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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: A History of LGBTQ Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:Throughout its history\, Connecticut’s LGBTQ population has moved from leading hidden\, solitary lives to claiming visible\, powerful\, valuable\, and contributing places in society. Join us to explore the history of that experience: stories of oppression and resilience\, tragedy and triumph. \nThis virtual presentation is free and open to the public. \nClick here to register. When you do\, you’ll get an emailed receipt with an attached “ticket” — the Zoom link is in that ticket! \nQuestions? Contact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger via email at natalie_belanger@chs.org\, or call (860) 236-5621 x289.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-lgbtq-ct/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Short Attention Span Literary Club
DESCRIPTION:Once per month\, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in\, no commitment required! \nThis month\, we discuss “Bullet in the Brain\,” by Tobias Wolfe. You can find the story here. \nThe club meets online using Zoom. Click here to register. You’ll receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link. \nWe’re offering this program for free\, but if you would like to make a donation to support our public programming\, or learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger via email at natalie_belanger@chs.org\, or call (860) 236-5621 x289.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/saslc-68/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Club,online programming
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: The Southern New England Apprenticeship Program
DESCRIPTION:The Southern New England Apprenticeship Program in traditional arts\, or SNEAP\, supports traditional artists and culture bearers as they pass on their knowledge to apprentices within their communities\, which helps sustain important heritage practices. \nSNEAP has recently wrapped up their 25th cohort and applications are open for the 2023-2024 apprenticeship year! In this virtual talk\, join program manager\, Philitha Stemplys-Cowdrey\, and SNEAP alumni as they discuss the program and the importance of sustaining traditional arts. Potential applicants are encouraged to join the conversation to ask questions about the program and the application process. \nClick here to register for this program. You’ll receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Jennifer Busa at jennifer_busa@chs.org \nor or (860) 236-5621 x282 \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-sneap/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:CHAP,online programming
ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Mouth to Mouth - The Tooth Trade in Washington’s World
DESCRIPTION:In 1807\, dentist John Greenwood imported 4\,300 human teeth for 432 pieces of silver from a French Surgeon dentist. Greenwood constantly sought teeth to fill the increasing demand for dentures\, bridges\, and live tooth transplants\, including crafting several sets of dentures for George Washington. Greenwood was not alone in this need as eighteenth and early nineteenth-century dentists frequently advertised to purchase human teeth\, including Connecticut-based dentist Richard Skinner. Throughout the eighteenth century\, the discourses around teeth dramatically shifted as new systems of meanings developed as white\, straight\, and complete teeth became associated with virtue and American republicanism. \nIn this virtual presentation\, Lucy Smith\, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, will examine how this ideological shift fueled a tooth trade that traces the movement of early dentists throughout Connecticut\, across the ocean\, and at the intimate level of teeth moving from one mouth to another. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-mouth-to-mouth/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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SUMMARY:Short Attention Span Literary Club
DESCRIPTION:Once per month\, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in\, no commitment required! \nThis month’s story is “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive\,” by Stephen King. You can find the story here. \nThe club meets online using Zoom. Click here to register. You’ll receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link. \nWe’re offering this program for free\, but if you would like to make a donation to support our public programming\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at nbelanger@connecticutmuseum.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/saslc-81/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,online programming
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington
DESCRIPTION:Connecticut Senator George P. McLean helped establish lasting legal protections for birds\, overseeing passage of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act\, landmark environmental protection legislation that is still in effect today. \nPlease join us for a virtual presentation by Will McLean Greeley\, Senator McLean’s great-great nephew. Greeley’s new biography of Senator George P. McLean\, A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean\, Birdman of the Senate puts McLean’s victory for birds in the context of his distinguished forty-five-year career marked by many acts of reform during a time of widespread corruption and political instability. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \nTo purchase a copy of A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean\, Birdman of the Senate by Will McLean Greeley click here. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-a-connecticut-yankee/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Online Learning,online programming
ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Hannah Watson and Women Printers in Early America
DESCRIPTION:Women printers were never the majority within the early American print industry\, but their work could prove to be the critical component in keeping print businesses and newspapers alive. Such was the case of Hannah Bunce Watson\, widow of Connecticut Courant printer Ebenezer Watson\, whose determination and grit in the face of adversity laid the foundation for the paper to stay alive into the twenty-first century. \nJoin us as New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, C.C. Borzilleri\, addresses how printers like Hannah Watson engaged with their local communities\, including colonial and early state governments\, to build trusting relationships and sustain their businesses. \nThis virtual presentation is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-women-printers/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Online Learning,online programming
ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231101T130000
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SUMMARY:Short Attention Span Literary Club
DESCRIPTION:Once per month\, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in\, no commitment required! \nThis month’s story is “The Door” by E.B. White. You can find the story here. \nThe club meets online using Zoom. Click here to register. You’ll receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link. \nWe’re offering this program for free\, but if you would like to make a donation to support our public programming\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at nbelanger@connecticutmuseum.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/sascl-82/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,online programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T120000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - Darned\, Patched\, and Mended: Repairing Textiles in 18th Century America
DESCRIPTION:All things will one day break. In early America\, this rule also held true\, as material items regularly and repeatedly broke\, and required repair work for continued use and preservation. Textiles—perhaps the most ubiquitous\, valuable\, and fragile materials in early America—are no exception. But what can a darned stocking\, a patched pair of breeches\, or a mended foresail tell us about early America\, and why are textile repair practices worthy of notice? \nIn this virtual presentation\, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC) Fellow Emily Whitted will utilize examples from her research in the museum and archival collections at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History to investigate the history of textile repair in early America. By locating textile repair inside early American homes and workshops\, on the decks of ships\, and inside military camps\, she will explore mending as both a labor practice and a historical model for caring deeply\, whether through economic necessity or sentiment\, for the things around us. \nThis virtual presentation is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \n\nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nImage: Darned crewelwork fragment\, New England\, 1760. Wool on linen. Emily Whitted’s private collection.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-darned-patched-and-mended/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T120000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - Slavery’s Hinterlands: Rural New England in the Atlantic World
DESCRIPTION:At the end of the seventeenth century\, ships and sugar streamed between the Caribbean and New England. Though it would be a mistake to suggest that New England was a slave society on par with South Carolina\, Barbados\, or Virginia\, New England’s economy grew larger and more powerful\, not because of slavery’s distance or marginality\, but because of its centrality. This Atlantic slave economy made an imprint across the entire region. Rural New Englanders provided the draft animals and the foodstuffs that Caribbean plantations relied on. They sought out and consumed the rum and sugar those plantations produced. In towns like Lebanon and Groton\, the enslaved faced unique forms of racism and oppression\, which reflect the particularities of New England town life. \nThis virtual presentation by Isaac Lee\, a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, will explore this history and explain how rural New England sustained Atlantic slavery. \nThis virtual presentation is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nImage: “Spring on the Salmon River\,” an original painting by Maggie Arnold\, depicting Venture Smith’s homestead on Haddam Neck. The illustration is based on recent archaeological findings\, 2009.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-slaverys-hinterlands/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T140000
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SUMMARY:Short Attention Span Literary Club
DESCRIPTION:Once per month\, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in\, no commitment required! \nThis month’s story is “Passion” by Alice Munro. You can find the story here. \nThe club meets online using Zoom. Click here to register. You’ll receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link. \nWe’re offering this program for free\, but if you would like to make a donation to support our public programming\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at nbelanger@connecticutmuseum.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/saslc-83/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,online programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231219T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231219T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Remembering G. Fox & Co.
