May 14th, 6:30pm. Lecture: Founding Mothers As part of its American Revolution Program Series, Wethersfield Historical Society presents historian Dr. Amanda Goodheart Parks. Parks will deliver Founding Mothers, a lecture about women in Wethersfield and across the colonies who made significant contributions to the American Revolution. Despite Abigail Adams famously exhorting her husband and his […]
May 23rd, 10:00am. Ancient Burying Ground Tours Wethersfield Historical Society's volunteer research librarian Martha Smart returns with her popular 90-minute tours of the Ancient Burying Ground. Meet Martha at the red barn beside First Church’s parking lot. The tour features the final resting places of town notables buried in in the course of 300 years […]
June 2nd, 7:00pm. Lecture: The Catacomb of Loyalty; A Deep Dive into New-Gate's Role in the Revolution Wethersfield Historical Society presents The Catacomb of Loyalty: A Deep Dive into New-Gate’s Role in the Revolution, a lecture given by Morgan Bengel, curator and site administrator of Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine. This talk is part […]
July 21st, 7:00pm. Lecture: The French Alliance & The Road to Yorktown University of Maryland History Professor Dr. Richard Bell delivers The French Alliance & the Road to Yorktown as the next installment of Wethersfield Historical Society's American Revolution Program Series. Wethersfield resident Silas Deane played a crucial role in helping to establish the important […]
October 9th, 10th, and 11th. The 17th Annual Old Wethersfield Lantern Light Tours Join Wethersfield Historical Society for a special America250 Lantern Lights Tour! Participants will travel around Wethersfield as actors share stories about Wethersfield during the American Revolution. Tours depart from the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center (200 Main Street) every fifteen minutes between 6:30pm and 8:00pm. More […]
