Orange Community Historical Society

📣TOMORROW! 🍊Our FREE Orange History Program is BACK with “Orange Army Navy Store through the Years”!

🗣️we welcome Mike Alvarez who will share what it was like to begin a business in Orange’s downtown after the war, how they have evolved & give us an overview of their building’s history, including parts not accessible to the public!

We can’t wait to see everyone!

✨🍊✅ No RSVP needed, bring all your family and friends!

📢 “Orange Army Navy Store through the Years”

📆 Tuesday, May 19th, 2026

⏰ 5:30pm to 7:00pm

📍 Orange Public Library & History Center,
407 E Chapman Ave, Old Towne Orange

👩‍💻 HistoricalOrange.org

📣TOMORROW! 🍊Our FREE Orange History Program is BACK with “Orange Army Navy Store through the Years”!

🗣️we welcome Mike Alvarez who will share what it was like to begin a business in Orange’s downtown after the war, how they have evolved & give us an overview of their building’s history, including parts not accessible to the public!

We can’t wait to see everyone!

✨🍊✅ No RSVP needed, bring your family and friends!

📢 “Orange Army Navy Store through the Years”

📆 Tuesday, May 19th, 2026

⏰ 5:30pm to 7:00pm

📍 Orange Public Library & History Center,
407 E Chapman Ave, Old Towne Orange

👩‍💻 HistoricalOrange.org

TWO weeks away! 📣🍊Our FREE Orange History Program is BACK with “Orange Army Navy Store through the Years”!

🗣️Next month, we welcome Mike Alvarez who will share what it was like to begin a business in Orange’s downtown after the war, how they have evolved & give us an overview of their building’s history, including parts not accessible to the public!

We can’t wait to see everyone!

✨🍊✅ No RSVP needed, bring your family and friends!

📢 “Orange Army Navy Store through the Years”

📆 Tuesday, May 19th, 2026

⏰ 5:30pm to 7:00pm

📍 Orange Public Library & History Center,
407 E Chapman Ave, Old Towne Orange

👩‍💻 HistoricalOrange.org

🏎️🍊Another amazing Orange Plaza Car Show in the books, what a great day!

👋😎🇺🇸Look for OCHS tomorrow walking and rolling in the Orange May Parade with Board Member Justin Ladd’s gorgeous 1958 Plymouth Belvedere Custom 4-door convertible all decked out to celebrate!

Just weeks away! 📣🍊Our FREE Orange History Program is BACK with “Orange Army Navy Store through the Years”!

🗣️Next month, we welcome Mike Alvarez who will share what it was like to begin a business in Orange’s downtown after the war, how they have evolved & give us an overview of their building’s history, including parts not accessible to the public!

We can’t wait to see everyone!

✨🍊✅ No RSVP needed, bring your family and friends!

📢 “Orange Army Navy Store through the Years”

📆 Tuesday, May 19th, 2026

⏰ 5:30pm to 7:00pm

📍 Orange Public Library & History Center,
407 E Chapman Ave, Old Towne Orange

👩‍💻 HistoricalOrange.org

📣🍊Save the Date, our FREE Orange History Program is BACK with “Orange Army Navy Store through the Years”!

🗣️Next month, we welcome Mike Alvarez who will share what it was like to begin a business in Orange’s downtown after the war, how they have evolved & give us an overview of their building’s history, including parts not accessible to the public!

We can’t wait to see everyone!

✨🍊✅ No RSVP needed, bring your family and friends!

📢 “Orange Army Navy Store through the Years”

📆 Tuesday, May 19th, 2026

⏰ 5:30pm to 7:00pm

📍 Orange Public Library & History Center,
407 E Chapman Ave, Old Towne Orange

👩‍💻 HistoricalOrange.org

For any questions please contact [email protected]

🍊🎶Another piece of Orange history going in the archives! Remember, we don’t collect JUST memorabilia and artifacts from long ago, history is being made every day, like TODAY! Get us your keepsakes from all the Orange happenings so they can be preserved in the and History Center Archives like Owen from did with his fun 2026 Record Day poster! Go see him inside ! 🙌

‼️🍊FREE to the first 20 RSVP’s only! 📣 Join OCHS for this Private Historical Orange Home Tour

Tour an exclusive 1920’s era Chapman Ave home with a rich and storied Orange past!

In a one day only exclusive tour with the Orange Community Historical Society and the Ricci Family, reserve your ticket for this FREE tour of the gorgeous and unique 1927 Italian style Chapman Ave home with original interior murals, tile fountains and bathroom tile work from the McCandless company (contracted for the Watson’s Soda Fountain and The Orange Plaza Fountain) and more!

Enjoy a brief historical presentation on the history of the home and its owners, including it’s most recent stint as the Chapman Funeral Home, then wander through the building and explore the many little details that make this a living piece of history and architectural wonder!

FREE tickets available to the first 20 RSVP’s ONLY!

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