DESCRIPTION:For over a century\, G. Fox & Co. was a fixture in downtown Hartford. Over the years\, the department store established itself as a premiere shopping destination with a commitment to superior customer service. Join us for an overview of the history of the store and the story of Beatrice Fox Auerbach\, the pioneering businesswoman who led G. Fox & Co. through its golden age. \nThis VIRTUAL program is free! Click here to register. You’ll receive the Zoom link via email when you register. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-g-fox/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:G. Fox,online programming,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240109T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T220737
CREATED:20231101T140213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231101T140213Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Indigenous Unfreedom and Race Making in Early New England
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nIn this virtual presentation\, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, Dr. Joanne Jahnke-Wegner\, will examine how English enslavement of Indigenous peoples during the Pequot and King Philip’s Wars contributed to the racialization of Indigenous peoples in early New England. During the process of enslaving and dispossessing Indigenous peoples\, English colonists combined Atlantic world stereotypes of Indigenous peoples and their own colonial practices in Ireland with cultural\, theological\, military\, and economic discourses to racialize Indigenous peoples in order to justify colonial actions. English colonists created racialized habits of mind about Indigenous peoples that were used to justify continued Indigenous dispossession and marginalization in colonial New England. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the Speaker:  Dr. Joanne Jahnke-Wegner is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire\, where she teaches classes on early America\, women and gender\, and race and medicine. She received her PhD from the University of Minnesota and is currently at work on three articles and a book manuscript on captivity\, enslavement\, and race making in early New England. \nImage: Universal Images Group/Getty Images\, Washington Post\, December 20\, 2022
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-indigenous-unfreedom/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240221T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T220737
CREATED:20240102T164746Z
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SUMMARY:Ann Petry: Life and Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Born in Old Saybrook in 1908\, Ann Lane Petry shot to public notice in 1947 when her novel\, The Street\, hit the bestseller list. The first Black American woman to sell a million copies of a book\, she shunned fame while building a body of work that included novels\, short stories\, literary criticism\, and children’s books. Her work examined the ways that race\, class\, and gender affected the lives of Black women\, anticipating the critical framework known today as intersectionality.  In this free\, virtual discussion\, Dr. Deborah McDowell and Dr. Ravynn K. Stringfield will explore Petry’s work and legacy.  \nThis event is free! Click here to register. When you do\, you’ll receive the Zoom link in your email confirmation. Questions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at nbelanger@connecticutmuseum.org. \n  \n \n About Our Speakers:  \nDr. Deborah McDowell\, a scholar of African American/American literature\, is the Alice Griffin Professor of Literary Studies at the University of Virginia. Her publications include ‘The Changing Same’: Studies in Fiction by African-American Women\, Leaving Pipe Shop: Memories of Kin\, as well as numerous articles\, book chapters\, and scholarly editions. Extensively involved in editorial projects pertaining to the subject of African-American literature\, she founded the African-American Women Writers Series for Beacon Press and served as its editor from 1985-1993. This project oversaw the reissue of fourteen novels by African American women writers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She also served as a period editor for the Norton Anthology of African-American Literature\, now in its third edition; contributing editor to the D. C. Heath Anthology of American Literature\, and co-editor with Arnold Rampersad of Slavery and the Literary Imagination.   \nDr. Ravynn K. Stringfield is an author\, scholar\, and artist. She holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from William & Mary. Her research focuses on Black women and girls as creators and protagonists of new media narratives that are futuristic\, fantastic and/or digital in nature. Currently\, Dr. Stringfield is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the Rhetoric and Communication Studies Department at the University of Richmond.   
