Melbourne’s Time Travelers’ Society

11/19/2025

Hi everyone! Melbourne’s Time Travelers Society (MTTS) is putting together a small outdoor improvement project at Melbourne High, an 8×10 ft patio that will be used as a quiet spot for students to study, read, eat lunch, and relax.

Previously, we restored three memorial gardens on campus with donated lava rocks, and now we’ve been asked to help create a more inviting space for another commemorative area outside the school media center.

Right now, the garden has a sunken brick border and a mix of dirt and weeds. We’d love to transform it into a welcoming area that honors Dee Clayton, a former school librarian/media specialist. Our design keeps the existing plants and reuses pavers from previous school projects.

We already have 28 red 16” pavers in good condition, and we’re designing the patio with decorative stone between each paver. What we still need are the materials to properly prepare and finish the space.

We’re hoping a local landscaping company might be willing to sponsor or donate some of the materials. We’re looking for:
• Base gravel
• Paver leveling sand
• Decorative river rock or white stone for the gaps between pavers
• Rock-locking binder/liquid to secure the stones

If your business would love to support a student-led project that creates a lasting, positive addition to our campus, MTTS would be incredibly grateful. We recognize all sponsors on our website and through social media, advertising, and member t-shirt acknowledgments. Companies who donate will also be recognized in the school’s newspaper and social media platforms.

If you’d like more details or want to partner with us, please feel free to message us, we’d love to work with you!

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11/15/2025

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11/13/2025

Even the bulldog statues joined in on the kindness today. Melbourne pride + kindness = the perfect combo! Happy World Kindness Day 💛🐾

Send us your kindness message at melbournetts.wixsite.com/melbournekindnessday

11/11/2025

In the heat of battle, courage comes in many forms. Honoring those who fight, and the loyal hearts that stand beside them. ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸 🇺🇸

11/08/2025

The City of Melbourne has been awarded $50,000 from the Florida Division of Historical Resources Abandoned African-American Cemeteries Grant Program to fund the installation of a fence to contain newly discovered graves, an interpretative sign, and a concrete viewing area.

The City of Melbourne’s Historic and Architectural Review Board (HARB) will hold a public workshop immediately after the next regular HARB meeting to gather ideas and input on the design and content of the interpretive sign.

The meeting will be held on November 19 in the City Council Chamber. It will start at 6 p.m., and the workshop should begin at or about 6:45 p.m.

For more information about the project and the Line Street Cemetery, please see our website: https://www.melbourneflorida.org/News-articles/Grant-to-Fund-Line-Street-Cemetery-Preservation-and-Improvements

11/08/2025

Can you tell we are major Sears fans? When we saw this Sears cart for sale in Merritt Island, we couldn’t pass it up. The seller graciously donated it to us, and now, and now it’s rolling into the MTTS fleet at full speed! Big thanks to DriftZone of Merritt Island for holding it for us until we could make the drive up!

(No shipping carts (or humans) were harmed in the making of this reel 😊)

10/30/2025

10/27/2025

Two years ago, we spotted the corner of the Martha Hall Memorial plaque peeking out from the dirt and decided the garden deserved better. When we cleaned up the garden back then, it was just fixing the buried bricks and raising the plaque.

Today, we cleaned up the garden again, redefined the garden bed, and allowed the large tree to be rocking something new: donated lava rocks! After about an hour of working, the rain came down, but we were faster and completed the garden without getting too wet. Hopefully we have enough rocks to finish the other two memorial trees by Building 7.

One thing is for certain though, our members love these hands-on projects! Stick around to see more garden transformations!

10/27/2025

We had a great time yesterday with Field Manor at their Fall Festival! Despite the rain, the drive up from Melbourne was very nice and the Homestead is huge! We met a lot of interested individuals, and although we mainly do work in Melbourne, we’re always willing to branch out to other communities and cities who need student historians. 😉

(We also got a very cool item from the Merritt Island Square Mall, but we need to do a bit of filming to reveal it first 😊)

10/25/2025

We had a blast at Florida Institute of Technology’s Treat or Treat at Florida Tech event today! We had many visitors to our table, from kids who love typewriters, to another kid who knew everything about all four vintage items we brought along. Pete the Panther also made an appearance and took a photo with our 1963 yearbook. This is one of our favorite events and second time attending.

10/25/2025

Mr President’s (Kyle McLaren) work with Green Gables! 😍🤩