Union County Historical Society Blairsville Georgia

Scroll down for calendar and UCHS event info!

Mountain Heritage Festival
Labor Day weekend, 2013
Visitors and Vendors
for more info, click here!

"Experience Northeast Georgia Travel Guide"
This is a new book and 4 CD travel guide

           "Experience Northeast Georgia" - John Kollock's guide to 75 special places "must see" locations in eight Northeast Georgia counties.

The suggested retail price is $29.95.  All members a 20% discount.
Now on sale at the Courthouse!

2013
Ongoing Activities of the Society
✦ sponsored or co-sponsored by the Historical Society ✦
✦ sponsored by other organizations ✦

Please contact us at:
history1@windstream.net or 706.745.5493

✦ EVERY EVENING ~ Bell Music from the Courthouse Tower
Town Square, 7:o0 - 7:30 p.m., music varies by the season.

✦ EVERY 3rd THURS. ~ Shape Note Singing Practice
Courtroom of the Court House @ 7:00 p.m

✦ EVERY FRIDAY ~ Friday Night Concerts
May 3 through the end of October, Courtroom of the Courthouse @ 7:00 p.m Click here for the weekly concert schedule!

✦ SECOND TUESDAY of each month ~ U.C.H.S. Board of Directors meeting, Conference Room of the Courthouse @ 9:30 a.m.



✦ MAY 20 - July 7 ~ Special - All Wars and Veterans Exhibit from Union County Historic Courthouse, Mondays - Saturdays

✦ JUNE 15 ~ Misty Mtn. Railroad Tour

✦ JULY 27 ~ The Green Bean Festival Green Bean Festival will be split between 3 locations: Downtown, Meeks Park, & Farmers Market.

✦ JULY 30 ~ Society’s Summer Picnic
Byron Herbert Reece Memorial, Hwy. 19/29 S, @ 6:00 p.m.,
Covered Dish Dinner, Mickey Cumming will speak.

✦ AUG. 31 & SEPT. 1 ~ Mountain Heritage Festival
Always Labor Day weekend, 9:00 a.m - 5:00p.m.,
for more info!

✦ OCTOBER 13 ~ Sorghum Festival Parade
11:00 a.m., for more info on Parade and Festival!

✦ OCTOBER 26 ~ Halloween on the Square
for more info!

✦ NOVEMBER 12 ~ UCHS Volunteer Luncheon
Community Center, Butternut Creek @ 11:30 a.m.

✦ DECEMBER ??~ Friday Night Christmas Concert
North Georgia Chamber Symphony, Inc.
Court House, 7:00 p.m.

✦ DECEMBER 7 ~ Christmas Parade, 2:00 pm.
Santa Claus before the parade in the courthouse, click here!

✦ DECEMBER 10 ~ The Society’s Annual Christmas Dinner & Meeting Brackett Room, United Community Bank @ 6:00 p.m.

✦ DECEMBER 14 ~ Rain date for Christmas Parade @ 2:00 pm.

✦ DECEMBER ?? ~ Misty Mountain Railroad Tours
2:00 p.m. each day, tours begin promptly at 2:00 p.m.
$5.00 donation, proceeds benefit the Historical Society
For more information and directions, click here!

For information on all of the Society's Christmas events, click here!

Other Heritage Events in Union County
2013 Dates

      
✦ APRIL 9 - 14 ~ Blairsville Kiwanis Mountain Fair
Airport Industrial Park.

✦ JUNE 8 & 9 ~ Blairsville Scottish Festival

✦ JULY 20 & 21 ~ Butternut Creek Festival

✦ JULY 27 ~ The Green Bean Festival Green Bean Festival will be split between 3 locations: Downtown, Meeks Park, & Farmers Market.

✦ OCTOBER 5 & 6 ~ Indian Summer Festival in Suches
Always the first weekend in October for 34 years
All proceeds to benefit Woody Gap School

✦ OCTOBER 14, 15 & 21, 22 ~ Sorghum Festival

✦ VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ~ Byron Herbert Reece Society

Bud Akins - Union County Historical Society President

Museum and Office are in the Historic Court House on the Square
The museum is open to the public.
Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays, January thru April

Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children ages 6 to 12, and free for those under 6 years of age. Educational tours for school classes always welcome,
please contact us.


Union County Historical Society, PO Box 35, Blairsville, GA 30514
history1@windstream.net
706.745.5493

Join the Union County Historical Society!

We always need volunteers!
To contribute, contact Shirley Walker, Volunteer Coordinator at
history1@windstream.net or 706.745.5493

Official web site of the Union County Historical Society of Georgia, copyright 2012