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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 […]
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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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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, […] |
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Celebrate the first day of spring at the Fairfield Museum! Drop in to assemble your own bookmark using pressed flowers (while supplies last). $5 per craft. |
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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 […] |
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Join us for a special genealogy research session hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Explore your family’s past, uncover ancestral connections to the American Revolution, and learn how to document your lineage with expert guidance. Whether you’re beginning your journey or expanding your research, this session offers hands-on support and valuable resources to […] |
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Join us to discover the contributions of soldiers of color (Native, African, and African American) who spent the winter of 1778-79 in the three encampments at the Redding Encampment – now Putnam Memorial State Park – or on duty nearby. Join Dr. Katherine Hermes, publisher and executive director of Connecticut Explored magazine and professor emerita […] |
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In colonial Connecticut, taverns served people and horses, offering a place to rest at night while traveling long distances. Explore the Fairfield Museum and drop in to create your own horse puppet using paper. Free. |
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