Memorial Day, Monday, May 28
CoBACH Center 9am-1 pm:
Experience a FREE museum quality Civil War Display before and after the Parade in downtown Brighton.
You will see wonderful displays showing rifles, hand guns, uniforms, ordnance and more.
Stop in. Bring the children and adults for this cool FREE local exhibit dealing with America’s War of Rebellion!
“WWI Armistice Centennial”
September through Mid November
FREE Exhibit
CoBACH Center Hours:
Sunday – Friday, 5 – 8pm
Saturday 11am – 5pm
Closed Mondays
For more information, please call 810.250.7276
“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
Christmas 2018 – Free Event
HO! HO! HO! Merry Christmas!
Santa & Mrs. Claus visit Lyon School on Sunday, December 9, 2018 from 1pm – 4pm
Looking for a great Christmas photo with your family? This is the opportunity for your family to enjoy a wonderful Santa experience. The kids will enjoy making a tree ornament while being supervised by adults. Enjoy homemade cookies and apple cider.
The 1885 one-room Lyon School house, with its fresh coat of exterior paint, will be decorated in a classical Christmas look. Santa and Mrs. Claus will greet your children, invite them to visit and tell them their Christmas wishes and pose for your photos. The atmosphere and setting is warm and friendly. You will truly remember this Merry Christmas at the Lyon School!
Beginning April 2nd, 2019
CoBACH Display
“My Hometown”
Free Exhibit
CoBACH Reopens April 2
Sunday—Friday 5—8pm
Saturday 11am—5pm
Closed Monday
Spring cluster meeting of area historical, library and genealogy societies. Please share with your membership.
Do you have unwanted jewelry sitting around? What about jewelry boxes that are filled with those unused family hand-me-downs? Please consider donating those bracelets, earrings, watches, neck-laces, pins ad rings to help fund Brighton area history projects. 100% of funds raised are used for preservation and programs.
Contact Jim at 517-304-7722 for pickup or donation questions.
Old Village Cemetery, Annual Clean-up
May 4, 2019 — 9am—12nn
Please join the Brighton Area Historical Society and the Brighton community for a morning of “civic pride” at the Old Village Cemetery. The debris from winter including broken branches and leaves are being removed to prepare the cemetery for the upcoming Memorial Day. There are (47) soldier graves and about (550) graves of the early fathers and mothers of Brighton. Each grave deserves a respectful appearance and your help is critical.
Jim Vichich 810.250.7276
President, Brighton Area Historical Society
Jvichich@comcast.net
“How Michigan Women Won the Vote”
Free Event with Dr. Caitlyn Perry Dial
During our Archive Scanning Working Session, the Lyon School is open to public. Please stop in and look around this historic that is fully restored and furnished as it would have been as a late 19th or early 20th century one-room school house.
The Lyon School is located on in Brighton Township, Michigan on Buno Road one quarter-mile west of Pleasant Valley Road.