Stories from Voices of Wayne County – April 17, 2023
Amber Linson headed up the Voices of Wayne County book project for the Wayne County Bicentennial. The Walworth Historical Society is proud to have her present a...
Author: Gene Bavis
HomeTown Heroes Banner Project
Started in Spring of 2022 the Walworth HomeTown Heroes (WHTH) is currently in its 2nd year of action of helping to bring honor to the men & women that have served, not only our...
Hometown Heroes Recognition Program – November 3 at 6:30 PM
The Walworth HomeTown Heroes Committee and the Walworth Historical Society will hosting our 1st EVER Veterans Day Commemorative Celebration on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at the Walworth Fire Hall (Church Street Walworth) at 6:30...
Soup and Wayne County History – November 21 at Noon
Please join the Walworth Historical Society at Noon on November 21 at the Lodge in Ginegaw Park for lunch and then a program about Wayne County History presented by Bicentennial Co-Chair, Rosa Fox. We...
Voices of Wayne County pre-order
The Wayne County Bicentennial Committee undertook a project to collect MEMORIES from all around Wayne County. One hundred forty submissions were accepted and have been put into a book with over 450 pages. The...
Celebrating Our Local Emergency Services – October 2, 2022
From 2 PM until 4 PM, A celebration of the contributions by our local emergency services personnel will be held at the Lincoln Fire Department cohosted by the Lincoln Fire Department and...
The Newark-Marion Railroad – March 20, 2023
Marion Town Historian Caryn Devlin will present a program on “The Newark and Marion Railway” on March 20, 2023 at 7:00 PM. The Newark and Marion Railway was first chartered in 1901 and continued...
19th Century Funeral Practices and Mourning – 9/19/22 at 7 PM
On Monday, 9/19/22 at 7 PM, Ruth Williams of Henrietta will present a program at the Lodge in Ginegaw Park on 19th century funeral practices and mourning. She and her late husband, Don spent...
Cleaning and Maintaining Gravestones – July 16 at 10 AM
IF you missed this program, see below. Thirty people attended this EXCELLENT program. “Caring For Cemetery Gravestones” Program Presentation/Demonstration Dave Bloom, “The Gravestone Guy”, will be doing several presentations/demonstrations on how to properly clean...
Annual Meeting, Elections, Community Service Award, & Program – May 16, 2022
Updated 5/18 – Approximately 35 people turned out on May 16 at the Lodge in Ginegaw Park to attend the WHS Annual Meeting program and to honor Vaughn Pembroke, recipient of the 2022 WHS...