2006-7 Activities
- Participated in efforts to save the Kreger House
- Replaced the museum roof
- Conducted three school group programs
- Franklin History - West Maple and Country Day
- Ben Franklin - Country Day
- Raised $24,000 in capital funds
- Created a new web site - franklin-history.org
- Conducted 2 cemetery tours
- Conducted two Historic District tours
- Conducted the plant sale
- Published two issues of the Kite & Key
- Sold chestnuts at Winterfest
- Hosted a meeting of the Questers
- Conducted oral history interviews with Marion Green and Dick & Bernie Evans
- Purchased Historic Franklin Village tumblers for resale
- Held a landscaping planning meeting in March, 2007
- Began work on Native Plant Garden
- Held a Lawrence Tech landscaping work day
- Held an April landscape work day
- Facilitated Will Ashbaugh's Eagle Scout project of lengthening the pathway
2008 Planned Activities
- Complete gutter replacement and electrical upgrade
- Conduct more school programs and tours
- Find more volunteers to participate in FHS activities
- Create new exhibits about the fire department and medical history
- Participate in house preservation activities in Franklin (Millage or land conservancy)
- Hold more neighborhood meetings
- Continue the grounds Naturescaping project
- Participate in Round Up and Winterfest
- Conduct more oral histories
- Raise more money through innovative ways
- Create a donor recognition process
- Write grant requests
- Create an e-mail commutations data base
Historical Society Meetings are on the second Thursday of every month at 7 P.M. at the Franklin Historical Museum 26165 Thirteen Mile at Kirk Lane
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