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/ann-petry-life-and-legacy/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming,Special Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240227T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240227T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T220737
CREATED:20231207T201506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240216T184728Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Discover Connecticut's Black Antebellum Communities
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nPre-Civil War Black communities provided free and enslaved people in Connecticut with spiritual\, economic\, social\, and personal opportunities that people used to build rich\, meaningful lives. Join us to learn about a recent project at the Connecticut Museum that aims to bring these lives into focus. The project draws on archival documents\, photos\, artifacts\, and community experts to highlight the experiences of Black communities in Norwich\, Bridgeport\, and Middletown. You’ll also learn how the project team reconstructed the lives of two individuals who lived in Hartford by combining known facts with some creative imagination. Learners of all types will discover something new through these engaging high school resources! \nThis virtual presentation is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-black-antebellum/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T220737
CREATED:20231101T134232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T190040Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: John Quincy Adams and the Amistad Affair
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nIn this virtual presentation\, historian Jeffrey A. Denman will discuss John Quincy Adams’ background and experiences in politics beginning with the administration of George Washington. This talk will include the Amistad affair as it pertains to Connecticut\, and John Quincy Adams’ arguments in front of the Supreme Court resulting in the freeing of the captives. Denman will also touch on the evolution of Adams’ thinking and his actions in Congress. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa\, via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the Speaker:  Historian Jeffrey A. Denman is the author of John Quincy Adams\, Reluctant Abolitionist. He is the co-author of Greene and Cornwallis: The Pivotal Struggle of the American Revolution\, 1780-1781.  His research focuses primarily on the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth centuries in American history.  Jeff is a graduate of the University of Maine and the University of Connecticut and is a retired teacher of American History and World Geography in the Brookline Public Schools\, Brookline\, Massachusetts. He has also written several articles dealing with various aspects of the American Revolution\, the Civil War\, and World War II in various historical publications. \nTo purchase Jeffrey’s new book\, John Quincy Adams\, Reluctant Abolitionist\, click here. \nImage: A daguerreotype of John Quincy Adams created in March 1843 when he visited the studio of Philip Haas in Washington\, DC.  Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery\, Smithsonian Institution.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-jqa/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T130000
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SUMMARY:Short Attention Span Literary Club
DESCRIPTION:Once per month\, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in\, no commitment required! \nThis month’s story is “I Stand Here Ironing\,” by Tillie Olson. You can find the story here. \nThe club meets online using Zoom. Click here to register. You’ll receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link. \nWe’re offering this program for free\, but if you would like to make a donation to support our public programming\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at nbelanger@connecticutmuseum.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/saslc-87/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Club,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Justices of the Peace and the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nJustices of the peace ruled on colonial Americans’ smallest disputes: an overdue IOU\, a corn crop damaged by swine\, a stolen shirt\, a hurtful public accusation. Then the Revolutionary War came.  Amid the war\, as Americans sorted out their relationships to the “Glorious Cause\,” many of the judges of small causes kept their offices and continued to go about their business. \nThis virtual presentation by Hannah Farber is part of a book project on civil litigation in the early American republic\, will use surviving justices’ dockets to show how different types of magistrates–farmers\, ministers\, urban merchants\, and Patriot enforcers–handled the provision of justice to their neighbors amid Revolutionary disruption. Hannah recently conducted research at the Connecticut Museum for this project. \nThis virtual presentation is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the Speaker: Hannah Farber is an assistant professor of history at Columbia University. She is the author of Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding (Omohundro Institute/UNC Press\, 2021) and a series editor for American Beginnings: 1500-1900 at the University of Chicago Press. \nImage: Burn’s Abridgment\, or the American Justice (Dover\, New Hampshire\, 1792) \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-justices-of-the-peace/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T140000
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CREATED:20240206T201250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T201250Z
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SUMMARY:Short Attention Span Literary Club
