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KNOX HISTORICAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES 
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KHS Activities 2021

Clean-up of Frink Family cemetery part 1

​CLEAN-UP OF FRINK FAMILY CEMETERY PART 2

KHS Activities 2020
KHS tree in the Helderberg Family and Community Organization' Festival of Trees. 
KHS Activities 2019

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Memorial Day Essay contest 


 merrymen's tea house guest bookS 

KHS has scanned the Guest Books of Merrymen's Tea House, and transcribed the guest entries into a chronological spreadsheet and an alphabetic spreadsheet. 
Click here to learn more about the Guest Books and view the spreadsheets and the PDF scans.

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Solomon Northrup   (aka cliff oliver)   visits berne knox westerlo middle school


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KHS Activities 2018

Memorial Day essay contest
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“Tales and Travail of Suffrage in Knox” 

Artistic quilts and needlework of knox, berne, and surrounding communities

​A History of American Women in Song

KHS Activities 2017
Farming in Knox - Past, Present, Future

​A Week in the Life of Aunt Nellie 


​Ben Franklin Visits BKW 

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KHS Activities 2016

Kris Driessen Presents a History of Feedsacks


​KHS Celebrates Path Through History with 4th Grade Art Show 
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Merrymen's Teahouse


Artistic Quilts and Needlework Show

Teddy Roosevelt Visits BKW
KHS Activities 2015
Click on the links below to learn more about Knox Historical Society's activities and programs.


Spring 2015

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​Summer 2015 
Path Through History weekend celebrated with unveiling of NYS Historical Marker for the Palatine Trail; 
Suitcases of History presented at BKW; Health and Hygiene Program;
Stevens Family Program;
unveiling of NYS Historical Marker for Toll Gate #3;
​Metal Detection Program


President Lincoln visits Knox 

Winter 2015



KHS Activities 2014


2014 Summary of Activities

January 2014: Barn Quilt

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Spring 2014: Quilts of the Civil War

April 2014: Suitcases of History

​July 2014: Pillbox Industry

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August 2014: Quilts of Berne and Knox

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August 2014: Righteous Rebellion

September 2104: The Guide-Board Display

October 2014: Lous Saddlemire's talk about the early days of Knox and the Saddlemire Homestead

October 2014: Civil War Display

Fall 2014: Sprucing Up

November 2014: Book About Schoolhouse #5



KHS Activities 2013

June 2013 Stevens Family and the Mobil Station

​June 2013 Memories of Knox as recollected by Lou Saddlemire and Bob Stevens 


​July 2013 Rededication of the Patriots Room
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August 2013 One Room School-House  Days

October 2013 Making of the documentary Righteous Rebellion


October 2013: Righteous Rebellion
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KHS Activities 2012




August 2012: Quilt Show


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