2019 SHHS Annual Meeting, Opening & Award

It was a beautiful Spring afternoon in Sag Harbor to gather on the porch of the Annie Cooper Boyd House for the official opening of the Sag Harbor Historical Society's 2019 season. It began with the Annual Meeting, summarizing the past 12 months, describing upcoming events in this season, and announcing the recipient of this year's Dorothy Ingersoll Zaykowski Award for Contributions to the Appreciation and Preservation of Sag Harbor and its History. This year's recipient is Christine "Tucker" Burns Roth, author of Images of America Sag Harbor. Congratulations Tucker. (The book is available for sale in the ACB House as well as here on our website.)

Once business was concluded, the gathering shared refreshments and were able to view this year's exhibits. One is "Outtakes from Images" which are unique images that were not included in Tucker Roth's book. The second is "Long Wharf Archaeology & Havens Beach Over Time", curated by Jean Held.

Anyone who's been in Sag Harbor for the last year plus knows that "they" dredged around Long Wharf and deposited whatever came up over at Havens Beach. Some have been concerned for safety and rightly so but some adventurers have been out there almost daily, in all kinds of weather for months on end, collecting treasurers that were "thrown overboard"? And yes, among the treasures there's also trash. Evidence collected from Havens Beach include many things from whalebone corset stays to colonial pottery sherds, as well as plastic bottles and beer cans. Evidence of our history and also evidence of the need for us all to protect this beautiful harbor we call our own.

We hope you'll visit us this season. We're open Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays 1:00-4:00 p.m.