DESCRIPTION:Once per month\, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in\, no commitment required! \nThis month’s story is “Shingles for the Lord\,” by William Faulkner. You can find the story here. \nThe club meets online using Zoom. Click here to register. You’ll receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link. \nWe’re offering this program for free\, but if you would like to make a donation to support our public programming\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at nbelanger@connecticutmuseum.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/saslc-88/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Club,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - The Forgotten Chinese Generations
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation! \nAAPI Heritage Month was established to recognize and honor the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history\, culture\, and achievements of the United States.  However\, the generations of Chinese who first arrived in this country in the 1850s\, who helped build the transcontinental railroads in the 1860s\, who fought in its wars\, and continuing through the 1960s\, were subjected to exclusion laws that denied them opportunities to achieve the “American Dream.” \nPresenter Irving Moy will trace the hardships the Chinese had to endure using the example of Moy Chack Fong\, his father.  Irving will discuss his father’s immigration story\, and the challenges he faced to achieve a better life for himself and his family under exclusion. \nThis virtual presentation is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the Speaker: Irving Moy is a first-generation Chinese American born in Bridgeport\, Connecticut\, where his parents owned and operated a Chinese hand laundry.  He is the first in his family to graduate from high school and college.  He retired as a manager with the CT Department of Public Health in healthcare regulation. Irving’s passion\, however\, is his reading and study of U.S. history\, especially\, of Abraham Lincoln\, and the Civil War Era.  In July 2008\, Governor M. Jodi Rell appointed him to serve as 1 of 15 members of the Connecticut Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.  He portrays Corporal Joseph Pierce\, a Chinese\, who enlisted in Company F\, 14th Regiment\, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry\, and fought in the Civil War\, at reenactments and living history events.  He is the author of An American Journey- My Father\, Lincoln\, Joseph Pierce\, and Me\, published in 2009\, the bicentennial year of Lincoln’s birth. \nImage: Objects from Wing Lee Laundry\, 1948-1960. 2023.14.1-.10\, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-the-forgotten-chinese-generations/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240605T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240605T140000
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SUMMARY:Short Attention Span Literary Club
DESCRIPTION:Once per month\, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in\, no commitment required! \nThis month’s story is “The Hospital Where” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. You can find the story here. \nThe club meets online using Zoom. Click here to register. You’ll receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link. \nWe’re offering this program for free\, but if you would like to make a donation to support our public programming\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at nbelanger@connecticutmuseum.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/saslc-89/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Club,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240611T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240611T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Lyman Eppes - Black Yankee and Adirondack Pioneer
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nAmy Godine’s new book\, The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier (Cornell\, Fall 2023)\, tells the story of a rich abolitionist’s bid to colonize the Adirondack wilderness in 1846 by donating 120\,000 acres to 3\,000 impoverished Black New Yorkers before the Civil War. Gerrit Smith’s land gifts aimed to ease Black access to the ballot in an age when landless Black New Yorkers were disenfranchised. Frederick Douglass and New York’s leading Black reformers promoted Smith’s proposal with zeal. \nWhat does this story have to do with Connecticut? \nJoin us for this virtual presentation\, as Amy Godine traces this Adirondack story back to two key players that have Connecticut roots: Lyman Eppes and John Brown. The militant abolitionist\, John Brown\, born in Torrington\, Connecticut\, was an advocate of Smith’s plan and moved his family to Timbuctoo\, a new Black enclave in the Adirondack woods in 1849. \nAmy Godine will also introduce us to one of Smith’s grantees\, Lyman Eppes\, who was born in Colchester\, Connecticut. Eppes migrated to the Adirondacks with his family in 1849 and became Brown’s close friend and confidante. In his new home\, North Elba\, Eppes co-founded two churches\, a singing school\, and his town’s first library. The Eppes family’s tenure in the region spanned almost a century. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the Speaker: Publishers Weekly called Amy Godine’s The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier (Cornell\, 2023)\, an “eye-opening…vital contribution to African American history.” From Saratoga Springs\, New York\, Amy Godine has been publishing articles and essays about Adirondack Black\, ethnic\, migratory\, and labor history\, since 1989. \nTo purchase Amy Godine’s The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier\, click here. Input discount promo code 09FLYER at check out for 30% off list price. \nTICKETS\nThis virtual event is free! Click the button below to register. \nGET TICKETS
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lyman-eppes/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Black History,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T220737
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - “Anomalous Characters”: The Children of the Loyalists
