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 […]

Workshop at Saratoga National Historical Park Saratoga National Historical Park (Saratoga NHP) will present a Park Ranger-led, high quality, one-day teacher workshop at Saratoga Battlefield. The workshop, building on the upcoming 250 th anniversary of the Battles of Saratoga, will offer enhanced teacher familiarity with Saratoga NHP's grade 4, 5, and 7 in-person and virtual […]

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 […]