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2025 Calenders Available

Come on down to the museum and pick up the Historic Homes of Costa Mesa 2025 Calendar. Available now for a $10.00 donation.  We are open Thursdays and Fridays 10:00 am - 3:00pm. 100% of the proceeds go to the Costa Mesa Historical Society courtesy of Renee Pina. This year marks the fourth year Renee has created the calendars featuring historic homes in Costa Mesa. We celebrate her efforts and appreciate her unwavering support of the Society.…

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Society Bookshelf: Wow! by Ralph Welsh

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SAAAB graduate Ralph Welsh (1943) has compiled 150 vignettes in Wow!, an anthology depicting the trials, triumphs, and daily lives of B-24 bomber pilots during World War II. Third-hand reports and interviews provide context, but the beating heart of the book is found in the vivid recollections of the pilots themselves. Highlights include the author’s original diary of his 33 missions over France and Germany in 1944, the lively account of a downed pilot who managed to…

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