Past Events
 | Spring Community Yard Sale Saturday, May 20, 2023 9:00 am—4:00 pm (Rain date: Sunday, May 21, 2023)
Set up on the Hawkins House lawns. No reservations required. Call 631-924-4803 with questions. |
 | Plant Sale, Deep Discounts! Saturday, May 20, 2023 9:00 am—4:00 pm
for 25 cents - $5 each Siberian Iris, Sweet William, Ajuga, Liriope, Asters, Goldenrod
Hawkins House on the Carmans River in Yaphank, Yaphank Ave (Route 21), ¼ mile north of LIE, exit 67 Yaphank Historical Society (a not-for-profit), come see the house and recently renovated garden |
 | May General Meeting Guest Speaker: Robert VonBernewitz, Yaphank Historical Society “Long Island Cemeteries and Graveyards” Thursday, May 18, 2023 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House |
 | April General Meeting Guest Speakers: Jamie Reason—Historian and Author Joe Jannsen—Historian and Author
Thursday, April 20, 2023 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House Refreshments will follow the meeting. |
 | Spring Indoor Tag Sale Saturday and Sunday, April 1st and 2nd, 2023
Featuring items from Call 631 924-4803 with questions |
 | March General Meeting Guest Speaker: Gary Lawrance— Architect, Author, Historian “Long Island’s Lost Architecture of the Gilded Age” Thursday, March 16, 2023 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House. Refreshments will follow the meeting. |
 | Mid-Winter Indoor Tag Sale Saturday February 11th and and Sunday February 12th 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Swezey-Avey House
Call 631 924-4803 |
 | Yaphank Historic District Christmas House Tours
December 10 and 11, 2022 at the Hawkins House |
 | November General Meeting Board of Directors Election Guest Speaker: John Turner— Author, Environmentalist “Cranberry Industry on Long Island” Thursday, November 17, 2022 7:30pm @ Swezey House. Refreshments will follow the meeting. |
 | October General Meeting Guest Speaker: Diane Schwindt—Historic Cook Ketcham Inn “Stirring Up History – The Timeline of Food” Thursday, October 20, 2022 7:30pm @ Swezey House. Refreshments will follow the meeting. |
 | Hawkins Burial Ground Restoration Celebration Guest Speakers: |
 | Save the Dates Don & Susan @ The Gazebo Swezey Park 3rd Wednesdays, May—Sept From 5:00—8:00pm. Bring a Lawn Chair |
 | Historic House Tours July & August, Sunday Afternoons 1:00-4:00pm Robert & Isabella Hawkins House Homan-Gerard House Booth House Museum Swezey-Avey House Docents will be on hand for tours and to answer questions. |
 | September General Meeting Guest Speaker: Amy Kasuga Folk— Author “Rumrunning in Suffolk County: Thursday, September 15, 2022 7:30pm @ Swezey House. Refreshments will follow |
 | Fall Community Yard Sale Saturday, September 17, 2022 9:00am—4:00pm (Rain date: Sunday, September 18) Donation: $10 per vendor. Set up on the Hawkins House lawns. No reservations required. Call 631-924-4803 with questions. |
 | August General Meeting Guest Speaker: Barbara Russell— Brookhaven Town Historian “Born in Brookhaven” Thursday, August 18, 2022 7:30pm @ Swezey House. Refreshments will follow the meeting. |
 | July General Meeting Guest Speaker: Don Fisher— President, Railroad Museum of Long Island “History of the LIRR—Focus on the Mainline” Thursday, July 21, 2022 7:30pm @ Swezey House. Refreshments will follow the meeting. |
 | June General Meeting Guest Speaker: Max Roland— Entertainer & Reen-actor “Historic Music and Stories” Thursday, June 16, 2022 7:30pm @ Swezey House. Refreshments will follow the meeting. |
 | May General Meeting Guest Speaker: Bill Blyer - Author, Historian ”George Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring” Thursday, May 19, 2022, 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House |
| | Spring Community Yard Sale Saturday, May 21, 2022 9:00am—4:00pm (Rain date: Sunday, May 22) Donation: $10 per vendor. Set up on the Hawkins House lawns. No reservations necessary. Call 631-924-4803 with questions. |
 | April General Meeting Guest Speaker: Richard Welch - Author, Historian ”Long Island’s Gold Coast Elite and The Great War” Thursday, April 21, 2022 , 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House Refreshments will follow the meeting. |
 | March General Meeting Guest Speaker: Paul Kaplan - Author, Historian “Lillian Wald—America’s Great Social And Healthcare Reformer” Thursday, March 17, 2022 , 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House Refreshments will follow the meeting. |
 | November General Meeting Guest Speaker: Helen Kalbach, Society Curator “Robert Hawkins, Houses and Family” Thursday, November 18, 2021 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House |
 | October General Meeting Guest Speaker: MaryLaura Lamont, U.S Park Ranger (Ret.)William Floyd Estate “Richard Floyd, and the Whalers” Thursday, October 21, 2021 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House |
 | September General Meeting Guest Speaker: Anthony Butera ”Long Island Redware Pottery" Thursday, September 16, 2021 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House |
 | August General Meeting Guest Speaker: Max Rowland ”Civil War Music & Stories" Thursday, August 19, 2021 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House |
 | July General Meeting Guest Speaker: Paul Kaplan, Author ”New York in the Progressive Era: Social Reform and Cultural Upheaval 1890-1920" Thursday, July 15, 2021 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House |
 | April General Meeting Guest Speaker: Bill Bleyer ”Long Island Whaling" Thursday, April 14, 2021 7:30pm @ Swezey-Avey House |
 | Spring Community Yard Sale Saturday, May 16th, 9:00am—4:00pm Donation: $10 per vendor. Set up on the Hawkins House lawns. No reservations necessary. Call 631-924-4803 with questions. |
 | Yaphank Historic District Christmas Tour Sunday, December 15, 2019 1:00pm-5:00pm Donation: $10 adults: free for 12 yrs. or younger Swezey-Avey House Homan-Gerard House Hawkins House Mary L. Booth House Yaphank Police Garage |
 | Victorian Harvest Tea Saturday, October 14, 2018 2:00pm – 4:30pm At The Hawkins House. Donation is $30 per person. Reservations: Please call 631-874-9265. |