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nDuring the American Revolution\, wartime loyalties and civilian violence prompted tens of thousands of former colonists to abandon their homes and relocate as refugees to other parts of the British Empire. To cite one\, contemporary refrain\, “The Tories with their brats and wives/Have fled to save their wretched lives.” As the guns quieted and the smoke cleared\, the bitter complaints of the unhappy absentees prolonged the settlement of revolutionary disputes for decades to come. \nWhat would become of the loyalists? Contradictory judicial rulings between Britain and the United States in the aftermath of independence meant adolescent participants in the loyalist exodus retained legal rights to membership within both polities. It was an accident of unsettled disagreements\, and an uneasy affront to the long-standing political ideologies which presumed total allegiance to a single national character\, and no others. Federal directions were slow to respond. Private citizens more often determined what was possible. \nIn this virtual presentation\, Shea Hendry\, a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, will discuss this complex period and explore how individuals like William Birdseye Peters and Prudence Punderson\, both children of prominent Connecticut loyalists\, help to reveal the boundaries of the new national divide and its surprising pliancy among the many people who did not yet feel different. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Get tickets to receive the Zoom link. \nQuestions? Contact Jen Busa\, Public Programs Coordinator at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the Speaker: Shea Hendry is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. Her research is focused on the children of loyalist exiles in the “Age of Revolution\,” though she is broadly interested in refugee communities\, national identity\, and transnational exchange. She previously completed her MS in Library Science\, with a concentration in Archive Management\, and her MA in History at Simmons University in Boston\, Massachusetts. \nget free tickets\n  \nImage: Payment ordered by Secretary George Wyllys for confiscated estate\, Connecticut Comptroller’s Office papers\, 1771-1885. Ms 68809\, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History. \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-children-of-the-loyalists/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T220737
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - Bound Out: The Spiritual Lives of Freeborn Black Domestic Servants
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nBefore she made history in 1831 as the first United States-born woman of any race to publicly address a mixed audience of men and women\, Maria Wellington Miller Stewart was orphaned and served a term of indenture in a clergyman’s household. The freeborn mixed-race woman of African descent explained that although she “had the seeds of piety and virtue . . . sown in [her] mind\, her “soul thirsted for knowledge.” \nIn this virtual presentation\, Jaimie Crumley\, a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, will discuss how what historians have described as the fragility of freedom was made evident through the indenture system in early nineteenth-century Connecticut. For freeborn Black children like Maria Wellington Miller Stewart\, indenture offered a far better life than chattel slavery. Nevertheless\, it normalized subservience to white people and prevented them from attaining an education. This presentation discusses how her childhood as a domestic servant in a clergyman’s household might have influenced Stewart’s later political thought. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Get tickets to receive the Zoom link. \nQuestions? Contact Jen Busa\, Public Programs Coordinator at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the speaker: Jaimie D. Crumley is an Assistant Professor in the Divisions of Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City\, Utah. She is currently working on a book project called We Will Live: Black Christian Feminists in the Age of Revolutions. We Will Live is about Christian women of African descent’s contributions to the abolitionist movement in New England from 1770 until 1870. \nGet free tickets\n  \nImage: Yerrinton\, James Brown\, and William Lloyd Garrison. “The Liberator.” Newspaper. Boston\, Mass.: William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp\, Volume 3\, Number 8\, February 3\, 1833\, page 31. Digital Commonwealth\, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/mc87rp03x (accessed April 24\, 2024).
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-spiritual-lives/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T220737
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - Authors and Entrepreneurs: Black Self-Publishers in New England
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nBryan Sinche\, Professor of English and department chair at the University of Hartford\, is the author of the new book Published by the Author: Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature. The book focuses on 19th century writers who used self-publication to bypass white gatekeepers and editors and share unique stories that address the social\, political\, and economic realities of Black life in the United States. \nJoin us for a virtual presentation\, as Bryan discusses how self-publishers created and sold their books and highlights the stories of two New England self-publishers\, including Hartford’s own James Mars. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the Speaker:  Bryan Sinche is Professor of English and department chair at the University of Hartford. To purchase Bryan’s new book\, Published by the Author: Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature\, click here. \nCredit: James Mars\, Winsted\, photographed by Thomas M. V. Doughty\, ca 1870. 1993.6.0\, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection. \nTICKETS\nThis virtual event is free! Click the button below to register. \nGET FREE TICKETS
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-black-self-publishers/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Black History,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T220737
CREATED:20240916T163534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T163534Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - The Connecticut Yankee Occupation of St. Augustine\, FL\, 1862-1865
