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Two events tomorrow: at 1:00, starting at the Main Street parking garage, The Return of Owney the Postal Dog. A one hour...
10/11/2024

Two events tomorrow: at 1:00, starting at the Main Street parking garage, The Return of Owney the Postal Dog. A one hour tour of Victorian downtown Norwich from the perspective of a canine visitor 130 years ago to the day! And tomorrow evening at 7 pm at Park Congregational Church, a one-act play based on the lives and letters of John Brown and his wife, Mary Ann Day. Sponsored by Elsie A. Brown Fund. Free to the public.

"Sword of the Spirit," a one-act play featuring Terri Leonino as Mary Ann Day Brown and Greg Artzner, as her husband Joh...
10/08/2024

"Sword of the Spirit," a one-act play featuring Terri Leonino as Mary Ann Day Brown and Greg Artzner, as her husband John Brown, will be presented free at Park Congregational Church at 7 pm this Saturday, October 12th. Enter the church from the Crescent Street side, opposite Norwich Free Academy.

Calvin Goddard-Justice for All, presented by Pauline Merrick,Tuesday, September 24th at 7 pm, Norwich City Hall, Room 33...
09/21/2024

Calvin Goddard-Justice for All, presented by Pauline Merrick,Tuesday, September 24th at 7 pm, Norwich City Hall, Room 335. Calvin Goddard was a Norwich attorney who defended Prudence Crandall. Pauline Merrick presents her research on the black Revolutionary War veterans who Goddard represented in their efforts to receive pensions.

This afternoon, a visit by the intrepid Kevin Harkins to the Finnish American Heritage Society on Route 169 in Canterbur...
07/27/2024

This afternoon, a visit by the intrepid Kevin Harkins to the Finnish American Heritage Society on Route 169 in Canterbury. Kevin interviewed volunteers responsible for a new exhibit. His humble chauffeur took these photos.

2024 is turning out to indeed be a year of new beginnings both for me and the downtown! Four years ago, Bruce Becker sug...
07/26/2024

2024 is turning out to indeed be a year of new beginnings both for me and the downtown! Four years ago, Bruce Becker suggested that we contact the new owner of the Wauregan about the Reid & Hughes building, across the street from the Wauregan (and my second floor apartment there). We did, and in May of 2021, there was a tour of the building with city officials, members of Norwich Heritage Trust, and David McCarthy, who is now developing the building! To see this sign go up today, and the evidence of the ongoing work sent me into transports of joy!

Interior designer Ingrid Bergman brought this room back to a 19th century appearance close to what it looked like in Civ...
07/11/2024

Interior designer Ingrid Bergman brought this room back to a 19th century appearance close to what it looked like in Civil War Governor Buckingham’s day. Many items associated with Buckingham remain in the house, including this bust. The rifled artillery shell on the mantel was the gift of the Connecticut troops that captured Ft. Pulaski, GA. The governor used it as a door stop!

The grounds of the Buckingham Memorial have been transformed by Master Gardener Sue Augustyniak. New, authentic windows ...
07/09/2024

The grounds of the Buckingham Memorial have been transformed by Master Gardener Sue Augustyniak. New, authentic windows have been installed in front. Guarding the building is Daniel, who hangs out in the State Marshall's office, a 13-year old rescue.

Please come to the Yantic Cemetery on Saturday, May 18th at 9 pm to place new flags on the graves of Civil War soldiers ...
05/15/2024

Please come to the Yantic Cemetery on Saturday, May 18th at 9 pm to place new flags on the graves of Civil War soldiers buried there. Abraham Lincoln will speak at 11 am, followed by a procession to the grave of Lt. Marvin Wait to lay a wreath in his honor. Photograph below is the grave marker of John P. Broadhead, of Company F, the 29th Connecticut Volunteers, a black regiment that was noted for "more than ordinary physical ability and moral excellence" which served in the fighting around Petersburg, Virginia. After the war, John Broadhead carried mail for the U. S. Postal Service.

Forrest Spofford, enlisted in the 8th CT Volunteer Infantry at 18, lost an arm as a result of wounds suffered at Antieta...
05/15/2024

Forrest Spofford, enlisted in the 8th CT Volunteer Infantry at 18, lost an arm as a result of wounds suffered at Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862. He rejoined the regiment until wounded in his right arm at Walthall Junction, May 1864. Learn more about the 8th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry tomorrow night, May 16th, Norwich City Hall, Room 335 (Third Floor), 7 pm.

Norwich historian Frances Manwaring Caulkins described the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, as “that loaths...
05/13/2024

Norwich historian Frances Manwaring Caulkins described the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, as “that loathsome abode of lingering torture.” One young Norwich man imprisoned there wrote home, “At times, I fancy I hear the church bells in Norwich.” After the war, the city of Norwich made arrangements to recover the remains of local soldiers who had died at Andersonville. They were reinterred at Yantic Cemetery, and are part of the innermost ring of the Soldiers Circle there. More graves were added later as veterans died in the post-war era.

Join us for a talk by authors Bill Liska and Kim Perlotto this Thursday, May 16th, 7 pm, Room 335, Norwich City Hall, 100 Broadway, Norwich CT.

Saturday the 18th of May, join us at 9 am to place flowers on the graves of Civil War soldiers at Yantic Cemetery, 68 Lafayette St. At 11 am Abraham Lincoln will speak at the Soldiers Circle, followed by a procession to the grave of Lt. Marvin Wait to lay a wreath in his memory.

“Forrest Spofford, enlisting at the age of eighteen, lost his left arm in consequence of wounds received at Antietam, bu...
05/13/2024

“Forrest Spofford, enlisting at the age of eighteen, lost his left arm in consequence of wounds received at Antietam, but he remained in the service, and at Walthall Junction, in May, 1864, was slightly wounded in the right arm. He was earnestly desirous of re-enlisting as a veteran, but being rejected by the examining surgeon, served out his three years and was honorably discharged.” History of Norwich by Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1866. After the war, Spofford was a librarian at Otis Library. Learn more about Spofford’s regiment, the 8th Connecticut, this Thursday, May 16th, at Norwich City Hall, Room 335, where authors Bill Liska and Kim Perlotto will discuss the 8th and its role in the Civil War. Honor our brave men who fought in the by helping to set flags on their graves, 9 am Saturday, May 18th at Yantic Cemetery, 68 Lafayette Street, Norwich.

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