Events

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.

Tropic: An Exciting Genealogical Research Project to Uncover “Hidden Ancestors”
Guest Speaker: Anne Hanson, Author

Free Concert. Join the Yaphank Historical Society along with Don and Susan for some music in the Park. Bring a chair and picnic basket and enjoy music by the lake […]

Topic: As Told by the Ledger Books: Early Shore Whaling
Guest Speaker:  MaryLaura Lamont, Yaphank Historical Society Board Member and Naturalist

Mark MacNish, Executive Director of the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council, takes you on his family's journey from Scotland to their running of the New Suffolk Hotel and their subsequent experiences with other iconic local hotels, inns and clubs.

Refreshments will follow the meeting
Tropic: The Story of Gardiner’s Island and the Bonacker Fishermen
Guest Speaker: Richard Weissman, Historian and Author
Richard Weissman will talk about Gardiners Island, a privately owned island located in the Town of Southampton with a history dating back to Colonial times. He will also talk about the community of fishermen and farmers on the East end of Long Island with a long tradition of working the sea and land.