Monday, January 12, 2009
7:30 PM
C. H. Booth Library Meeting Room |
NEWTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY VIEWS HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Dan Cruson
With the invention of photography in 1839, the world entered a new era: no longer would an expensive brush artist be needed to record the family or its surroundings. While it took some time for photographic methods to become cheap enough to reach lower economic levels, it eventually became possible for virtually everyone to have a portrait taken, to send a picture of one’s home to distant relatives, and to record other images of one’s being and status.
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Monday, February 9, 2009
7:00 PM
(*Note unusually early start time)
C. H. Booth Library Meeting Room |
“They Call me Lizzie – The life of Mary Todd Lincoln’s Dresser and Confidant.”
By Elizabeth Keckly
Elizabeth Keckly is a name not often heard, but she played an important role throughout the Civil War in White House of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. This presentation is entitled "They Called Me Lizzy . . . From Slavery to the White House. Click here
for more.
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Monday, March 9, 2009
7:30 PM
Booth Library, Meeting Room
25 Main Street (Route 25) |
“Why
did I join the CCC, this old hard labor will be the death
of me,” runs the chorus of a 1930s blues folksong. On March
9, at 7.30PM, in the community room of the Booth Library,
25 Main Street (route 25), the Newtown Historical Society
will look at those who did join the Civilian Conservation
Corps, and what they did throughout Connecticut. The presentation,
History, Lore and Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Camps
in Connecticut, will be by Marty Podskoch.
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Monday, March 15, 2009
12:00 - 4:00pm
Matthew Curtiss House |
OPEN HOUSE AND LIVING HISTORY DEMONSTRATION
The Society's museum will be open featuring a presentation from Brian McCoy of Newtown. Dressed in full uniform as a Continental soldier and equipped with his gear and musket, Mr. McCoy will talk about a soldier's clothing, food and equipment, as well as what his life would have been like. Costumed docents will be available to answer questions and give guided tours of the house. Please watch The Newtown Bee for all the details.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Matthew Curtiss House |
OPEN HOUSE AND LIVING HISTORY DEMONSTRATION
The society will host an open house to which the public is invited to visit and tour the building. Our junior and senior docents will be
available to answer questions about the house and its history and will provide guided tours by request.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Reed Intermediate School
3 Trades Lane
Newtown, CT 06470 |
24th Annual Newtown Historical Society Antiques Show
This new venue is a beautiful new school with plenty of free parking and handicap accessibility.
This very popular Antiques Show is full of our favorite dealers and welcomes some exciting new dealers. Once again the Newtown Historical Society Antiques Show promises to live up to its reputation as a show that brings quality, yet affordable antiques from highly regarded dealers. With its diverse collection of dealers and merchandise, the show provides a wonderful opportunity for any collector.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
3:00pm
Reed Intermediate School
3 Trades Lane
Newtown, CT 06470 |
Annual Antique Show Raffle Drawing
Come join the fun and participate in the Historical Society’s
great 2009 Raffle.
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Monday April 13, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Community Room
of the Booth Library,
25 Main Street (Route 25) |
NEWTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY STOPS AT THE DINER
In those Good Old Days before fast food began to dominate
the landscape, there was perhaps no more iconic symbol of
American foodways than the roadside diner. The Newtown Historical
Society will stop for a bite of the icon in a presentation by Christopher Dobbs entitled
“Architecture and History of the American Diner from Wagon
Wheel to the 20th Century.” Click
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Saturday April 25, 2009
12:00 - 4:00 pm
The Meeting House |
ANTIQUE APPRAISAL DAY
The Society is pleased to offer the appraisal services of three members of our Board. Tucker Frey, a prominent antique dealer in Woodbury, CT with an expertise in early (17th - 19th century) decorative arts and paintings, Jack DeStories, Owner of Fairfield Auction, and Lincoln Sander, President of the Newtown Historical Society and Executive Director of The Antiques Dealers Association of America. There is a charge of $10 per item and photographs of large pieces will be accepted.
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Monday
May 11, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Community Room, Booth Library,
25 Main Street (Route 25) |
“Great Scott, Its Andrew Carnegie!”
by Richard Clark
They were called the Robber Barons, those men of the nineteenth and early twentieth century American industry, men of greed unfettered by conscience. Yet, the charitable legacies they left us are immense; the Newtown Historical Society will examine this paradox in the form of a re-enactment of the life of Andrew Carnegie, May 11, at 7.30PM, in the community room of the Booth Library, 25 Main Street (route 25) in Newtown. The presentation, entitled Great Scot! It’s Andrew Carnegie, will be performed by Richard Clark. Click here
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
12:00 - 4:00pm
Matthew Curtiss House |
OPEN HOUSE AND LIVING HISTORY DEMONSTRATION
The Society's museum will be open featuring a presentation from Reggie Delarm, of East Knoll Pottery. Setting up her potter's wheel in our backyard, Reggie will demonstrate the art of making hand-thrown yellow ware pottery using historically correct clays, glazes, designs and applications. Costumed docents will be available to answer questions and give guided tours of the house. Please watch The Newtown Bee for all the details.
