"Remembering Seicheprey and the Boys from Connecticut's 102nd Infantry" Early in the morning of 20 April 1918, 3,000 German storm troopers attacked the town of Seicheprey, engaging soldiers of the 102nd Regiment in the first major military action undertaken by American troops in World War I. 81 Connecticut soldiers were Killed in Action as the 102nd […]
On September 19, 2019, 12:00-12:45, join State Coordinator, Rebecca Taber-Conover, as she leads a panel discussion with longtime teacher Jennifer Hunt, contest judge Allen Ramsey, and Margo Pedersen, a high school student who placed first at the 2019 National Contest in Senior Papers. Learn how Connecticut History Day impacts students throughout the state and how […]
Hartford, CT- Award-winning author Jennifer Smith Turner will discuss her latest novel Child Bride on Thursday, February 25, at 6:30 p.m. during a virtual author talk,presented by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association-Connecticut Affiliate (BCALA-CT) and the Connecticut State Library.
During this Zoom presentation, CDNP Project Coordinator, Nicole Besseghir will give an overview of the CDNP and where to find these historic newspapers on Chronicling America. Linda Hocking, archivist at the Litchfield Historical Society, will highlight examples of the types of research the paper helps inform, discuss their role in the town, and showcase the various articles, advertisements, and social news now available online. Peter Vermilyea, teacher at Housatonic Valley Regional High School and author of numerous books about Litchfield County, will discuss how he utilizes local newspapers in his teaching and research. He will highlight ProjeCT29, a student project to share stories of Northwest Connecticut’s African American Civil War Soldiers
Join Us For A Special International Third Thursday Lunchtime Lecture! Join us on Zoom or Facebook Live to hear about how this team of high school students, chaperones, and historians from Connecticut and France worked side by side to restore trenches once occupied by the 26th "Yankee" Division. You'll hear firsthand from the students about […]
Come join us on Monday, August 30, 2021 for a two hour free walking history tour of Hartford, Connecticut. We will travel back in time to explore some of the city’s most historic places. The tour group will meet at the Old State House and proceed to Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground, Bushnell Park […]
Adrienne Billings-Smith will discuss the journey researchers who are interested in discovering Black Heritage can follow using the many resources found at the Connecticut State Library. Adrienne is a local attorney and Town Councilor in West Hartford, Connecticut. She also founded Concerned Parents of Color of West Hartford (CPCWH) in 2020 to advocate for change […]
William Fothergill, MA, MSW, CPC, LPC Ebenezer D. Bassett was the first African American appointed to the position of ambassador by the United States government. However little is known about his personal life. The narratives written about him have not examined his life through an Afrocentric worldview and African perspective. On October 20, 2022, […]
Join Patrick Smith, Curator of the Museum of Connecticut History at the Connecticut State Library, on October 21, 2022, at 10:00 AM on a not so spooky hike through history at two historic cemeteries in East Windsor. We’ll discover stories in stone from this small Connecticut town that help us understand the early history of […]
The New London Black Heritage Trail was officially unveiled on October 8, 2021, the result of a year-long collaborative effort led by former New London City Councilman Curtis K. Goodwin, the New London Economic Development Coordinator Felix Reyes, and a research team from New London Landmarks, along with other supporters. The Trail, a self-guided tour complete with audio narrations and some video accessed via QR codes, includes16 sites, each marked with a bronze plaque featuring a facet of the history of New London’s Black community. Together they tell a three-centuries-long story of Black resilience, resistance, and achievement. The Trail owes its existence to two serendipitous incidents: the accidental discovery in 2018 of the Ichabod Pease story by New London historical researcher (and co-author of this article) Tom Schuch and encouragement from another New London historian, Nicole Thomas, to her friend Curtis K. Goodwin (the other co-author) to attend an upcoming local lecture about Mr. Pease in summer 2019