March 27th at 1:00, Zoom platform. Register here: https://www.tadl.org/event/traverse-area-historical-society-presents-womens-local-history-month-via-zoom/
Join Peg Siciliano from the Traverse Area Historical Society as she, Ann Swaney and Anne Magoun talk about historical women’s groups in Traverse City as well as the Ladies Library and how important women were in the building of the “new” library.
February 27th @2:00pm. Zoom platform — register here: https://www.tadl.org/event/traverse-area-historical-society-presents-reelecting-lincoln-the-1864-presidential-election-that-saved-the-union-zoom/
On February 27th at 2 pm, TAHS Board Vice President and Interlochen Arts Academy history instructor Brian McCall will present “Reelecting Lincoln” — The 1864 Presidential election that saved the Union”. As we have all seen in the past year, elections have consequences, and Abraham Lincolns’ bid for reelection was one for the ages. The fate of the Civil War resulting in Union victory and the future of slavery in the United States hung in the balance. With thousands of young men in camps or on the battlefields, Lincoln and the Republicans needed to find a way to count their votes to finish what the war had started–and the absentee ballots returned by soldiers favored Lincoln 3-1 over his Democratic opponent and former Union general, George B. McClellan. Brian McCall will cover the runup to the race and how Lincoln and his teams of skilled military leaders and political professionals turned the tide first on the battlefield and then at the ballot box. His victory sealed the fate of the Confederacy and ensured the death of slavery in America.
December 5th, 2:00 pm, Zoom platform
In conjunction with the Traverse Area District Library, Traverse Area Historical Society will host photographer Chris Roxburgh as he shares his photos and diving stories from shipwrecks of the Great Lakes via Zoom. Chris is a nationally published photographer, environmental advocate and local author. Chris will be sharing pictures from local and state-wide historical shipwrecks.
Please pre-register here: https://www.tadl.org/event/traverse-area-historical-society-presents-historical-shipwrecks-with-chris-roxburgh-via-zoom/
Traverse Area Historical Society has many books available for purchase pertaining to a variety of local history topics. Books can be shipped, or a socially distant pick-up can be arranged with a society member. Please contact us at traversehistory@gmail.com if there is a publication you would like to purchase.
The Traverse Area Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 2:00 PM. The Board of Directors will present on the state of the society and its past activities of 2020 and its future plans. They will also present the Society’s financial picture and proposed 2021 budget. The Board is seeking member and community input on its activities and ideas for the future. The meeting will conclude with the election of Board members by all members present.
This event will occur online in a Zoom meeting format with the support of the Traverse Area District Library. Please pre-register for this meeting via following link: https://www.tadl.org/event/traverse-area-historical-society-via-zoom-2/
Enjoy our 2020 August newsletter! Catch up with the Society’s happenings, read an update on preserving the Hitchcock/Goodale Farmhouse foundations, and enjoy a little history (both old and new)!
We’ve also launched the Virtual Oakwood Cemetery Tour on our Facebook page! “Like” our page to be reminded of this special program.
Each day for the next 5 weeks, a new stop on the tour will be posted. COVID may have halted our in-person tour, but here is a different way to “visit” these historic locations. Here’s our post from Day One, August 31st, 2020:
Oakwood Cemetery was established 1861, located on land deeded to the City by James Morgan, a partner with Hannah, Lay & Company. Oakwood replaced the town’s first cemetery, which had opened in 1853. It had been located across Sixth Street from what would later become the Perry Hannah mansion.Dear Members,
Given the Governor’s Executive orders and local health officials’ guidance, the Traverse Area Historical Society is cancelling our March and April monthly programs and our April Board meeting. Plans for our May events will be shared as we have a better idea of the health situation in the community.
Respectfully,
Stephen Siciliano
President
TAHS
Back by popular demand —
Don’t miss the Traverse Area Historical Society’s February program, Sunday the 16th, 2pm in the McGuire Room at Traverse Area District Library, 610 Woodmere, Traverse City. Our programs at TADL will be held on the third Sunday of every month, February, March, April, May, September, October, and November at 2:00 pm.
TAHS Board Chair, Stephen Siciliano, will be speaking on “Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency Through the Eyes of the Political Cartoonists of His Day.” If you think Presidents Trump and Obama have been roughly handled by today’s press, you will be amazed by the treatment of the man who we now see as one of our greatest presidents. Siciliano has a PhD in American History from the College of William Mary, where his area of special study was the Civil War.
Original Park Place Hotel, a wooden structure, ca. 1890-1920.
If you have not been to downtown Traverse City lately, you likely have not seen one of our most ambitious projects, the Then & Now Downtown Traverse City local history “points of interest” walk! 10 plaques are scattered in the downtown area, each showing a picture of the area as it was way-back when. Follow this link to learn more about this project, our partners, and to see a map of each location:
We hope you will enjoy our latest newsletter! In this issue, read a summary of our impact on regional history in the past year, learn more about a generous donation made by a local entrepreneur, get an update on the work happening at the site of Hitchcock/Goodale Farmhouse foundation along with our committee reports, and read a brief history of Hannah Lay & Co. Mercantile.
Follow the hyperlink below to download the newsletter:
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