SAN DIEGO COLONY MEETINGS – Our Colony typically gathers at least three times a year for a meal and program meeting. A member or guest speaker often provides a discussion of topics related to the Pilgrims or American History. In November, we hold our annual Compact Day Program and Luncheon. Additional trips or outings may be planned that may be of special interest.
UPCOMING San Diego Colony Events – –
Next Colony Meeting – Saturday, November 16, 2024 (In-Person)
The Guest Presenter for our November 2024 COMPACT DAY MEETING will feature noted San Diego Author and Historian, Mr. Fred Grand
In addition to covering upcoming San Diego Mayflower Colony and Society news of all sorts, our November 16th meeting is very happy to welcome our guest speaker, Mr. Fred Grand. His program is titled, “Riveting, True Short Stories of San Diego History from our First People, the Kumeyaay, to the Present”. For more than two decades, Mr. Grand served as the President of the Old Town Chamber of Commerce in San Diego’s Old Town District. He also serves as Director of Community Engagement for Descendants of Early San Diego. He is a direct descendant of Corporal Juan Ismerio Osuna, a Spanish Leather Jacket Soldier who accompanied Father Junipero Serra to San Diego in 1769. Corporal Osuna’s son, Juan Maria Osuna, was the first Alcalde (Mayor) of San Diego, and the recipient of the Spanish Land Grant for Rancho San Dieguito (present day Rancho Santa Fe). Mr. Grand is also a descendant of Valera Alto of San Pasqual, a Kumeyaay who married into the Osuna family. Because of this, he is a proud member of the Kumeyaay Nation. His unique ancestry embodies the history of this region from prehistoric times to the present.
WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US THERE!
Summer 2024 Past Events and Anticipated Future Colony Events
This past May 18th was the date of this year’s Spring Colony Meeting. The meeting was held at the Green Dragon Tavern and Museum and featured Mr. Karl Zingheim of the USS Midway Museum Historian. Mr. Zingheim created a program for us on “The History of Memorial Day”.
HUZZAHS!! In June of 2025 we are once again expecting to participate in the City of La Mesa’s “Flag Day Parade”. We’ve done this several times before and had a great time with the other participants and the enthusiastic crowd. Please consider joining us with your family as we walk and wave to thousands of energetic folks along the relatively short route. Look for more details at our 2025 May Colony Meeting and in the 2025 Spring “Pilgrim News”. Mayflower Members and their families are ALL WELCOME and encouraged to participate in either Pilgrim-period attire if they have it, OR . . . your favorite parade ‘comfy-civies and sneakers’ will do VERY NICELY.
POSSIBLE Fall 2025 “PLIMOTH Colony/PATUXET Village – WEST” outreach event in San Diego’s beautiful Balboa Park. Our past events were both a fun outreach for us, as well as very well received by the public. – Watch for it!
Our Annual Compact Day Meeting is held the 3rd Saturday of November each year
Next year’s Compact Meeting meeting is already being planned for November 2025. All of San Diego Colony’s annual meetings will feature a guest speaker and always interesting camaraderie with our Mayflower ‘cousins’ and friends. As with all of our Colony Meetings, anyone interested in Mayflower, Pilgrim, or U.S. History are welcome to attend.