On View April 5th through April 18th, WHS presents Birds and Desserts Redux at the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, 200 Main Street, Wethersfield Wethersfield Historical Society presents the collaborative artwork of Don Carter (Edgar Allen Slothman) and Dora Dylanne Reyes in the Watson Gallery of the Wethersfield Museum. Birds & Desserts is a popular reimagining […]
April 11th, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm WHS presents The 18th Annual Taste of Wethersfield *Patron Hour 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, 200 Main Street, Wethersfield The Taste of Wethersfield returns to the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center for the eighteenth time. Once again, the Keeney Center comes alive with the flavors […]
April 24th, 7:00pm. Lecture: Captain Moses Tryon: Local Hero in a Global Conflict Wethersfield Historical Society presents Joseph Morneault, former director of historical music at the USS Constitution Museum, as part of its American Revolution Program Series. Morneault is the author of an upcoming biography on Wethersfield resident Moses Tryon. Learn all about Tryon's contributions […]
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 […]
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 […]
