The Heard County Historical Society meets on the third Thursday of the month from April through  November.  We will have a Society Dinner in December.  Meetings are held at 5:30 pm at the meeting room of the Three Rivers Regional Commission on Highway 34 east unless other location is given.   Visitors are always welcome.

Here is our upcoming Calendar:

April 20, 2017

Our regular meeting will be held in the Old Gulf Filling Station at 5:30.   This will be a business session to discuss the filling station displays.

May18, 2017

Our regular meeting will be held in the Three Rivers’ Conference Room at 5:30.  Kathy Jenkins will share Genealogy Research.

June 15, 2017

Our regular meeting will be held in the Three Rivers’ Conference Room at 5:30. Dr. Ann McCleary of  the University of West Georgia will speak on the “West Georgia Textile Heritage Trail .”

July 4th

The Museum will be open from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm during the Heard County July 4th celebration. Members are asked to please come help with the tours.  If you have never toured the old jail, this is a wonderful opportunity.  Bring the family and see some of Heard County’s history!  This year we are having a Used Book Sale.  Come and shop!!

July 20, 2017

Our regular meeting will be held in the Three Rivers’ Conference Room at 5:30. Robert Jones will speak on “Women in the Civil War.”

August 17, 2017

Our regular meeting will be held in the Three Rivers’ Conference Room at 5:30. John Hyatt will return to share the continuation of his “Hyatt Genealogy.”

September 21, 2017

Our regular meeting will be held in the Three Rivers’ Conference Room at 5:30.  This will be a business meeting.

October 19, 2017

Our regular meeting will be held in the Three Rivers’ Conference Room at 5:30. This will be a business meeting.

 November 16, 2017

Our regular meeting will be held in the Three Rivers’ Conference Room at 5:30.  This will be a business meeting.

December 2017

Christmas on the Square in Franklin: December 4, 2016.  The museum will be open during the  from 4 to 6 pm for tours. Members are asked to please come help with the tours.  If you have never toured the old jail, this is a wonderful opportunity.  Bring the family and see some of Heard County’s history!

Christmas Dinner:  Time and Location to TBA.  Call the museum to RSVP and get details.