October 1st, 7:00pm - 8:00pm. Women of the Revolution with Zara Anishanslin LECTURE The Revolution wasn’t won by generals alone. In this companion lecture to the Webb Deane Stevens Museum’s exhibition Remember the Ladies: Women of the Revolution, Zara Anishanslin introduces us to the women who shaped the war for independence—from those who rallied communities […]
October 14th at 5:30pm. Wethersfield Trees with Brian Kenny Brian Kenny, Wethersfield’s own Tree Supervisor will survey the scope of our town’s remarkable collection of notable trees and how to find them in our Tree Database. He will also talk to the following with a Q & A at the end. At the Keeney Memorial […]
October 15, 6:00pm. From Variolation to Vaccination: The Transformation of Disease Prevention in the Early Republic (1796–c.1825) Forensic anthropologist Anna Dhody traces America’s dramatic shift from dangerous variolation to revolutionary vaccination, revealing a founding-era debate about trust, authority, and what it meant to be American that feels strikingly familiar today. * This lecture will be […]
