Thursday Teas

Thursday Teas

Select Thursdays, 2pm

THS Member: $10 | Non-member: $15 | Oakmont Resident: $10

Join us each month for history talks led by guest presenters or Village staff on a variety of topics, while enjoying a cup of tea and a sweet treat (sugar-free and gluten-free options are available). To register online, scroll down. You can also call 248-524-3570 to register and pay over the phone.

Thursday Teas are held inside Old Troy Church on our site. If you have accessibility questions, please click here to visit our Accessibility page or contact us at info@thvmail.org and we will be happy to help! Assisted listening devices are available, please let a staff member know if you would like to use one.

If you’re not already a Troy Historical Society Member, consider joining! A 1-year Individual Membership costs $35—that means if you come to 8 Teas in one year, it will have paid for itself! You’ll also get discounts on other great Village programs like Old-Time Radio Shows, a 10% discount on Gift Shop purchases, and access to our new Members Only tours. Click here to learn more about Membership.

Sponsored by Oakmont Manor and Oakmont Sterling.

August 28:
Enjoying the Ride: Michigan's Inland Lake and River Excursion Boats, 1835-2020

Maritime Historian Scott Peters will present on how excursion boats in Michigan evolved out of river steamers, and how they became popular entertainment at lakefront resorts, taking passengers on leisurely trips around lakes. In more recent years, the boats have become tourist attractions of their own and are common at many port communities (click button below to register).

Click HERE to sign up for August 28

September 18:
Hands to Work and Hearts to God: The Shaker Movement in the United States

Who were the Shakers, where did they go, and what’s the deal with their furniture? THV Youth Programs Director, Alex, will dive into the history, beliefs, values, and work of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Coming (scroll down to register).

October 23:
Edmund Fitzgerald Investigations

The mighty Edmund Fitzgerald is the Great Lakes largest shipwreck, resting in two major pieces on the bottom of Lake Superior just over the Canadian border. It was lost in a killer storm in 1975, and its entire crew simply vanished into the waves. Shipwreck Historian Ric Mixter is one of only a handful of people who have visited the wreck personally (scroll down to register).

November 20:
Buckskins and Broadcloth: Men’s fashion in territorial Michigan

Presented by the National Park Service, join Joseph Dowd from River Raisin National Battlefield Park to learn how territorial Michigan’s inhabitants developed a style of fashion seen nowhere else from the toques of French voyagers, the beadwork of the Anishinaabe and Wyandot tribes, and the dandyism of the Regency period (scroll down to register).