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 the impact this groundbreaking experi...
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Third Thursday
CT State Historian Walter Woodward will give a talk on one of Connecticut’s most popular governors, Governor John Dempsey at the State Library
(Hartford, CT) In celebration of American Archives Month, Connecticut State Historian Walter Woodward will lead a discussion on one of Connecticut's most popular governors , Governor John Dempsey on October 20, 2016, from 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m., at the Connecticut State Library. Walter Woodward's talk is based on his research at the State Library, in preparation for the cent...
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Members of the Vintage Dance Society will perform Popular Dances from the World War I Era, at the State Library’s Third Thursdays Program
Marc Casslar and Martha Griffin, members of the Vintage Dance Society of CT’s performance arm ‘Polite Society, will discuss and recreate some of the most popular dances from the World War I era on June 16, from 12:00 pm-12:30 pm, at the Connecticut State Library. The duo will be performing the Ragtime dances like the Tango, Waltz, Hesitation, Blues, Foxtrot and Castle Walk. The...
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Whitney Battle-Baptiste Third Thursday Video Stream
Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Center Whitney Battle-Baptiste, discussed W.E.B, Du Bois’s connection to Hartford, CT February 18, 2016.William Edward Burghardt “W. E. B.” Du Bois was a leading African-American sociologist, writer, and activist. He was also a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and editor of its magazine. D...
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