ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Island Historical Society is hosting its annual Heritage Day celebration on Tuesday, March 14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The free, family-friendly Heritage Day celebration will take place on the Anna Maria Island Historical Museum grounds at 402 Pine Ave.
Historical Society board member Barbara Murphy provided some details on the upcoming event.
“We are really looking forward to Heritage Day. We’ll be showing off our museum, the historic Belle Haven cottage and the Island’s wonderful and rich history that dates back over 100 years. We’ll have lots of arts and crafts stationed around the museum area. We’ve got Howie Banfield performing live music for us. We’ll have Poppo’s Taqueria as our food vendor and we’ll be selling fresh strawberry shortcake for $5 a bowl. We’ll have wonderful gift baskets filled with donations from our Island restaurants and businesses and we look forward to our Island residents and visitors coming to visit us,” Murphy said.
The Heritage Day festivities will also include the Anna Maria Island Privateers capturing Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy and holding him for ransom in the “Old City Jail” until enough funds are raised to secure his release. Those funds and all other proceeds raised during Heritage Day will be donated to the AMI Historical Society.