Author: hmedina

The latest Bugle for January 2022 can be downloaded here.

Contents

• The Erie Canal And Medina

• A.L. Swett, prominent Medina citizen

• The History of Bent’s Block – Part 1

• Canal Odds and Ends

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The 2022 Medina Historical Society Calendar is on sale at the English Rose Tea shop on Main St. 

Many great pictures and articles and they make a great gift for present and past residents. 

The price is $15.00 and all proceeds go to the upkeep of the Museum and it’s artifacts.   

WGRZ’s Ken O’Neil featured our museum’s stuffed animal display.
“When you walk into the Medina Historical Society, each room is filled with nothing but stuffed animals. In fact, hundreds of them fill each room.”

You can watch it at this link.

The Medina Historical Society continues its series of programs with a timely exploration of a time when a virus that caused serious illness terrified families. Many adults still remember being isolated as children, not allowed to play with friends or swim during the summer in fear of this paralyzing disease.

“Conquering Polio with a Vaccine” will be presented by Joan Wanecski on Monday, October 25 at 7:00 p.m. at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library.

The Medina Historical Society is looking for a bit of monetary help from its members. As with many other organizations, COVID forced the Society to
close its museum and cancel its planned fundraisers.

But, operating expenses didn’t stop: utilities, repairs, etc. That left the organization with a significant budget deficit for the past fiscal year. So the Historical Society is promoting a Community Calendar Fundraiser as a way to erase that deficit.

Your family’s birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and memorial dates can be part of a community calendar to be printed in time for the upcoming holidays!

You will find more details in the application form below:

Calendar Fundraiser

Museum Hours
1st Saturday of each Month
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
April to December

Presentation on September 27, 2021

“Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Orphan Trains” is a unique online hybrid presentation presented by local history author, Michael Keene. The program explores the audacious relocation scheme which operated between 1854 and 1929, when an estimated 250,000 orphaned or abandoned children were transported west by train and placed in foster homes, mostly in rural mid-western areas, though there were several local placements. The premise now seems incredible, but it developed in response to a crisis in care for homeless children.  Their stories are incredibly haunting and poignant.

You can watch the video on youTube. Click here.

Contents

The Erie Canal And Medina – Part 1

Medina at Incorporation in 1832

Medina Free Academy – Original School Bell

Remembering Sputnik

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