME<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Society is launching a campaign for a building where residents or visiting tourists can go &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div 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has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>The Del Mar Historical Society<\/strong>&nbsp;is an independent 501(c)(3), California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation founded in 1985, striving to fulfill its long-time mission to discover, record, collect, preserve, perpetuate, and display for public benefit the historical facts, artifacts, properties, and other material concerning the history of the village of Del Mar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our resources include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Del Mar Looking Back<\/em>, the only complete written history of Del Mar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Discovering Del Mar\u2019s Past<\/em>, a walking tour book with pictures and maps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than 2000 historical photographs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oral histories of prominent Del Mar residents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miscellaneous files of significant documents from Del Mar\u2019s past<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We meet monthly on the second Wednesday at 5:00 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