April 9, 2025 Meeting of WCHS Local History Book Club       Washington County Historical Society’s Local History Book Club will meet from 12:30 to 1:30 PM on Wednesday, April 9, at the Greenwich Free Library, 148 Main Street, Greenwich.  Historical society membership is not required for the book club.  Attendees will discuss Chester Arthur’s […]

Friends of the Battenville Bridge to present    “The Bridge at the Heart of Battenville”  The Greenwich-Easton Historical Society announced today that it would host the Friends of the Battenville Bridge for a presentation entitled “The Bridge at the Heart of Battenville”.  The presentation will take place on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, from 6:30 to 7:30 […]

As part of the 250th celebration in Washington County, The Washington County Historical Society will host historian Eric Schnitzer give a talk entitled “Benedict Arnold at Saratoga: How a Newly Discovered Letter Changed History”. The program will be Thursday, April 17th at 6:30 p.m. at The Scotlander Brewing Company.   Benedict Arnold’s main action was fighting […]

Alec McMorris will present “In the Middle of History: Military Service of Salem’s Citizens (1756-1865) The French and Indian War to the U.S. Civil War, the First 100 Years   November 6, 2025  6:30 p.m. Historic Salem Courthouse, East Broadway, Salem, NY. The talk is sponsored by the Salem Town Historian’s Office.  Salem has a long […]