Archived News
2011 - 2013
Date |
Activity |
December 14, 2013 |
The December meeting
was the annual Open House event. This
year it was at the Huff home in Gloster from 1:00 until 3:00 pm. |
November 9, 2013 |
The November meeting
was a regular business meeting at 10:00 am in the meeting room of the Liberty
Library. Following the business
meeting a program on the Battle of Franklin with emphasis on the
participation of Amite Countians was presented. The minutes of the meeting may be read here.
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October 12, 2013 |
The October meeting was
a regular business meting at 10:00 am in the meting room of the Liberty Library. Following the business meeting a program on
the US Constitution was presented.
Following that, interested parties went on a tour of the local dairy
and cheese-making facility near Gillsburg.
The minutes of the meeting may be read here. |
September 14, 2013 |
The September meeting
was be a regular business meeting at 10:00 am in the meeting room of the
Liberty Library. Following the
meeting, Greg Barron presented a short program on the War of 1812 with
emphasis on the participation of Amite Countians. The minutes of the meeting may be read
here. |
August 10, 2013 |
The August meeting
was a regular business meeting at 10:00 am in the meeting room of the Liberty
Library. The minutes of the meeting
may be read here. |
July |
No meeting. Meetings resume in August. |
June 8, 2013 |
The June meeting was
the annual business meeting with election of officers for the coming fiscal
year. The minutes of the meeting may
be read here. There was a slide show of images taken by
members who recently toured the Rodney area. |
May 11, 2013 |
Cemetery Conservation
Workshop in Natchez. See flyer here for details. |
May 4, 2013 |
Liberty Heritage
Day. The society hosted visitors to
the LRSH and to a repeating photo show in the library conference room. There was a short business meeting to
finalize the slate of candidates for the upcoming election. The draft minutes of the brief meeting may
be read here. |
April 13, 2013 |
The April
meeting was a regular business meeting
at 10:00 am in the conference room of the Liberty Library. The draft minutes of the meeting may be
read here. |
March 9, 2013 |
The March
meeting was a regular business meeting
at 10:00 am in the conference room of the Liberty Library. No program was held. The minutes of the meeting may be read here. |
February 9, 2013 |
The February meeting
was a regular business meeting at 10:00 am in the conference room of the
Liberty Library. Following the
business meeting Sam King gave a slide presentation of photos of Liberty from
the past. The minutes of the meeting
may be read here. |
January 12, 2013 |
The January meeting
was a regular business meeting at 10:00 am in the conference room of the
Liberty Library. No program was held
following the business session. The
minutes of the meeting may be read here. |
December 1, 2012 |
The December meeting
was devoted to the annual Open House.
The LRSH was open from 11:00 am until noon. The library conference room was open from
11:00 am until 3:00 pm. A slide show
of the photos scanned thus far in the Amite County imaging project was
shown. Light refreshments (popcorn,
drinks, and any donated food) was available.
There was no business meeting. |
November 10, 2012 |
The November meeting
was a regular business meeting at 10:00 am in the conference room of the
Liberty Library. No program was held
following the business session due to a number of members needing to leave to
attend events in the Natchez area. The
minutes of the meeting may be read here. |
October 13, 2012 |
The October meeting was a special meeting at 10:00 am at the Liberty
Presbyterian Church. A special program
on the 7th Mississippi Infantry Regiment CSA was held, followed by a Memorial
Service at the Confederate Monument next to the church. (See program here.)
A pot luck luncheon was held at the Liberty Library Conference Room
following the service.
