All Second Saturdays presentations begin at 9:30am and are held at the Plymouth Arts Center, 520 East Mill Street, Plymouth, WI. Presentations are open to the public and free of charge. No registration needed.
KEEP IN MIND SCHEDULES MAY CHANGE – ALWAYS CHECK THIS WEBSITE FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION.
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Upcoming Events
Second Saturdays 2026-2027: Journeys into Local History brought to you by the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center
Presentations are held at the Plymouth Arts Center and begin at 9:30 am
September 12, 2026 – Erin Brehmer – History and Architecture of Six Sheboygan Churches
The churches included are First Baptist Church (Jake’s, A Lakeland Community), Grace Episcopal Church, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Hope Reformed Church, St. Clement Catholic Church, and St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church.
October 10, 2026 – Wisconsin POW Camps with Bob Block
Many are not aware that Wisconsin had 39 POW camps during WWII holding up to 20,000 POWs. This presentation tells the stories of these camps and those POW’s who were held there.
November 14, 2026 – Steve Conto – Stories From the Final Bridge: A Bridge from Their Name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to Their Final Resting Place
Stories From the Final Bridge is a personal legacy project started in the Spring of 2002 to locate the exact burial location of those individuals from Wisconsin who were killed in the Vietnam War. Steve’s efforts created a bridge between their name on the Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, and their final resting place. Each burial site; the section, row and column in order to pinpoint their exact location so families, comrades and friends can easily find them.
February 13, 2027 – Travis Gross – Sheboygan Taverns History – Taverns to be announced
March 13, 2027 – Tracie Grube-Gaurkee – Settlement Houses
The history of settlement houses focus on Jane Addams’s Hull House of Chicago, but Hull House is only one small part of the larger movement. Wisconsin had its fair share of settlements, beginning in the 1860s. In 1867, the Home for the Friendless became the state’s first settlement and sought to help women in need. Please join us in discussing the history of the settlement
house movement in Wisconsin with a special focus on the Home for the Friendless.
April 10, 2027 – Marie Blunt – Lighthouse History
May 8, 2027 – Susan Apps Bodilly – One Room Schools
Susan Apps-Bodilly chronicles life in Wisconsin’s early country schools, detailing the
experiences of the students, the role of the teacher, and examples of the curriculum, including the importance of Wisconsin School of the Air radio programs. She describes the duties children had at school besides their schoolwork, from cleaning the erasers and sweeping cobwebs out of the
outhouse to carrying in wood for the stove. She also tells what led to the closing of the one room schools, which were more than just centers of learning: they also served as the gathering place for the community.