Wilmington Historical Society

04/10/2026

Run the roads of prohibition at the 9th Annual Wilmington-Whiteface Whiskey Run! This race gets bigger & better each year....don't miss out! adkwhiskeyrun.com

12/31/2025

12/02/2025

"🚨 BIG NEWS for Giving Tuesday! 🚨 Our amazing benefactor, Dennis Keegan, is MATCHING all donations to our Building Fund this Dec 2nd, dollar-for-dollar, up to $1,000! This is your chance to DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT and help us build a stronger future for the Wilmington Historical Society! Donate now: https://wilmingtonhistoricalsociety.org/construction-fund/
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11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from the Wilmington Historical Society!
The Wilmington Historical Society wishes you all a happy Thanksgiving with family, friends and loved ones. We would also like to express our appreciation for you and all that you have done to support our organization and Wilmington and Whiteface Region history. Whether it be through membership, participation in our programs, use of our library for research, advice via email or post, assistance at the Whiskey Run, financial support or envelope-stuffing, we are happy that you are always there for us! We give thanks for YOU!

10/27/2025

Wilmington Historical Society booth at the Wilmington 8th Annual Trunk or Treat! A fun afternoon! We love participating in community events!

09/23/2025

WHS JUST RECEIVED AN IRONMAN FOUNDATION 2025 VOLUNTEERISM GRANT!
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS! (ALL 44 OF THEM!)
The Wilmington Historical Society’s volunteers for this year’s Ironman Lake Placid were awesome! We all had a great time (even with the rain) and loved supporting the athletes from all around the US and the World. Since we have a long history of sport in our community, we all can appreciate the time, effort and challenges that the Ironman athletes face. The funds from the Volunteerism Grant will be utilized for programming and operations of our historical society--- from speaker events, to displays at community events, to genealogy assistance, to live history-related musical performances, and living history.

09/14/2025

09/14/2025

Thanks for stopping by to visit our "Porch" at the Festival of Colors yesterday! We welcomed old friends and new acquaintances, sipped some iced tea or lemonade, relaxed on our cozy and comfortable wicker furniture, thumbed through old photo albums, viewed photos of the Construction of Whiteface Memorial Highway and chatted about Wilmington history. We learned some things from our visitors, too! We also appreciate all who support our work by becoming new members, participating in our raffles and making purchases of books and items for sale. Congratulations to our raffle winners --- Charlotte Lawrence for winning the 50/50 and Tom Jones for winning the Gift Card Basket Raffle. Gabrielle Carlson won the Silent Auction for the authentic Santa's Workshop reindeer antlers.