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 May 2025 General Meeting Guest Speaker: Dale Spencer, History Island Radio Show Host Topic: Lake Ronkonkoma – “What a Time it Was” Thursday, May 15, 2025 7:30 pm @ Swezey-Avey House Click here for more information.   Music in the Park with Don and Susan May 21, 2025 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Free Concert. Bring a chair and picnic basket and enjoy music by the lake in Swezey Park. We’ll move indoors in the Swezey-Avey House in inclement weather. Click here for directions | It is the Society’s mission to collect, preserve and interpret the history of Yaphank and its surrounding area. GET INVOLVED Become A Member. Join today and help support our mission.
to the community. Volunteer. The Society needs people to help with our many projects, events and activities. No matter what your interest or skill, we have a role for you. If you would like to become a docent training is available.
which manages over 200 historic structures containing an array of buildings, gardens and sites of cultural and historical significance.   | The Swezey Family  Visit the Swezey family exhibit in the Swezey-Avey House. The Swezey family arrived in Southold in the mid-1600s and in Yaphank in the 1700s. Come learn about the family’s lives into the 20th century, including the lives of Dr. Gilbert Hopkins Swezey and his daughter Dr. Sarah Swezey-Avey, the last Swezey family member to have lived in the house from 1944 to about 1960. To visit, call (631) 775-0735 to make an appointment or email us at [email protected] to make an appointment. The Weeks Family Legacy 
 Our Gift Shop features Yaphank and area history books; new, vintage & “almost-new” treasures. |