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nFrom 1862-1865 the 7th\, 10th\, and 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry regiments occupied the “Ancient City” of St. Augustine\, Florida during the American Civil War. Their experiences with African Americans changed throughout the course of the war\, as government policy turned from a conciliatory approach to more stern measures. During this time\, Connecticut soldiers contended with the boredom of occupation duty\, the problem of feeding and sheltering African American refugees\, and the constant threat of guerrilla violence in the surrounding countryside. \nIn this virtual presentation\, Dr. Eric Paul Totten\, a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, will discuss the eclectic experiences of the Connecticut Yankees in and around the Ancient City during the American Civil War.  Dr. Totten’s presentation will highlight a few interesting finds from the Connecticut Museum collection. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Get tickets to receive the Zoom link. Questions? Contact Public Programs Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the Speaker:  Dr. Eric Paul Totten completed his Ph. D. in 2020 at the University of Arkansas where he is currently an Instructor in the Department of History. He is the author of[] [/] “Civil-Military Communities in Conflict: The 1862 Occupation of St. Augustine\, Florida\, and the Politics of Emancipation\,” in G. David Schieffler and Matthew Smith eds. Hundreds of Little Wars: Community\, Conflict\, and the Real Civil War which will be published by LSU Press in 2025. \nImage: Joseph Roswell Hawley\, 1861-1865\, carte-de-visite by Prescott & Gage. 1910.5.1\, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection. \nTICKETS\nThis virtual event is free! Click the button below to register. \nget free tickets
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-connecticut-yankee-occupation/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Black History,Lunch and Learn,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T220737
CREATED:20241017T153703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T205236Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - The Civilian Conservation Corps in Connecticut\, 1933–42
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nAs a flagship program of the New Deal\, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was one of several federal agencies that turned to the natural and built environment to promote sociocultural homogenization between the First and Second World Wars. \nIn this virtual presentation\, Dr. James Fortuna will investigate the CCC’s role as an agent of national transformation and considers the links between the New Deal’s treatment of the American landscape and its promotion of a new\, more pluralistic national identity.  Dr. Fortuna will also highlight some of his findings within the special collections of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History throughout his time in residence as a 2024 NERFC fellow. \nIn assessing a few specific case studies from around the Nutmeg State\, it will become clear that the Corps acted as a key vehicle of the unifying message that drove the New Deal and its many so-called ‘alphabet agencies’ from the depths of economic depression to a state of preparedness as the country headed toward global war. Accordingly\, this talk considers the Corps’ role in the New Deal’s construction of popular historical consciousness and draws attention to the frequent interactions between a diverse range of urban-born enrollees and rural populations before concluding with a timely discussion of the legacy and ultimate fate of these structures. How\, if at all\, should they be preserved? Whose responsibility is it to decide? What value might they hold in the twenty-first century United States? \nIn previous publications\, Dr. Fortuna has argued that this agency played a more significant socio-cultural role than many historians have realized. His current book project\, tentatively entitled The Civilian Conservation Corps in New England\, 1933–42\, will expand on this idea by tracing the Corps’ impact on everyday Americans from Mystic to Maine. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Get tickets to receive the Zoom link.  Questions? Contact Public Programs Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the Speaker:  Dr. James Fortuna teaches American history at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He is a historian of the American experience with an interest in transatlantic and transpacific people\, places\, and spaces. His research focuses primarily on the twentieth century and is situated at the intersection of cultural and diplomatic history. \nImage: A young man’s opportunity for work\, play\, study & health / Bender; made by Illinois WPA Art Project\, Chicago. United States\, 1941. [Chicago: Illinois WPA Art Project] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/92513367/. \nTICKETS\nThis virtual event is free! Click the button below to register. \nGET FREE TICKETS
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-the-civilian-conservation-corps/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T220737
CREATED:20250106T143351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T143351Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - Connecticut’s Local Leaders: Creating the State and Economy in the Early Republic
