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SUMMARY:2026 Spring Speaker Series | The Loyalist Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Imagine quickly packing belongings\, young children in tow\, and fleeing your home—uncertain if you would ever return. MaryKate Smolenski\, PhD candidate in American Studies at Boston University\, will dive into the female loyalist experience including Mary Bowes Sayre and Miriam Treadwell Rideout of Fairfield and explore the aftermath of loyalism\, tracing the lives of Loyalist women during and after the Revolutionary War. Discover how and why loyalism to the British Crown was often edited out of the picture by later generations. \n  \nAbout the Speaker \nMaryKate Smolenski is a PhD candidate in American Studies at Boston University. She studies the memory of the American Revolution through print and material culture\, and is particularly interested in how descendants of Revolutionary-era loyalists remember their ancestors. Smolenski has previously worked with several museums and historical societies\, including the Newport Historical Society\, History Cambridge\, and the GWU Museum and Textile Museum. Prior to starting her PhD\, she completed a two-year fellowship at the Preservation Society of Newport County where she re-interpreted an eighteenth-century historic house museum\, Hunter House. \n  \n\nAbout the 2026 Spring Speaker Series – Perspectives on Revolution \nAs the United States marks 250 years\, join the Fairfield Museum for a special series that rediscovers the American Revolution through bold new perspectives. The series explores the era not as a single\, unified story—but as a complex\, contested\, and transformative moment seen through many eyes. Renowned historians and authors will share new discoveries and spark conversation about how the Revolution continues to shape American identity\, ideals\, and contradictions today. \n  \nAdditional Lectures in the Series: \nFebruary 8 | Remember Liss: A New American Founding Figure \nApril 26 | Battle of Ridgefield: Benedict Arnold\, the Patriot Militia and the Surprising 1777 Battle that Galvanized Revolutionary Connecticut | Keith Marshall Jones III \n  \nRegistration is required. $15 for Members; $20 for Non-Members; $45 for the series for Members; $55 for Non-Members. \n  \n\nTicketing Policy \n\nNo refunds will be given unless the program is cancelled by the Fairfield Museum.\nWe do not pro-rate fees for missed days of the series.\n\n 
URL:https://www.fairfieldhistory.org/event/2026-spring-speaker-series-the-loyalist-legacy/
LOCATION:Fairfield Museum\, 370 Beach Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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SUMMARY:History Bites | Send On My Compass and Chain: Surveying Connecticut’s Western Reserve
DESCRIPTION:Surveying parties were among the first new arrivals to set foot in the Western Reserve\, a territory in the northeast of present-day Ohio that was claimed by Connecticut in the years after the Revolutionary War. Tasked with measuring the land and dividing it into townships\, the surveyors created some of the earliest descriptions of the Reserve\, its landscape\, and the region’s Indigenous inhabitants. In this talk\, Alex Dubois examines the process of surveying “New Connecticut” and the successes\, challenges\, and tragedies experienced by surveying parties. Specific focus is given to surviving surveyor journals. \n$5 suggested donation. Snacks and refreshments provided. \n  \nAbout the Speaker \nAlex Dubois is an exhibit developer at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History. He was previously the curator at the Litchfield Historical Society\, where he curated the exhibition\, To Come to a Land of Milk and Honey: Litchfield and the Connecticut Western Reserve\, a major two-year show examining the Reserve’s lasting legacy and the experiences of the men\, women\, and children affected by westward migration. The exhibition received an Award of Merit from the Connecticut League of Museums in 2024. Dubois has a BA in European History from Stonehill College and a MA in History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program. \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.fairfieldhistory.org/event/history-bites-western-reserve-surveying/
LOCATION:Fairfield Museum\, 370 Beach Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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SUMMARY:Research Your House Drop-In Session
DESCRIPTION:Curious about the history behind your house in Fairfield or the surrounding area? Drop by the Fairfield Museum’s Research Library to learn how to research your house with our Librarian Ed Surato. Discover the wide variety of materials available at our library\, including photographs\, maps\, manuscripts\, newspapers\, and land records. Feel free to also send your inquiry ahead of time to research@fairfieldhs.org. \n  \n$5 per adult; $3 per senior or student. \n  \nImage: Fairfield Ave.\, from Norman St.\, Bridgeport\, Conn. Fairfield Museum Postcard Collection.
