History
Old Ti and the Old Center Cemetery
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The Suffield Historical Society will meet on Tuesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Second Baptist Church’s Common Room.
History
Slave Dwelling Project Founder Returns
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In the summer of 2021, Joseph McGill facilitated two important dialogues at the Phelps-Hatheway House and Garden.
Organizations
Enslaved Colonials Aided Underground Railroad
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The Suffield Historical Society (SHS) will meet Tuesday, April 18 at 7 p.m. The SHS meetings now take place at the Second Baptist Church in the Common Room, and residents should park in the rear of the sanctuary. Then they can enter the center door from the parking lot, turn left into Fellowship Hall, cross to the opposite corner, up the stairs one flight, then straight ahead.
Organizations
Tamer’s Witness Stone to be Installed
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Did you know that U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced last April a resolution “to honor the life and legacy of Venture Smith (1729-1805)?
History
Public History Partners
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The Sibbil Dwight Kent Chapter (Suffield and Windsor Locks) of The Daughters of The American Revolution (DAR) and the Suffield Historical Society will partner to install a Witness Stone Memorial for Titus Kent.
Library
History Program with a Distinguished Native American Scholar
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Oliver Phelps’s residency at Phelps-Hatheway had local and national ramifications. Hear more during a hybrid program starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 9 at the Kent Memorial Library or on Zoom.
History
Sharing New Public History
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The public is invited to a hybrid meeting on Tuesday, April 19 at 7 p.m. in the Suffield Senior Center, 145 Bridge Street, when American Studies students from Suffield Academy will present their discoveries about their public history projects regarding Oliver Phelps and Titus Kent, at a meeting of the Suffield Historical Society.
History
Slave Dwelling Project
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Joseph McGill, founder of the nationally renowned Slave Dwelling Project, will visit and provide two programs at the Phelps-Hatheway House on Saturday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., and Sunday June 13 at 1.p.m.-2:30 p.m.
History
Witness Stone to be Installed during Juneteenth
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The Suffield Historical Society’s (SHS) online class will ceremoniously install a Witness Stone memorial for Tamer (1770-1829) on June 19 at 10:00 a.m.
Organizations
SHS Meeting: Remarkable Discoveries
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The Suffield Historical Society’s April 13 meeting will be devoted to updating our community on intriguing developments regarding the research and installation of two Witness Stones Memorials. The meeting is open to the public, and newcomers are most welcomed.