BAKER — Summer’s a great time to sit on the porch and reminisce, so Saturday, the Baker Block Museum and Baker Mercantile invite residents to their porch for lunch and remembering the good ol’ days.
“It’s a time when friends of the Baker Memories Facebook page and alumni from Baker School come back to get reacquainted with the museum,” director Ann Spann said.
Jamey Broxson, a board member of the North Okaloosa Heritage Association, which operates the museum and Mercantile, started the event “to encourage the local community to come to the museum and see what’s here,” Spann said.
“People reminisce a lot about local history,” Baker Mercantile manager Charlee Becker said.
The third annual Baker Memories Day includes hamburgers, hotdogs and home-churned ice cream available for purchase.
Tables set up on the Baker Block porch will be decorated in country style with burlap tablecloths and floral centerpieces. The Heritage Park next door to the museum will be open; there, folks can also take their meals and explore vintage north county buildings.
Spann said 24 vendors have reserved spaces for a festive community crafts and flea market, “and more space is available.”
During the first two Baker Memories Days, Broxson did most of the work himself. This year he’ll have some helpers.
“We thought with the Baker Mercantile open now, we can help him out,” historical association board member Phyllis Enzor said. “The Mercantile is such a big part of the museum now.”
Volunteers will include youth group members from the Crestview Lifepoint Church.
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