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| June, 2022 | show full year | Close |
| Event: | Connecticut Open House Day | ||||||
| Date: | June 11th, 2022. | ||||||
| Time: | 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM | ||||||
| Location: | Windsor Historical Society | ||||||
History comes alive once again in Windsor on Saturday, June 11, with Connecticut Open House Day! Stop by between 11 AM and 4 PM to celebrate the beginning of the summer season at Windsor Historical Society’s historic houses and Windsor history museum, and stroll through the scenic Palisado Green in Connecticut’s first town. Visit the historic Strong-Howard House and meet members of the Howard family in person as you experience this fascinating hands-on history house just as they would have in the year 1810. Members of the Howard family will be on hand to welcome you to the home, extend Windsor’s 19th-century hospitality, and engage you in some hands-on fun! The newly reinterpreted Hezekiah Chaffee House features two exhibits that highlight the Black experience in Windsor and tell distinct but related stories of arrival, identity, relationships, and survival. Experience A Home Away from Home: Greater Hartford’s West Indian Diaspora, featuring Professor Fiona Vernal’s oral histories and research that bring to life the experiences of the region’s West Indian community. Throughout the rest of this spacious historic home, explore Bound Together: Complexities of Black-White Relations in Early Windsor, which features the 18th- and 19th-century lives of the free and enslaved Black residents and the white Chaffee family members whose lives were linked by mutual dependence and shaped by Connecticut’s system of chattel slavery. While on site, explore our fascinating museum galleries, research library, and gift shop too! Visit our special centennial exhibit, 100 Years of Windsor Historical Society, and our gift shop that’s chock full of Windsor gifts, local history books, and our selection of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous history books. Children will enjoy learning about young Annie Howard through our featured book Annie’s Home, set in early Windsor, by local author Christine Ermenc and local illustrator Sue Tait Porcaro. Bring a lunch and stay awhile. We have picnic tables, a beautiful herb garden and grounds, and historic Palisado Green and Palisado Cemetery to explore! Admission is free for all for this special one-day event.    | |||||||
