Bemis Historical Society meets the third Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at Bemis Mill Village Museum located at 2 North Missouri Street in Jackson, TN. Annual membership dues are $25 for individual and family memberships.
Programs in 2019
- January 15 – No meeting
- February 19 – Bill Hollamon – Aerial Media’s videos of Bemis and the surrounding area
- March 19 – Stan Pilant – Bemis Mill Memorial Park & Hwy 45 Bypass South
- April 16 – Lorri Skelton – Interesting Information in the Madison County Archives
- May 21 – No meeting due to Bemis Heritage Days on May 17-18
- June 18 – Larry Hearn – Irish Town in Jackson, TN during the 1880s through 1960s
- July 16 – Anna Wulfert Kirk – Wulfert Family and Their Struggles Surviving WWII and Coming to America
- August 20 – Ricky Long – More Than Names on a Wall – The World War II Dead from Madison County, TN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81ZT59Ke8XU&feature=youtu.be - September 17 – Gwen McReynolds – Dowsing for Unmarked Graves and Cleaning Tombstones
- October 15 – Kenneth Newman and Carolyn Malone – Before We Were Yours – Fact and Fiction Concerning Georgia Tann
- November – Alice Holtin – Remembering World War II (This meeting will be at the Bemis United Methodist Church.)
- December – No meeting
Programs in 2020
- January – No meeting
- February 18 – Kathy Haney Williams – City Directories and US Census Records in Bemis, TN
- March 17 – Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19
- April 21 – Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19
- May – Bemis Heritage Days cancelled due to COVID-19
- June 16 – Robert Gaugh – Civil War Union Veteran in Bemis, TN
- July 21 – Lucy Smith and Greg Hammond – Congo Street and Old West Bemis School
Interview with Gracie Utley https://youtu.be/rErvVHBKo1A
Interview with Harry Bell https://youtu.be/omuEPBOPbvk
Interview with James Hammond https://youtu.be/VbB3MdVe6qg
Interview with Pearlie Gillispie https://youtu.be/mgBcvAGh9GU - August 18 – Jackie Utley – How Tennessee Secured the Right for Women to Vote in August 1920 (100th Anniversary of 19th Amendment to US Constitution)
- September 15 – Joel Jackson – Judson Moss Bemis’ Advice to His Grandchildren
- October 20 – Rodger Holtin – American Pop Songs Inspired by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
- November 17 – Thanksgiving and Christmas Memories in Bemis, TN
- December – No meeting