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There will be a Goods and Services Benefit Auction this Friday to help Willimantic, CT’s three local history museums. The auction is for the Windham Textile & History Museum, the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum, and the Windham Historical Society. The Benefit Auction is Friday, Nov. 5 at: Eldridge Auction Gallery 90 South Park St. Willimantic, [...] Happy Halloween!! As some of you might know, I worked at the Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation in Hartford, CT all summer as part of my internship for my Master’s Degree in Public History. As part of my job, I researched and wrote stories about the many interesting people buried at Cedar Hill. I am [...] This has nothing to do with history, weirdness, or cemeteries, but it is an event happening in Connecticut…in my hometown, no less. People can check it out after they come see me lead the cemetery tour in Willimantic on Saturday. Here’s the press release: It’s a Street-fest extravaganza, a mega-Art Event, and good news [...] Fall officially fell on Sept. 23, and with fall and the month of October comes the annual Walktober event, sponsored by The Last Green Valley. What is Walktober and The Last Green Valley, you say? Well, glad you asked! The Last Green Valley (formerly known as the Quinebaug and Shetucket National Heritage Corridor) is an [...] Congratulations to the City of Bridgeport, CT and especially to artist Emily Bedard for the return of Lady Liberty to the Soldiers and Sailors monument at Seaside Park. Read about at the Connecticut Post: http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/09/16/lady-liberty-returns-to-seaside-park/ http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/09/13/saturday-morning-in-the-park-with-lady-liberty/ http://blog.ctnews.com/steele/2010/09/16/seaside-parks-lady-vanishes-and-returns/ http://blog.ctnews.com/steele/2010/09/12/a-lady-unveiled-this-time-in-fiberglass/ http://blog.ctnews.com/steele/2010/09/08/vandals-cant-keep-lady-liberty-down-forever/ Vermont resident and Lyme Academy graduate Emily Bedard is a talented artist and has done an [...] During this past summer, I worked as an intern at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, CT. It was a valuable experience, and I learned a great deal not only about the cemetery but about local history as well. It is a beautiful rural-park style, Victorian cemetery and is worth a visit. One of the great [...] The Danbury Museum & Historical Society Authority invites you to enjoy a little bit of yesteryear in a daylong celebration o f 18th century Danbury! On August 28, 2010 from 10am -2pm re-enactors will present living portraits of Danbury life in the 18th century. Join us for open hearth cooking demonstrations, “spycraft”, revolutionary war style, [...] Wow! We have a lot of cemetery events happening! Thank to Ruthie Brown at the Connecticut Gravestone Network for passing these along. The Coventry Cemetery Commission invites you to join us for the Unveiling Ceremony of the new cemetery sign at Nathan Hale Cemetery on Saturday, 9/25 at 11:00 a.m. While there, enjoy the recently established self-guided [...] Friends of Center Cemetery invites you to Center Cemetery’s 300th Birthday Celebration Saturday, September 18, 2010 944 Main St, East Hartford, CT Beginning at 4 p.m. with the Civil War Monument Rededication The ceremony will acknowledge the completion of the 10 year long restoration process, managed by Friends, of the town’s 1868 Civil War monument [...] The Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, CT wants to let you know that the Kellogg Brothers‘ print show will be closing this Saturday. Make sure you get out and see this before it closes! (see press release below) Also, check out the new book by Nancy Finlay about the history of the Kellogg Brothers prints: [...] |
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