Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen in Southern New England with Dr. Nick Bellantoni Former State Archaeologist Nick Bellantoni will join us to discuss his new book, entitled Hiking Ruins in Southern New England, a guide to 40 little known archaeological sites in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Many people have no idea that there are archaeological sites […]
The Energy of Falling Water – Connecticut’s Early Mills Water-powered mills brought civilization to Connecticut as early as 1650. In the early days, every small Connecticut village had to depend upon itself for almost every necessity. There was no electricity, steam power had not been invented and water-powered mills were the answer. Communities often started […]
In the Watches of the Night: Life in the Nocturnal City, 1820-1930. Presenter - Professor Peter C. Baldwin, Department of History, University of Connecticut Before skyscrapers and streetlights glowed at all hours, American cities fell into inky blackness with each setting of the sun. But over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, […]
The Civil War was fought by citizen armies that often had their own, very un-military, ways of fighting. One thing they did was to bring or adopt animals of many kinds. This talk will focus on those much-loved unit mascots. The idea of using animals to represent military units throughout history will be discussed, as […]