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Join the Union County Historical Society! 
Memorial and Celebratory Bell Ringings
at the Courthouse
for more information, call 706.745.5493
Pioneers of Union County Music Awards, 2012
Shape Note, Blue Grass & Old Time Country Music
for more info and nominating process! 
Mountain Heritage Festival, 2012
Every Labor Day weekend, one block south of the square
for more info and vendor applications
2012
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 - 8:00 p.m. Music varies by the season.
✦ EVERY 1st TUES.~ Lecture Series
Courtroom of the Court House, 7:o0 p.m.
For future speaker schedule, click here!
✦ EVERY 3rd THURS. ~ Shape Note Singing Practice
Courtroom of the Court House, 6:30 p.m
Beginners and listeners welcome!
✦ EVERY FRIDAY ~ Friday Night Concerts
May through October, Courtroom of the Court House, 7:00 p.m
Check back!
✦ SECOND TUESDAY of each month ~ U.C.H.S. Board of Directors meeting, Conference Room of the Courthouse, 9:30 a.m.
✦ FEBRUARY 25 ~ Mountain Shape Note Singing and
Pioneers of Union County Religious Music Awards
2:00 p.m. Court House, for more info and nominating process!
Nomination deadline - February 15
✦ MARCH 9, 10 ~ Shamrock Dulcimer Blast
Court House, for more info!
✦ MARCH 24 ~ Old Time Country Music Singing and
Pioneers of Union County Religious Music Awards
Court House
✦ April ?? ~ Blue Grass Singing and
Pioneers of Union County Religious Music Awards
Court House
✦ MAY ?? ~ Yellow Ribbon Ceremony
for more info!
✦ MAY 21 - July 6 ~ Special - All Wars and Veterans Exhibit from Union County
Historic Courthouse, Mondays - Saturdays
✦ MAY 26 ~ Memorial Day Parade
Parade, 10:00 a.m.
Memorial Service at Union County War Memorial, 11:00 a.m.
✦ MAY 26 & 27 ~ Spring Arts & Crafts Festival
on the grounds of the Society’s Mountain Life Museum
for more info!
✦ JULY ?? ~ Summer Picnic, Location t.b.a.
✦ SEPTEMBER 1 & 2 ~ 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 27 ~ Halloween on the Square
for more info!
✦ DECEMBER ??~ Friday Night Christmas Concert
North Georgia Chamber Symphony, Inc.
Court House, 7:00 p.m.
For more information on the N.G.C.S., click here!
✦ DECEMBER 1 ~ Christmas Parade, 2:00 pm.
Santa Claus before the parade in the courthouse, click here!
✦ DECEMBER 4 ~ The Society’s Annual Christmas Dinner and Meeting
Brackett Room, United Community Bank, 6:00 p.m.
✦ DECEMBER 8 ~ 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 Christmas events, click here!
Other Heritage Events in Union County
✦ ?? ~ Blairsville Kiwanis Mountain Fair
✦ JUNE 9 & 10 ~ Blairsville Scottish Festival
✦ ?? ~ Green Bean Festival has been moved to the Union County Farmers Market for 2012
✦ OCTOBER 6 & 7 ~ Indian Summer Festival in Suches
Always the first weekend in October for 34 years
All proceeds to benefit Woody Gap School
✦ OCTOBER 13, 14 & 20, 21 ~ Sorghum Festival
✦ VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ~ Byron Herbert Reece Society
For directions to Historical Society sites, click here!
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 2011