17 May 2013
One of the local history questions in Saturday night’s Trivia Night at Brookside Museum will be from the paragraph below. So if you are attending, have a good read so you are ready with the answer. Don’t forget to start thinking what your team name will be as well! On February 7, 1791, Saratoga [...]
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11 May 2013
May 11, 2013 (Ballston Spa, NY) The Saratoga County Historical Society today announced that What We Keep, readings of life stories from people now living at Maplewood Manor Nursing Home, will be read here at the Brookside Museum. The event will be held Saturday, May 18, 2-3pm, and will be free and open to the public. [...]
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25 April 2013
During the coming months of spring and summer, many couples will be going through a big change in their lives – a wedding. It’s that time of year again! And to celebrate the history of this kind of event, Brookside is putting on a special exhibit. If you’re interested in the history of weddings and [...]
17 April 2013
April 17, 2013 (Ballston Spa, NY) The Saratoga County Historical Society today announced that they will host a juried art exhibition by the Ballston Spa High School photo, drawing and painting, studio, ceramics, and sculpture classes. The exhibit will open Friday, April 26 and will remain on display through Friday, May 17th. An opening reception [...]
10 April 2013
We are very excited about the upcoming “Go Green” project at Brookside! On Saturday, April 20, Chips Landscaping and Kohl’s Department Stores will be installing a sustainable water garden feature in Brookside’s back yard. We still need help! We need supplies! We need volunteer labor! We need the community to watch this project! And sure, [...]
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29 March 2013
4th Annual ‘Go Green’ Build benefits Educational Programming at Brookside March 20, 2013 (Ballston Spa, NY) The Saratoga County Historical Society, today announced that for the fourth year in a row, the partnership between major capital region retailer Kohl’s Department Stores, and Chip’s Landscaping will produce a new sustainable water feature and gardens here [...]
26 March 2013
March 26, 2013 (Ballston Spa, NY) The Saratoga County Historical Society is pleased to announce the receipt of a grant from the Stewart’s Foundation for $1500 to help offer education programs to approximately 4000 children in the Capital Region this year. “The Holiday Match is a wonderful program that allows Brookside to carry on [...]
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12 March 2013
March 12, 2013 (Ballston Spa, NY) The Saratoga County Historical Society today announced a program for The Great Calamity: The Flood of 1913. It will take place on March 28th at 7pm. Discover how one of the nation’s worst floods interrupted life in and around Saratoga County. Through photographs, newspaper articles and personal accounts, [...]
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12 March 2013
March 12, 2013 (Ballston Spa, NY) The Saratoga County Historical Society today announced that Genealogy 101 will be beginning on April 10th from 1-3pm, and will run during the same time on the following two Wednesdays – the 17th and 22nd. Tracing your family can be an immensely rewarding experience. This three-session introduction to genealogy will help [...]
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08 March 2013
During the early 1900′s, tobacco companies gave felt flags as premiums to users. Quilt marks collected the flags and made quilts from them. The flags of the nations at that time had been joined together and tied, rather than quilted. The quilt was found by Laurene in the attic of her great aunt who had [...]
