The Brighton Area Historical Society is a volunteer-driven organization. If you would like to help, we need volunteers for the events listed in this section.
Brighton Area Historical Society will host Santa and Mrs. Claus at Lyon School on Buno Road in the township. The 1885 one-room school will be decorated with an early 1890’s theme for the Christmas holidays. This is a wonderful time of the year for families to visit and tour the school that instructed children in Brighton Township from the 1880’s through the 1950’s. Allow your children to experience history at the one-room school that was rural America!
Meet Santa and Mrs. Claus and take your family holiday photos.
Enjoy fresh cookies and hot chocolate
Enjoy many old fashioned Christmas decorations
Supervised “Make and Take Projects” for you children.
Great day for kids. BRING YOUR CAMERA!
EXHIBITS at CoBACH
Sunday – Friday, 5-8 pm
Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm
Closed Monday
CoBACH Display
April – May
“World War I”
Learn about the local WWI veterans that served our country as the 100th Anniversary of
WWI takes place this year. Over 100 local veterans have their photos and their service
records on exhibit. See letters and memorabilia about the men from Brighton.
FREE Admission
Brighton’s oldest cemetery is due for its annual grounds restoration on Saturday, May 6 from 9 am-Noon. This will be the Ninth Annual Spring Day of Restoration as we prepare all the gravesites including those of United States Veterans for the upcoming Memorial Day remembrance.
This is a wonderful opportunity to donate a Saturday morning to assist in such a worthwhile effort. Helping to enrich your hometown with community involvement is an important civic public service. Please feel free to bring your school-age children.
There have been tremendous joint efforts by many to improve the appearance of this burial ground. The initial proposal by the Brighton Area Historical Society in 2009 was graciously embraced by the former City Manager, Dana Foster.
Prior to the pitch, some may remember that the cemetery was locked closed all day to any visitors. Brush and weed trees totally encompassed the cemetery’s perimeter making it impossible to see into the grounds. Many headstones around the perimeter were covered by brush and impossible to see.
Today you will see beautiful grounds that are under the canopy of mature trees. As you gaze down on the millpond from Brighton’s 1838 cemetery, you will enjoy viewing the glistening diamonds of light that reflect off the gentle waves of the water. The early founders of Brighton indeed selected a beautiful setting for the burial grounds of famiy and friends. The cemetery is open to all during the daylight hours.
Please join us to continue the transformation on May 6. Bring work gloves and a lawn rake. The recent winds removed the leaves from the ground, but left small broken branches everywhere. You will be guaranteed a wonderful feeling when you are done!
9th Annual Old Village Cemetery Spring Cleanup
Saturday, May 6th, 2017
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Old Village Cemetery Spring Cleanup, May 5, 9am-12nn
Can You Help?
The 10th Annual Old Village Cemetery Spring Cleanup is 6 weeks away. Can you spare 3 hours on a Saturday morning to give some time for our deceased veterans and the early settlers of Brighton.
You are guaranteed a wonderful feeling and some good laughs when your work is completed by noon! This is quality Civic Pride!
Our goal is to get the 1838 burial ground looking respectful for Memorial Day. There (45) Civil War veteran grave sites and (2) from WWII.
You will see headstones with names you already know: Spencer, Hyne, Lee, Hacker, Clark, Worden, Appleton, McClements, Fonda, Newman the and another (500) of Brighton early settlers.
Join the different boy scout troops, Cheryl Stockwell kids and the community to help GIVE BACK!
This will be a day you won’t forget!
“Old Fashioned Christmas”
Nov 20 – Dec 21
CoBACH Center Hours:
Sunday – Friday, 5 – 8pm
Saturday 11am – 5pm
Closed Mondays
For more information, please call 810.250.7276