Conversation: “Latest Dispatch from the Santa Barbara Presidio”

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Date & Time

Fri, Aug 29 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Address (map)

2201 LAGUNA STREET

Venue (website)

Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library

📢Coming up at the Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library on Friday August 29th from 6-8pm:

The Latest Dispatch from the Santa Barbara Presidio”

Featuring: local historians and authors Michael Hardwick & Jarrell Jackman

đź—Ł Michael Hardwick, author of Spanish Arms & Armaments of the Presidios of California, and Jarrell Jackman, author of Santa Barbara’s Royal Presidio: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Spain’s Last Adobe Fortress, will join in a conversation revealing the most recent findings of the connections of Santa Barbara and the other California presidios to many other aspects of United States history.  These are the latest dispatches from the frontier.

📍Location: Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library, 2201 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105

đźš—Free parking on site | Look for the SBMAL sign on the front portico, to the left.

đź’˛Cost: $50 | RSVP Required | Limited to 25 attendees | Light Refreshments

đź–±Head to our website to buy tickets directly: Website

đź’ˇAbout the Series: Join a select group of those interested in an informative conversation with experts who will first share from a vast store of knowledge, then engage with those present in a lively give & take. (Conducted on the last Friday of the month thru October 2025 with different speakers each month.)

🙌Series Sponsored by Michael Hardwick and an anonymous donor.

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