Thomaston history events

Vintage Baseball - A Living History Event

Saturday, Jul 13 11:00a

Enjoy vintage ballgames at Veteran’s Park, Easton on Sat July 13...

The Angel of Hadley

Tuesday, Jul 23 6:30p

Richard Salter Storrs Library, Longmeadow

Hear Edward Lodi talk about his latest book, The Angel of Hadley: A Legend of King Philip’s War and the Strange History Behind It...

Discover 19th Century Inventions at New Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum Exhibit

Wednesday, Jun 19 12:00p

Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, Norwalk

Victorian era gadgets, technologies and breakthroughs will be on display beginning April 17th through October 6, 2013...

Manitoga / The Russel Wright Design Center: House, Studio & Landscape Tour

Friday, Jun 21 11:00a

Manitoga / The Russel Wright Design Center, Garrison

Tour experience: Tours begin with a 15 minute documentary about Russel Wright - his life and design legacy. Afterward, visitors follow the inner Quarry Pond trail to his Home and Studio...

2013 Norwalk Seaport Association Sheffield Island Ferry

Thursday, Aug 1 11:00a

Sheffield Island Dock, Norwalk

The Norwalk Seaport Association has owned, restored and maintained Sheffield Island Lighthouse since 1986 and is the official U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Friends group for the Norwalk Islands...

Jane Austen Summer Camp

Friday, Jul 26 7:00p

Inn At Middletown, Middletown

July 26 – 28, 2013 The Connecticut Chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America’s first Jane Austen Summer Camp retreat offers the chance to step back in time to the period of the British Re...

Afternoon Tea and Trolley Tour

Saturday, Jul 13 2:45p

Central Avenue Municipal Parking Lot, Peekskill

Take a one hour historic trolley tour around Peekskill, and learn the important role that this great city, on the banks of the beautiful Hudson River, played in helping to win the Revolutionary War...

Jamaican BBQ and Trolley Tour

Friday, Jul 19 5:45p

Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill

Douglas Brinkley Talk on John Burroughs and Wild America

Thursday, Jun 27 7:00p

Taylor Hall 203, Poughkeepsie

Award-winning author and historian Douglas Brinkley gives his first public talk on literary naturalist and Hudson Valley native John Burroughs...

Colonial Summer Camp at New Canaan Historical Society

Monday, Jul 15 9:15a

New Canaan Historical Society, New Canaan

Come to the New Canaan Historical Society’s 2013 Colonial Summer Camp. Experience what life was like during colonial times...

Sheldon’s Horse: George Washington’s Connecticut Cavalry

Tuesday, Jun 25 6:30p

Black Rock Branch Library, Bridgeport

Many people are unaware that one of General Washington’s four Congressional commissioned cavalry regiments was raised largely from Connecticut and operated extensively in Fairfield County and acros...

An American Girl's Historic Journey: Summer Camp 2013

Monday, Jul 15 9:00a

Trumbull Historical Society Museum, Trumbull

“An American Girls Historic Journey” Summer Camp – 2013 Join us to learn about and experience the lifestyles of four of their favorite dolls - Kaya (Native American); Felicity (Colonial era); Saman...

Henry Knox's Birthday

Saturday, Jul 27 7:00p

Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site, New Windsor

Saturday July 27 from 7 - 9 PM watch the officers and soldiers of the 2nd and 3rd Continental Artillery Regiments completing the preparations for the move to Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781...