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WCHS Local History Book Club
September 13 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Sept. 13, 2024 Meeting of WCHS Local History Book Club
Washington County Historical Society’s Local History Book Club will meet from 12 noon until 1 PM on Friday, Sept. 13, at Skenesborough Museum, Skenesborough Drive, Whitehall. Historical society membership is not required for the book club. Any biography of Benedict Arnold can be read but discussion will focus on Arnold’s part in the building of the First Navy at what is now Whitehall. Five dollar admission fee includes a tour of the museum which can be done before or after the book discussion.
The October 11 meeting will be at noon at the historical society building, 167 Broadway, Fort Edward and will discuss Thaddeus Kosciusko’s role in the Revolution, particularly at Ticonderoga and Saratoga.
The book club meets on the second Friday of the month at twelve o’clock. Future sessions of the club will include books about the larger Adirondack area as well as works by local authors. Upcoming topics include the temperance movement in our area, Benjamin Franklin’s failed mission to Canada, and William Miller and the Millerites in Hampton. For additional information, email Connie Harris Farrington at connieandlee@roadrunner.com.