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Welcome To Our Website

The Greater Patchogue Historical Society is pleased to welcome you to our website. This website is here to inform others about things happening in Patchogue, especially those of historical significance. You will also be able to find information concerning the society such as "How to become a member", Meetings, and Special Events. Our goal is to keep Patchogue's past alive for future generations to enjoy. Enjoy the website and feel free to send us your comments.

GPHS Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary

2012 marks the 30th Anniversary of the official start of the GPHS. It was in 1981 that the first meeting was held to discuss starting a historical society. Then after much hard work, the fledgling group received its charter from New York State in 1982. 

Patchogue High School Plaque Honors Those Who Gave Their Lives

Did you know that there is a plaque at our High School honoring those Patchogue-Medford Students who paid the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives during the Vietnam War? Click here for a complete list of names...

 

 
 

GPHS June Meeting

Our next GPHS meeting will be on Thursday, June 21 at 7 p.m at the Patchogue-Medford Library. A presentation called "The Neighborhood of Baseball" will be given by Eliot Knispel who is co-authoring an upcoming book on the New York Ballparks. This presentation is a visual portrait on the development of American Culture and the continuing evolution of the baseball parks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

150th Anniversary of the American Civil War

To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the start of the American Civil War, we would like to feature your ancestors from the Patchogue area who served during the Civil War here on our website. Feel free to send us any information you might have as well as photographs via email. To view a list of soldiers which the Patchogue Historical Society has compiled to date, click here...