Based directly in Whitesboro, The History Club is a thriving group of nearly one hundred amateur historians who meet once a month (every third Monday, except during May & October), to discuss historical topics, listen to speakers, see movies, etc...pertaining to all kinds of historical topics. Founded in December 1995, the club has had many interesting lectures and presentations. Here's but a small sample of the programs sponsored by the club over the years:
The Oneida Community* Apollo 13: Successful Failure* The R.M.S. Titanic* The Battle of Oriskany* History of Women's Suffrage* The Loomis Gang (currently the record holder for the club's most popular program)* Thaddeusz Kosciuszko* Custer's Last Stand* D-Day* Union Station, Utica* Civil War Battlefields* Utica in the 1950's* 1787: Life on the Schoharie Frontier* Fort Stanwix* Historic American Flags* The Battle of Antietam* Pearl Harbor: Day of Infamy* The Battle of Gettysburg* Fortress Louisbourg* The Normandy Breakout, 1944* The Mohawk Valley in the Civil War* The Manhattan Project* The 8th Air Force in World War II* Grant Cottage* The Doolittle Raid* The Lincoln Assassination* The Graveyards of Madison County* The Baseball Hall of Fame*Forty Whacks: Lizzie Borden and Her Axe
and many, many more popular programs.
What's New in 2008?
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:President: Cheryl Pula
Vice-President: Ken Thayer
Secretary: Polly Blunk
Treasurer: Dennis
Kininger
Sergeant at Arms:
Newsletter Editor: Cheryl Pula
Web Meister: Dennis Kininger...What? Him again?
The Club has also undertaken other activities, such as bus trips to historical sites, including the United States Military Academy at West Point; Washington's Headquarters and the New Windsor Encampment in Newburgh; Saratoga Battlefield; Grant Cottage; a trip to Boston to view the Titanic artifacts; The Philip Schuyler home and a trip to numerous George Washington related sites such as Mount Vernon. It has hosted several well-received "drive-ins" of fully restored World War II era jeeps.
The Club has also hosted two Revolutionary War encampments at the Dunham Public Library. They've sponsored many exhibits and displays at the library on historical topics and has booths at local historical events to pass out literature on the club and its activities. It's hosted living history programs such as a couple of popular appearances by Dr Robert Harris, a Gettysburg battlefield guide, who donned Federal costume to portray a Union soldier. It has bought nationally known folksinger Don Laird Jr to present a series of songs from the Revolutionary War, The Civil War and World War II.
The History Club also makes donations to worthy causes: When the Doolittle School house in the town of Paris needed a 30 star flag, the Club donated one to them. The Club also sponsors a photography contest each year which is open to the public, allowing anyone to take part and display their pictures of historic sites. The Club also takes pride in the fact that it is an amateur contest and growing in popularity.
The Club boasts members from all over Central New York and as far away as Florida! Its memberships are easily affordable and since it is a non-profit organization registered with the IRS, any donations or dues paid to the club are tax deductible. The Club welcomes anyone to become a member who has an interest in history...ANY kind of history. If you join, you are eligible for discounts on future bus trips; you will receive our monthly newsletter: "HISTORICALLY SPEAKING", you will be able to participate in the photo contest each year for free and much more!
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