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March Third Thursday Program: Joanie DiMartino will discuss the National Votes for Women Trail

Connecticut State Library 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, United States

Connecticut project coordinator for the National Collaborative for Women's History Sites (NCWHS), Joanie DiMartino, will discuss the National Votes for Women Trail (NVWT), on Thursday, March 17, 2022, from 12:00 PM -1:00 PM.  The NCWHS created the NVWT online database project to document the suffrage campaign in every part of the United States. This virtual repository […]

Social Studies Consultant Steve Armstrong will be the Third Thursday speaker on April 21, 2022, from 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM.

Connecticut State Library 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, United States

    Steve Armstrong, Social Studies Consultant at the Connecticut State Board of Education, will discuss how educators are implementing Connecticut’s new African American/Black and Puerto Rican/Latino course of studies high school curriculum on April 21, 2022, from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM.  Connecticut is the first state in the nation to require that all […]

The Adoption of the Connecticut Constitution of 1818 and its relevance today with Wesley Horton

Connecticut State Library 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, United States

The year 1818 was an important year in the state of Connecticut: it was the year in which we adopted a state constitution. Although the Connecticut Constitution has been amended many times in the past 200 years, its basic protections remain largely unchanged. On September 15 from 12-1 p.m., Wesley W. Horton, Counsel to McElroy, […]

October Third Thursday Program, An Afrocentric Prospective: The Making of the First Black U.S. Diplomat Through a Cultural Lens of Blackness

Connecticut State Library 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, United States

  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, […]

Hiking Through History Tour of two historic cemeteries in East Windsor

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 […]

February Third Thursday Event: The History of the New London Black Heritage Trail, Lonnie Braxton, Laura Natusch, Tom Schuch, Nicole Thomas,

Connecticut State Library 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, United States

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

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April Third Thursday Event, PT Barnum’s 1845 letters written from Europe

PT Barnum's 1845 letters written from Europe On April 20, 2023, from 12-1 p.m., Barnum Museum Curator Adrienne Saint-Pierre will talk about one of the museum's long-hidden treasures, a 750-page copybook of P. T. Barnum's letters, written while he was on his first tour in Europe to introduce his young  protégé, General Tom Thumb.  The letters, […]

Creating Library Programs for the LatinX Communities with Graciela Rivera, Thursday, September 21, 2023

Connecticut State Library 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, United States

    On Thursday, September 21, 2023, from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, Graciela Rivera will lead a discussion on Creating Programs for the Latinx communities and the role of public libraries in this new era. Graciela will share her own personal experiences with growing up and being connected to her local library, which happens to be […]

October Third Thursday Program: Connecticut Our Homeland Our History

In celebration of Archives Month 2023, we recognize that history is found not only in physical forms such as letters, diaries, and photographs, but also in oral traditions like storytelling.  Darlene Kascak (Schaghticoke) will lead a virtual discussion entitled “Connecticut, Our Homeland, Our History” on October 19, 2023, from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM. She will examine […]

November Third Thursday Event: The American Revolution as Seen Through the Eyes of a Cavalry Man with Salvatore Tarantino

Connecticut State Library 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, United States

On November 16, 2023, Revolutionary War reenactor, Salvatore Tarantino will lead a discussion on The American Revolution as Seen Through the Eyes of a Cavalry Man. Mr. Tarantino has been in the field of education since 1970. He has done over a thousand presentations on the American Revolution.

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