The purposes of Freeport Historical Society are to promote and encourage historical research; to gather and disseminate information concerning the early history of Freeport in the State of New York; to gather, to obtain by purchase, gift, devise or otherwise to preserve and to exhibit books, photographs, manuscripts, papers and relics relating to the history of Freeport and contiguous territory; and to preserved records of the recollections of residents of the area concerning its early history.