URL:https://www.fairfieldhistory.org/event/research-your-house-drop-in-session-6/
LOCATION:Fairfield Museum\, 370 Beach Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Programs,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Special Talk: The Life & Death of a Bridgeport Brewery
DESCRIPTION:Drawing from the original\, hand-written notebooks of the Assistant Brewmaster at the Hartmann (later Home) Brewing Company\, follow the trials and tribulations of one of Bridgeport’s most fascinating breweries. Join authors Terry Foster and Jeff Browning\, Sr. from Brewport to discover how early 20th-century brewers learned and practiced their craft until the arrival of Prohibition\, when illicit brewing survived in the shadows. Now’s your chance to taste history in conjunction with our special exhibition Eat\, Drink & Start a Revolution! Fairfield’s Taverns. \nFree. \n  \nAbout the Speakers \nTerry was born and educated in London and holds a Ph.D. in Organic chemistry from London University; he moved to the US in 1977. He worked in several areas of research in the chemical industry\, finishing up as Global Technical Director for Mining Chemicals at Cytec Industries\, in Stamford\, CT\, which meant he travelled all over the world\, from Australia to Zambia. and points in between. He started brewing some sixty years ago and began writing about home and commercial brewing in various magazines in England and published his first book there. In the USA he gave many presentations on technical and practical aspects of brewing\, wrote for several magazines and initiated the Association of Brewers Classic Beer Styles Series with “Pale Ale” in 1990. Other books followed\, including several pieces for Oxford Companion to Beer. Recently he published Brewing Porters and Stouts\, and last year came two\, Brewing Barley Wines and along with Jeff Browning Sr. The Life and Death of a Bridgeport Brewery. Terry brewed for many years with Jeff  at Bru Rm@Bar and at Brewport where he used his research skills to re-create old beer styles. \n  \nJeff is a lifetime native of Connecticut and at 12 years old he developed a love of collecting breweriana and of brewing both of which pursuits he still follows enthusiastically. He has an extensive and unparalleled collection of breweriana and brewing materials both verbal and written. As a result he has deep knowledge of Connecticut brewing history and made invaluable contributions to our book The Life and Death of a Bridgeport Brewery. Jeff was responsible for obtaining the original material on Home Brewing Co. on which the book is based. He is\, of course a long-time professional brewery at now-defunct Elm City and Long Shore\, then turned around the brewing at BrüRm@BAR\, where he instituted and ran the ground-breaking Connecticut Real Ale Festival for many years. He has tutored many apprentices\, most notably the current brewer at BAR. As both a brewer and a partner he set up Brewport in Bridgeport and is still there as both General Manager and Brewmaster. He styles himself as an English Ale brewer but at Brewport he has brewed both lager and Cream Ale\, both revived from historical recipes. \n 
URL:https://www.fairfieldhistory.org/event/special-talk-the-life-death-of-a-bridgeport-brewery/
LOCATION:Fairfield Museum\, 370 Beach Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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SUMMARY:Votes for Women and the Unfinished Work of Independence
DESCRIPTION:Women’s demands for political voice did not begin in the nineteenth century\, nor did they end with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. From the Revolutionary era forward\, women challenged their exclusion from full citizenship and equal representation in government through protest\, political organizing\, and sustained advocacy. In this panel\, Professors McLaughlin and Marino examine how women across generations pressed for political voice\, tracing the figures\, strategies\, and ideologies that shaped the women’s movement from 1776 to 1920. Speakers also consider how race\, class\, and regional differences influenced the campaign and why the vote\, once secured\, did not guarantee equal participation in American democracy. \n  \nCo-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Fairfield. $5 suggested donation. \n  \nAbout the Speakers \nJennifer P. McLaughlin is the Executive Director of Student Advising and Success at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield\, CT as well as a member of the Sacred Heart history department. She teaches courses on the history of Early America\, the American Revolution\, African-American history\, American Environmental history\, and the British Empire. She earned her M.A. in American History and completed her doctoral coursework at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg\, Virginia. \n  \nKelly Marino is an Associate Professor of History and Coordinator of Women’s\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies at Sacred Heart University. Her research focuses on women’s rights\, education\, and social and political activism in modern America. She is the author of Votes for College Women (NYU Press 2024) and the forthcoming Daughters of Democracy (Cambridge University Press). \n 
URL:https://www.fairfieldhistory.org/event/votes-for-women-and-the-unfinished-work-of-independence/
LOCATION:Fairfield Museum\, 370 Beach Road\, Fairfield\, CT\, 06824\, United States
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