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Monday,
June 8, 2009
7:30 pm
Community Room of the Booth Library
25 Main Street (Route 25)
Newtown |
NEWTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXAMINES HISTORY THROUGH ART
If the eyes are said to be the windows into a person’s soul,
surely a nation’s art must be windows into its character.
The Newtown Historical Society will look through the windows
of American art on June 8, 7.30PM, in the community room of
the Booth Library, 25 Main Street (route 25) in Newtown. The
program, entitled What You Can Learn About American History
from Visiting the New Britain Museum of American Art, will
be presented by museum docent Alma Kearns. Click
here for more. |
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Saturday,
June 13, 2009
12 pm - 4 pm
Matthew Curtis House
44 Main Street (Route 25) |
NEWTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOINS IN STATEWIDE OPEN HOUSE DAY AND LIVING HISTORY DEMONSTRATION
The Newtown Historical Society is pleased to once again join forces with the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism in promoting Open House Day across the state. Many museums and historical societies around the state will be open with free or reduced admission on Saturday, June 13, and many offer special programs as well. For more information about the statewide activities, visit www.ctvisit.com, or call 1-888-ctvisit. Click
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Saturday,
July 18, 2009
11am to 5pm |
NEWTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY HOUSE AND GARDEN TOUR
Come and explore a variety of exceptional Newtown houses and
gardens in our 14th Annual House and Garden Tour. In addition
to our other properties, the tour will include the 1731 home
of a noted Connecticut antiques dealer and also the unique
Newtown garden featured in the November 2008 issue of Horticulture
Magazine. The work of Newtown artists will be displayed in
a picturesque historic barn surrounded by gardens. Click
here for more. |
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Summer
History Camp 2009
July 20-24, 2009
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The fourth annual Summer History Camp will offer great hands-on activities and explore the life of a colonial child living in Newtown back in 1750. The cost is $150 per camper. A reservation may be made by sending a $25 non-refundable deposit to Gordon Williams at the Newtown Historical Society’s post office box. For more information please call Gordon at 426-6443.
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| Monday,
September 14, 2009 |
“Women of the
American Revolution” By Mike Asselta
Mike Asselta whom we enjoyed as Benjamin Franklin will
turn his considerable talents to "The Woman in the American
Revolution". Rich and poor, Patriot or Tory, women payed
a part in our coming of age war. Where and how they lived,
dressed, were educated and were courted and married will
all be covered in this lecture. In addiiton, the difference
between patrio and Tory women will be discussed as well
as some of the obstacles women encountered in their lives.
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Sunday,
September 20, 2009
12 to 3pm
Middle Gate School |
CHILDREN’S
DAY AT THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE
The Society is pleased to offer the Second Annual Children’s
Day, which will be held at the Little Red School House on
the grounds of Middle Gate School. Come learn what the life
of a child would have been like in the 18th Century and learn
to play some colonial games such as Graces, Trundling a Hoop
and Blindman’s Bluff. |
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Sunday,
October 18, 2009
12 to 4pm
Matthew Curtiss House |
NEWTOWN
OPEN HOUSE AND LIVING HISTORY DEMONSTRATION
The Society’s museum will be open featuring a presentation
of Fireboards made by Kirkman Jackson, of Westport. Kirkman
will explain the history of the fireboard and the process
involved in making them. Costumed docents will be available
to answer questions and give guided tours of the house.
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Tuesday,
October 20, 2009
7:30 pm
Community room of the Library
25 Main Street (Route 25)
Newtown |
“Freeman for
Fremont” By Richard Spencer (co-sponsored by the library)
The year is 1856.
The nation is in turmoil. Two men fight for the presidency
of the United States. One is "Old Buck", James Buchannan
and the other is "The Pathfinder", John C. Fremont. It was
quite an election. Through narration and song, Professor
R. E. Spencer will reveal to us the backbiting, mudslinging
and violence in the Senate in this unique election. The
C. H. Booth library will co-sponsor this event.
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for more.
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Monday,
November 9, 2009
7:30 pm
Community Room of the Library
25 Main Street (Route 25)
Newtown |
“Newtown Historical
Society Roars into the 20s” By Gordon Williams
Did the twenties
really roar? You bet they did! And the Newtown Historical
Society will roar along with them in its next program, Twenty-Two
Skidoo and All That!
Click here for more.
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Sunday,
November 22, 2009
12 to 4pm
Matthew Curtiss House |
NEWTOWN
OPEN HOUSE AND LIVING HISTORY DEMONSTRATION
The Society’s museum will be open featuring Open Hearth Cooking
by Bill Brett, of Newtown. Come see what it took to get a
hot meal on the table each day. Costumed docents will be available
to answer questions and give guided tours of the house.
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Sunday,
December 6, 2009
12 to 4pm
Matthew Curtiss House |
NEWTOWN’S
ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOUSE TOUR AND LIVING HISTORY DEMONSTRATION
The Newtown Historical Society is pleased to participate in
Newtown’s Annual Holiday House Tour. In addition, Rebecca
Arkenberg, a textile artist and art historian of Stratford,
will give a weaving demonstration on her portable loom and
tell the story of Silas Burton, an 18th Century Weaver. Costumed
docents will be available to answer questions and give guided
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