Another photo scanning session was held after lunch. |
September 8, 2012 |
The September meeting was a regular business meeting at 10:00
am in the meeting room of the Liberty Library. The program was presented by
representatives from USM who will talk about the Digital Library Project. The minutes of the meeting may be read here. |
August 11, 2012 |
The August meeting was be a regular business meeting at 10:00
am in the meeting room of the Liberty Library. The program was presented by Jim
Freeman. The minutes of the meeting
may be read here. |
July 2012 |
NO MEETING |
June 9, 2012 |
The June meeting of the ACHGS was the Annual Meeting of the
Society at which the election of officers was concluded. There was a regular business meeting at 10:00
am in the meeting room of the library in Liberty. The program was presented by Davis Anders,
the new publisher of the Wilk-Amite
Record newspaper. The minutes of
the meeting may be read here. |
May 5, 2012 |
Liberty Heritage Day The Little Red Schoolhouse was open for tours and
research. Displays and sale of books
and other society materials were in the Library Conference Room. A brief business meeting was conducted for
the purpose of receiving the formal report of the Nomination Committee. The minutes of the brief meeting may be
read here. |
April 14, 2012 |
The April meeting of the ACHGS was a regular monthly meeting
at 10:00 am in the meeting room of the library in Liberty. The minutes of the meeting may be read here.
The program was presented by Sam King. |
March 10, 2012 |
The March meeting of the ACHGS was a regular monthly meeting at
10:00 am in the meeting room of the library in Liberty. The minutes of the meeting may be read here.
No program was presented. |
February 11, 2012 |
The February meeting of the ACHGS was a regular monthly
meeting at 10:00 am in the meeting room of the library in Liberty. The draft minutes of the meeting may be
read here. A field trip was made after the meeting to
selected cemeteries between Liberty and Centreville. |
January 14, 2012 |
The January meeting of the ACHGS was a regular monthly meeting
with a program at 10:00 am in the meeting room of the library in
Liberty. The minutes of the meeting
may be read here |
December 3, 2011 |
The December meeting was the traditional society Open House
event. This year the site was the
Decatur Butler house (also known as the Tommy Talbert house) on Hwy. 567
northwest of Liberty. A map and directions can be seen here. The open house ran from noon until 3:00pm. No business meeting was held. |
November 12, 2011 |
The November meeting of the ACHGS was a regular monthly
meeting with a program at 10:00 am in the meeting room of the library in
Liberty. The minutes of the meeting
may be read here. |
October 8, 2011 |
The October meeting of the ACHGS was a regular monthly meeting with a program in the meeting room
of the library in Liberty. The minutes
of the meeting may be read here |
September 10, 2011 |
The September meeting of the ACHGS was a quarterly meeting
with a program. The minutes of the
meeting may be read here. |
August 13, 2011 |
The August meeting of the ACHGS was a regular monthly meeting
at 10:00 am in the meeting room of the library in Liberty. The minutes of the meeting may be read here. |
July 9, 2011 |
By earlier decision of the Executive Board, there will be no
meeting in July. Meetings will resume
in August. |
June 11, 2011 |
The June meeting of the ACHGS was the Annual Meeting for the
election of officers for the coming fiscal year. A program was also be presented following
the business meeting and conclusion of voting in officer elections. The draft minutes of the meeting may be
read here. |
May 7, 2011 |
The May meeting of the ACHGS was a brief convening about 9:45
am in the library in Liberty to formally receive the report of the Nominating
Committee and to open the floor for additional nominations. Otherwise the activities of the society
were devoted to presenting displays and demonstrations in conjunction with
Liberty Heritage Day. The brief
minutes of the meeting may be read here. |
April 9, 2011 |
The April meeting of the ACHGS was a regular monthly meeting
at the library in Liberty at 10:00 am.
The minutes of the meeting may be read here. |
March 12, 2011 |
The March meeting of the ACHGS was a field trip to Magnolia to
tour historic buildings. No business
meeting was held. |
February 12, 2011 |
The February meeting of the ACHGS was a regular monthly
meeting at the library in Liberty at 10:00 am. The minutes of the meeting may be read here. |
January 8, 2011 |
The January meeting
of the ACHGS was a regular business meeting at the library in Liberty at
10:00 am. The draft minutes of the meeting may be read here. |
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