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nLocal leaders have long been studied as managers of daily affairs in their communities\, yet this presentation offers a narrative in which they attain national significance. In this virtual talk\, Elliot Warren illustrates how local magistrates in the 1780s and 1790s influenced the development of political economy—how the state interacts with markets—because of their role in overseeing local economies. As authorities acting in relative isolation from state and federal authorities\, local leaders had ample leeway to shape economic development in the early republic’s most valuable cities and towns. \nElliot’s talk will focus on how local leaders in Connecticut were integral to the development of an ‘American’ political economy. Through the lens of four distinct themes—security\, money\, representation\, and commerce—the talk will highlight the role Connecticut’s local leaders played on a grand scale. The 1780s and 1790s were times of great crisis\, from money scarcity to economic depression and the threat of invasion\, yet the state and federal governments were unable to face these challenges alone. Local leaders were essential participants in the defense of the nation from without and within. Working to protect and promote their communities\, leaders of Connecticut’s towns and cities contributed to the growth of a strong central state\, forever changing the way the American state interacts with the economy. \nElliot Warren\, a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, conducted research at the Connecticut Museum in the fall of 2024. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Get tickets to receive the Zoom link. Questions? Contact Jen Busa\, Public Programs Coordinator at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the speaker:  Elliot Warren is a PhD candidate at the College of William & Mary and the recipient of a short-term fellowship from the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium. His dissertation\, from which this talk is adapted\, compares local governments in southern New England and Virginia to better understand the role local leaders played in the creation of the American state. Elliot is originally from New Jersey and received his BA from the George Washington University in 2018 and his MA from William & Mary in 2019. His work has been supported by the Library Company\, the Massachusetts Historical Society\, the Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry\, and the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims. \nImage: Re-enactment of First Town Meeting in Meriden\, 1906. Photograph. 1980.80.16\, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History. \nTICKETS\nThis virtual event is free! Click the button below to register. \nget free tickets
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-connecticuts-local-leaders/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - 'One Tory and One Scalp': Violence on the American Revolution's Northern Front
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nIn 1777\, during the American Revolutionary War\, Jane McCrea was killed by Native allies of the British. She was quickly elevated by the Patriot press as an American martyr\, making her the most famous civilian casualty of the war. Yet examining the surrounding events in primary sources\, including those in the collection of Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, reveals a complex history that stretched back long before\, to warfare among the Haudenosaunee\, Wabanaki\, British\, and French. \nJoin us for a virtual presentation in which Dr. Blake Grindon\, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, will discuss her recent research findings. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Click ‘Get Tickets’ below to receive the Zoom link. Questions? Contact Jen Busa\, Public Programs Coordinator at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Blake Grindon is at work on a book about the death of Jane McCrea. She received her PhD from Princeton University and is currently the Patrick Henry Postdoctoral Fellow in the History Department at Johns Hopkins University and NERFC fellow for 2024-25. Her work has appeared in the William and Mary Quarterly and has received support from the Clements Library\, the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society\, the Winterthur Museum\, the John Carter Brown Library\, and the Omohundro Institute. \nImage: Dr. Blake Grindon \nTICKETS\nThis virtual event is free! Click the button below to register. \nGET FREE TICKETS
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-violence-on-the-american-revolutions-northern-front/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - The Precious Birthright: Black Leaders and the Fight to Vote in Antebellum Rhode Island
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual presentation as historian CJ Martin discusses his new book\, The Precious Birthright: Black Leaders and the Fight to Vote in Antebellum Rhode Island\, published by the University of Massachusetts Press. \nIn 1842\, Black Rhode Islanders secured a stunning victory rarely seen in antebellum America – they won the right to vote. Amid heightened public discourse around shifting ideas of race\, citizenship\, and political rights\, they methodically deconstructed the arguments against their enfranchisement and chose the perfect moments in which to act forcefully. At the head of this movement was a cohort of prominent business and community members that formed an early example of a Black leadership class in the US\, including voting rights activist Alfred Niger\, who was born in Old Saybrook\, Connecticut. \nCJ Martin argues that Black leaders employed a unique combination of agitation and accommodation to ensure the success of this movement. By focusing on Black leadership\, Martin relates this history through the people who lived it\, and by investigating their tactics\, he deepens the story of how race played a crucial role in American citizenship. The Precious Birthright provides new insight into the larger story of Black freedom. Martin will also put this win into perspective with what was happening in Connecticut at this time. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Register below to get the Zoom link. \nREGISTER\nAbout the Speaker: CJ Martin is a historian who focuses on Black history\, with a focus on the abolitionist movement and the politics of anti-slavery. He received his PhD at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is a faculty member at the College of the Holy Cross. His work has appeared in journals such as Rhode Island History and Commonplace. \nTo purchase a copy of CJ Martin’s book\, The Precious Birthright: Black Leaders and the fight to vote in Antebellum Rhode Island\, please click here. Use code UMASS20 for 20% off.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-the-precious-birthright/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:online programming,Special Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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