Calendar of Events

• Knit Nights: Social Knitting Group with Alexandra Herst

  Knit Nights: Social Knitting Group with Alexandra Herst

   

  Every other Tuesday

  Time: 7:00 p.m.

  Location: The Litchfield History Museum (7 South Street)

  FREE

  Registration not required

  Join us for a bi-weekly knitting & crafting social meetup at the Litchfield Historical Society, where you can meet other knitters, get your questions answered about tricky patterns, and expand your knowledge. No experience is necessary, just a desire to learn to knit! Bring a project to work on and enjoy the company of your fellow crafters. It's a great place to roundtable your ideas and workshop any hiccups you might be encountering in your project.
   
  Hosted by Alexandra Herst, a local knitting & crafting enthusiast, is a deep believer in the capability of anyone to master the complexities of knitting, she takes the approach of empowering beginners through education to further their skills and encourage their creativity!

   

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• The Forum of Litchfield County Lecture - 'All Honor to the Ladies': Litchfield County Women and the Civil War

  The Forum of Litchfield County Lecture - 'All Honor to the Ladies': Litchfield County Women and the Civil War

   

  Date: Thursday, April 4th

  Time: 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

  Location: Litchfield History Museum (7 South Street)

  Free for Forum or LHS Members | $10 for non-Members

  The coming of the Civil War posed unprecedented challenges for Northern society. The federal government had no experience and little authority to meet the logistical demands of sending armies to war. Consequently, much of this task fell to local communities. At the forefront of the efforts to support Connecticut soldiers were Ladies' Aid Societies. This talk will explore how these organizations provided for Union soldiers while also providing women with opportunities to exercise political agency and gain leadership and organizational experience that would prove instrumental in post-war reform movements.

  Peter Vermilyea teaches history at Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village. A graduate of Gettysburg College, he is the scholarship director at his alma mater's Civil War Institute. He is currently completing a book on Litchfield County and the coming of the Civil War.

  This program is held by The Forum of Litchfield County.

• Members Only Tour of LHS Collections Storage

  Members Only Tour of LHS Collections Storage

   

  Date: Thursday, April 4

  Time: 5:30 p.m.

  Location: The Tapping Reeve House and Litchfield Law School (82 South Street)

  FREE for LHS Members Only

  Registration Required - Space is Limited

  Members are invited for an exclusive tour of Litchfield Historical Society collections on Thursday, April 4 at 5:30 p.m. Meet us at the Tapping Reeve House and Litchfield Law School (82 South Street) for a behind the scenes tour with Curator Alex Dubois.
   
  Free for members! Space is limited! If space runs out, email skunic@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org to be notified of an additional date.

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• Virtual Lecture: Self-Determination Strategies of Free Black Communities in the Old Northwest with Jill Rowe

  Virtual Lecture: Self-Determination Strategies of Free Black Communities in the Old Northwest with Jill Rowe

   

  
  Date: Sunday, April 14th

  Time: 3:00 p.m.

  Location: Online via Zoom

  Cost: Free, donations accepted.

  Registration Required via Zoom

  For the final installment of the lecture series, Migration and Removal: Documenting the Historically Underrepresented Voices of Westward Expansion, the Litchfield Historical Society is excited to be hosting Jill Rowe for a virtual discussion on her book, Invisible in Plain Sight: Self-Determination Strategies of Free Blacks in the Old Northwest on Sunday, April 14th at 3:00 p.m. on Zoom.  
  
  Rowe’s talk focuses on the migration of free African Americans and racially mixed people from Virginia to Northwestern Ohio and analyze the role of structural constraints, relationships with Native American communities, contributions to Western Expansion initiatives, governmental policies, and the evolving social construction of race. Once in Ohio, these courageous settlers embraced self-determination by founding villages, actively participating in the Underground Railroad, and leading rich social lives with other free blacks in the surrounding communities.
   
  Jill Rowe is a professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs at Western Michigan University. As a medical anthropologist, her research explores health disparities through the lens of health-seeking behaviors and socioeconomic justice and examines the cultural, social, psychological, environmental, and historical factors that affect health in diverse communities.

  This program series is made possible through the generous support of the family of John Mayher. 
  

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