Events

November Monthly Board Meeting 6:30pm at the Wing-Northup House 167 broadway, Fort Edward All members are welcome to attend.  

Holiday Open House Washington County Historical Society Winter Open House November 29th, 2025            10 am t0 2 pm Small Business Saturday 167 Broadway, Fort Edward Wagon rides, Pictures with Santa Come in for a visit, light refreshments, and a basket raffle. Look around and see what history is around every […]

Monthly Meeting of the Washington County Committee for the 250th Anniversary of the Revolutionary War. Come in and volunteer to help with the various festivities and events our county is promoting. All members of the General Public are welcome.

Washington County Historical Society’s Local History Book Club will meet from 12 to 1 on Wednesday, December 10, at the Folklife Center, downstairs in the Crandall Library, 251 Glen Street, Glens Falls. This is a change from our usual hour due to the Folklife Center schedule. The discussion focuses on "Bridging the Years," Glens Falls, […]

In celebration of our country's 250th anniversary, cannons will parade from Fort Edward High School to the Old Fort House Museum on the Knox Trail. The parade starts at 9 am at the High School but the Knox Train reenactment of the cannons on sleds pulled by horses will join the route at the bottom […]

  Monthly Board Meeting followed by our Christmas Party. All members are welcome.

TBD - The meetings normally occur the first Thursday of the month. Due to January 1st being a holiday, we are determining the alternative date. Check back later. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

January 14, 2026 Meeting of WCHS Local History Book Club Washington County Historical Society’s Local History Book Club will meet from 12:30 to 1:30 on Wednesday, January 14, at the society building, 167 Broadway, Fort Edward. Discussion focus is slavery in early Washington County. Reading materials are People of Lowly Life (2019) by Kenneth Perry of Greenwich […]

Wchs Trustees Monthly Board Meeting. All members are welcome. Please enter from the back door at the Yacht Basin.

This month's Board of Trustees meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the Wing Northup House, the Washington County Historical Society's Headquarters located at 167 Broadway, Fort Edward. All members are welcome to attend.

This month's 250th committee meeting will meet on Thursday, February 5th in the Roger's Island Visitor Center, Fort Edward at 5:30 pm. Volunteers needed. General public is invited.

February 11, 2026 Meeting of WCHS Local History Book Club       Washington County Historical Society’s Local History Book Club will meet from 12:30 to 1:30 on Wednesday, February 11, at the society building, 167 Broadway, Fort Edward. Membership in the society is not required.       Discussion focus is the life of Charles Evans Hughes (1868-1948), […]