Swezey-Avey House

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

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.

Topic: Lake Ronkonkoma – “What a Time it Was”
Guest Speaker: Dale Spencer, History Island Radio Show Host

Many people know the story of how President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington but not what happened afterwards. In this program, Jim Ward will look at how Booth escaped and at the massive manhunt for him that followed.

The true story, from primary sources, about why and how ordinary people from Setauket did extraordinary things to help win our independence.