Historical Society

Delaware historian Kevin McGonegal will present a live online discussion on his new book, “Wicked Wilmington, Delaware,” at 5 pm Tuesday, October 12, hosted by the Lewes Public Library, the Delaware…

MADISON, Wisconsin - Almost two years after COVID-19 began to disrupt our world, we are still not back to normal. But sooner or later this pandemic, like any other historic event, will be in the rearview mirror, said Dave Desimone,…

Posted on October 3, 2021 at 10:34 am by Carol Tannenhauser Photographs by Lisa Radla. By Lisa Radla A traveling exhibition from the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, Notorious RBG: The Life and Times…

"They are in good hands, but other places are not," said Sonja Ingram, associate director of field preservation services for Preservation Virginia, a statewide historic preservation group. . Preservation…

In 2017, Councilor Jenkins became the first openly transgender black woman elected to public office in the United States. Councilor Jenkins represents Minneapolis 8th Ward, which includes George Floyd Square. Last year, Councilor…

The lives, hopes, achievements, adventures and trials of six Highland County area historical figures were personified in dramatic tales on Tuesday as part of the Highland County Historical Society's annual ghost walk held at Hillsboro…

The Cumberland County Historical Society plans to host its first gala presented by Bobby Rahal Automotive Group on October 9.Inspired by the 2021 exhibit, "A Woman's Place: The Changing Role of Women in Cumberland County," the historic…

One of 10 interpretive historic signs was recently installed at the River Valley Ranch in Carbondale as part of the RVR History Trail project.River Valley Ranch / Courtesy Photo!-->…

The Brown County Historical Society would like to thank everyone who attended the 2021 Annual Heritage…

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By Linda DillmanEditor-in-chief Messenger photo by Linda DillmanCanal Winchester High School English teacher Seth Bixler, left, and social studies teacher Todd Sautters, right, helped unveil a historic marker that now sits on…

PLYMOUTH NOTCH, Vermont. At 'This Place in History' we are in Plymouth Notch, Vermont with the Executive Director of the Vermont Historical Society Steve Perkins. “We're going to talk about Achsa Sprague, who…

The 150th anniversary exhibit was unveiled on Friday, September 24 when the establishment reopened during Brainerd History Week, an event that has lasted for 150 years. RELATED: Paul…

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) - Saturday is the 17th Annual Museum Day hosted by Smithsonian Magazine, and some local history buffs are attending. The Panama City Publishing Company Museum on Beck Avenue and the Historical Society's…

Part of the exhibition at the State Historical Museum. (Photo by the State Historical Society.) The State Historical Society of Iowa will mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a ringing ceremony outside the State Capitol in…

TAYLOR COUNTY — The Taylor County Historical and Genealogical Society History Basket winner has been announced, and the company said it is grateful to everyone who attended the event. Ann Mayle was the lucky…

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio - After successfully dipping his toe into other in-person events outside the Farmer's Market a few weeks ago with a car show, the Olmsted Historical Society will host its first antiques and craft deal from 10 a.m. to 4…

Karen DeMaio, Kenilworth Historical Society Board Member and Historical Performer, filmed at the Oswald J. Nitschke House, presents “That Book Woman” as part of the society's “Keeping…

Elizabeth Martineau, Executive Director of the Historical Society of Los Alamos at the August 17 meeting of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Photo by Linda Hull Stephanie Yeamans, registrar of the Los Alamos Historical…

Rehoboth Beach's historic tradition of going out in the summer on Labor Day with a merry musical parade on the boardwalk is again led by the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society and Museum. Partygoers with musical instruments of all kinds…

The first book in the 9/11 series is “Doorway to Freedom: The Story of David Kaufmann,” by William Ramsey and Betty Srier. Michelle Setlik will lead the program.Heritage Hour is a new monthly series…

Almost all of the seniors who grew up in the Lawton area have fond memories of Craterville Park north of…

Dale Garcia will present “The Story of the Palomar Telescope and the Things That Fall From the Sky” at 7:00 PM Monday, August 23, on the stage at Vail's HQ in Temecula. The free program is sponsored by…

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Cleveland, Ohio - Historical Society of the Western ReserveThe last exhibition of her literally started roaming the exhibition space on Monday. That's because workers have started unloading and preparing “A Century of…

BELOIT - After a decade of various low-key releases, Beloit Heritage Days will be back and in full swing…

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines, the Russian River Car Show is back for its 22nd Annual Gathering on August 21 at the Northwood Commons in Monte Rio. The pandemic has forced auto shows across the country to cancel over the past 17…

The Bordentown Historical Society's Harrowing History performance is set to return for season two, starting September 18, 2021. Following the sold-out success of the True Crimes show's first season, the Year two effort features all-new…

Every business, theater, restaurant and person on the planet has had to adapt to the “new normal” of the changing life-changing landscape of the pandemic over the past year. Social distancing,…

Posted: 06/08/21 08:39:03 AM Literary journalist and producer of a Netflix series, Jeff Sharlet, will present at The Tory Hill Authors Series on August 21. Sharlet is an award-winning literary journalist…

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JANESVILLE - One of the largest, oldest, and arguably most historic oak trees in Janesville is losing…

NINETY SIX - The Ninety Six government could push ahead with plans to renovate the former Ninety Six Cotton…

While going out with her dog, "Persi", Pam Holen decided to take a walk in the grounds of the Flavel House…

NEW SALEM - Standing among the trees outside Gate 20 of Quabbin Reservoir, it's hard to imagine that there were once two general stores and a church just a few feet away occupying land now covered in forest.New Salem resident Don Flye…

Marie Félicité Saint-Vrain TCHS News: The Taos County Historical Society announces the return of its monthly public programs starting at 2 p.m. on August 7 at Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Conference…

During most of the Republic of Texas era, 1836-1846, the community of Montgomery was the county seat of an area stretching from the Brazos rivers to the Trinity rivers, from west to east and in 1840 from Spring Creek north of San Antonio…

CHICAGO (WLS) - The African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund has awarded $ 3 million in grants to preserve 40 African-American monuments across the country, including two in the Chicago area.The church that hosted Emmett Till's…

The Scituate Historical Society announced that it had received a grant of $ 2,500 from the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, as part of the Council's projects program. To be named a recipient of a Mass Culture Council grant is an…

YORK, Maine - Jacob Perkins of Wells appeared in court in January 1731 for striking a man enslaved to him, Tom, on the head with an ax as Tom was going about his work in the commons one afternoon. An Old York Historical Society researcher…

The William F. Gieske house located at 601, rue Lyon Ouest was put on the market. The house is one of two Marshall buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.