Category: General
General information updates about the Society
WGRZ Features our “Stuffed Museum”
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.
“Conquering Polio with a Vaccine”
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.
Calendar Fundraiser Project
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:
New Museum Hours
Museum Hours
1st Saturday of each Month
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
April to December
“Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Orphan Trains” video presentation
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.
Fall 2021 Bugle Newsletter
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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The Medina Historical Society is pleased to announce a return to hosting programs of historical interest.
The first program is scheduled for Monday, September 27 at 7:00 p.m. and will be held at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library, 620 West Ave., Medina, NY
“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.
Facemasks will be required and appropriate Covid precautions will be observed.
Show and Tell – January 2020
Our January 27, 2020 Show and Tell meeting highlighted many interesting and unusual antiques, collectables and stories.
Mallory Diefenbach wrote a nice article plus photos in the Batavia Daily News. You can access that article with this link.
Every last Monday in January we have our Show and Tell. Start thinking now about what you’d like to bring next year!
January 2020 Bugle Newsletter
The January 2020 can be downloaded from the link below or from the Newsletter page.
This issue contains a Russel Waldo article from 1943 describing interesting facts about Medina in the 1800’s. Also Erie Canal bicentennial articles and a Sour Cream Sugar Cookie recipe.