August meeting of WCHS Local History Book Club Washington County Historical Society’s local history book club will meet at noon on Friday, August 12, at the society’s Wing-Northup House, 167 Broadway, Fort Edward. The club usually meets on the second Friday of the month. Historical Society membership is not required. The August meeting of […]
Washington County Historical Society is pleased to be hosting our third open house at The Museums at Penope Farms located at 56 Scotch Hill Road in the Town of Jackson. This is a pop-up program that wasn’t on our original schedule. There was so much interest after last years event at the farm that we […]
Washington County Historical Society’s local history book club will meet at noon on Friday, September 9, at the society’s Wing-Northup House, 167 Broadway, Fort Edward. The club usually meets on the second Friday of the month. Historical Society membership is not required. The September 9 topic will be any book on Washington County’s 123rd Regiment […]
Visit the Museum of Greenwich Fire Department History. The building was constructed in 1904 and currently maintained by its members. The original Rough and Ready Engine Company formed in 1854. Tours will be given at 12:30 and 2:00 p.m.
Come Celebrate Washington County History! Saturday, October 8th, 10AM Kingsbury Cemetery, corner of Route 4 and Kingsbury Road, Kingsbury, NY The program will include a brief history of the Kingsbury Cemetery, reading of the biographies of some of the soldiers buried there, cannon firings, bagpiper, guided tour of gravesites of Revolutionary soldiers. The Washington County […]
Washington County Historical Society’s local history book club will meet at noon on Friday, October 21, at the Rogers Island Visitors Center, 11 Rogers Island Drive, Fort Edward. This change from the usual second Friday of the month schedule is to accommodate the tourist season of the site. Historical Society membership is not required for […]
The 82nd annual meeting of the Washington County Historical Society will take place Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Skene Manor at 8 Potter Terrace in Whitehall, NY. Coffee hour will begin at 10:00 a.m. The WCHS business meeting will begin at 10:30 ending with awards. The public program, “Philip Skene and the Battle of […]
Washington County Historical Society’s local history book club will meet at noon on Friday, November 11, at the society’s Wing-Northup House, 167 Broadway, Fort Edward. The club usually meets on the second Friday of the month. Historical Society membership is not required. The November meeting of the book club will be discussion of the life […]
Washington County Historical Society’s local history book club will meet at noon on Friday, December 9th , at the Folk Life Center at Crandall Library. The club usually meets on the second Friday of the month. Historical Society membership is not required. The December meeting of the book club will be a discussion of the […]
Washington County Historical Society’s local history book club will meet from noon until 1 PM on Friday, January 13, at the historical society headquarters, 167 Broadway, Fort Edward. Historical Society membership is not required. The January meeting of the book club will be discussion of the life and work of Mathew Brady. Born to Irish […]
Washington County Historical Society’s local history book club will meet from 12-1 PM on Friday, March 10, at the historical society headquarters, 167 Broadway, Fort Edward. Historical Society membership is not required. The March meeting of the book club will be a discussion of the Impact of the scalping of Jane McCrea on the Battle […]
Washington County Historical Society’s local history book club will meet from 12-1 PM on Friday, April 14, at the Old Stone House Library in Fort Ann, NY. Historical Society membership is not required. The book club will discuss the two books about the Fort Ann area by Fred Tracy Stiles. Future sessions of the club […]