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SUMMARY:Local History Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Washington County Historical Society’s Local History Book Club will meet from 12 PM until 1 PM on Friday\, June 14\, at the Society’s headquarters at 167 Broadway\, Fort Edward.  Historical society membership is not required.\n\nAttendees are asked to read David Thornton’s The Great Cambridge Fair\, A History of Fairs in Washington County or any other material on agricultural fairs in this area in the 1900’s. Argyle resident Joyce St. Jacques will provide a brief history of the Washington County Fair.\n\nThe book club meets regularly on the second Friday of the month at twelve o’clock\, usually at the Wing-Northup House in Fort Edward.  On a future meeting on July 12th\,  the group will meet at the Washington Center in Argyle to discuss the history of the County Poorhouse. Weather permitting the poorhouse cemetery will be viewed. Recommended reading is In the Shadow of the Poorhouse by Michael Katz.\n\nUpcoming sessions of the club will include books about the larger Adirondack area as well as works by local authors.  Proposed topics include the temperance movement in our area\, the seed industry in Washington County and the life of Thaddeus Kosciuszko.  For additional information\, email Connie Harris Farrington at connieandlee@roadrunner.com.
URL:https://wchs-ny.org/event/local-history-book-club-3/
LOCATION:Wing- Northup House\, 167 Boadway\, Fort Edward\, NY\, 12828\, United States
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