North Salem Historical Society, 81 Keeler Lane, Post Office Box 31, North Salem, New York 10560 northsalemhistoricalsociety@gmail.comWe've joined SmileAmazon. Did you know that if you use https://smile.amazon.com/ instead of just Amazon.com you can select a local charity to receive a small percentage of your purchases, all donated by Amazon? It has the exact same low prices, selections and convenience as Amazon with the added benefit that they will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to the charity of your choice. Check it out, please! When you moved to North Salem you became a part of its history. This history goes back to pre-colonial times when native Americans lived and fished and hunted where you live now. To fill the gap between the time you arrived and the early days of North Salem is one of the missions of the Historical Society. By collecting and researching family documents, memorabilia, geneaologies, legends, myths, old photographs, stone structures, books, maps, and much more, the Society illuminates our roots and our past.We would like you to join us. When you become a member, you will receive our bulletins (on subjects ranging from the Blizzard of 1888 to Growing Up Bogtown and the Coming of the Railroad, to name a few) plus newsletters and invitations to special events. You will hear lively and informative speakers at the library where we co-sponsor events and at our annual dinner meeting in October. And, don't forget all the fun at family-oriented festivals at our White Elephant, the Society’s headquarters on Keeler Lane.Please check out our new page, Historic Nuggets, in the left column. More are added each month and we will send you email reminders (another reason to be a member!)Last October's Annual Meeting presentation was From the Eye of the Photographer - a brief history tour using postcards. It is approximately twenty minutes long. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/qthiZAu7zHAWe had a great turnout via Zoom. We surely missed the annual pot luck dinner, but we carried on with an interesting program using postcard images from the early part of the twentieth century. See link above. Photos from our annual meeting October 2019 at Vails Pavilion. It was our 50th anniversary and another record crowd helped us celebrate. |
