D.A.R. Chapter Hold Meeting & Tour at WCHS Museum

Posted on by May 14, 2024

The Daniel Chapman Chapter of the Daughter’s of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) held a meeting at the Williamson County Historical Society on Monday, April 13, 2024. The historical society hosted the meeting at the old Williamson County Jail at 105 S. Van Buren Street in Marion. The meeting was conducted by Regent, Doda Starkey and was followed by a tour of the museum. Docents for the tour at the museum were Sam Lattuca, president of the historical society and Sharon Vansaghi, curator/coordinator. The old county jail building was built in 1913 and operated as the counties 4th county jail until the spring of 1972 when it was deeded over to the historical society to serve as a museum. The building is one of five locations on the National Registry of Historic Places in Marion. The museum and genealogy research library is currently open to the public from Wednesday through Saturday, 9:30 till 3 P.M.

Washington School 5th Grade Students Tour Museum

Posted on by May 4, 2024
Washington School 5th Grade Tour, April 26, 2024
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About 80 Washington School 5th grade students visited the Williamson County Historical Society museum and library on April 25th and 26th and May 1st and 2nd, 2024. Washington school students from that school make yearly spring tours of the museum thanks to their teachers. The students were able to be given a guided tour of the museum and receive explanations about how people lived in earlier times and how early items of the times were used.

The museum is full of artifacts from Native American tools belonging to paleo-indians to items used by the pioneers and the students got to learn about all of that and more. The historical society museum is open to the public for tours from Wednesday through Saturday from 9:30 till 3 P.M. More information can be obtained by visiting our website at www.wcihs.org.

Quarterly Membership Meeting Held

Posted on by April 22, 2024

The Williamson County Historical Society at 105 S. Van Buren Street in Marion held its quarterly membership meeting on Sunday, April 21, 2024. President, Sam Lattuca updated the members on its membership levels, visitation to the museum/library and state of the building. He updated everyone on past programs that had been given by the museum and visitors who had recently toured the museum. He also brought them up to date on upcoming tours and events that are scheduled. Recent accessions and photos donated to the museum were reviewed.

The program for the meeting was “Revolutionary Soldiers of Williamson County” and was given by Leann Johnson. The program focused on John Ellis, a local revolutionary war veteran and man of color who made his home in New Dennison, Illinois southeast of Marion.

The museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9:30 to 3:00 P.M. and is open to the public.

Forever Learning Group Tours Museum

Posted on by April 4, 2024

Thirteen members of the group Forever Learning visited the historical society museum/library on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024. The group is mostly a group of retired folks who seek to keep expanding their knowledge of the world. The group was divided into two tour groups and were guided by Sharon Vansaghi and Sam Lattuca.