On Monday August 10th in 1863, The Napa Daily Register published its first issue. One hundred and fifty-nine years later the local paper is still capturing community news and bringing it into people's homes. Stories, events, editorials, advertisements, and sports have filled the printed pages and now digital frames for decades chronicling life in the [...]
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Please join us for the premiere opening of Hilos Visibles/Visible Threads, featuring the Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee Quilt Project. Por favor únete a nosotras para la inauguración de Hilos Visibles/Visible Threads con el Comité de Herencia Latina de Napa Valley Proyecto de Edredón. RSVP for this event by clicking the blue button "Get Tickets" [...]
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Hilos Visibles/Visible Threads looks at the rich Hispanic, Latino, and Californiano heritage within Napa. This exhibit partners with the Napa Valley Latino Heritage Committee and their community Quilt Project. The quilt squares' rich iconography reflects the importance of faith, ancestors, family, country, and unity in everyday life. Napa County Historical Society and St. Helena Historical [...]
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Shouting Down the Wind: Napa's Pioneering Women is a look at two centuries of women who have changed Napa's cultural landscape. Pioneering women are fierce and excel in every generation in the Valley. They have stepped up to protect their families and help communities thrive, taken on Hurculean tasks and in a number of cases [...]
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NCHS Members and their guests are invited to join us in welcoming our new exhibit, City of Immigrants: An American Story. This exhibit explores the many waves of immigration into the valley over a hundred years, from 1820 to 1920. The waves of immigration over the centuries created a rich tapestry of ethnicities and cultural [...]
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Our Fall 2023 Exhibit, A City of Immigrants: An American Story explores the many waves of immigration into the valley over a hundred years, from 1820 to 1920. The waves of immigration over the centuries created a rich tapestry of ethnicities and cultural blending. Every ethnicity has left its stamp on the Valley whether or [...]
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