Learn about American Founding Figure at Ansonia Library program

 

Seymour Public Library to host historian's talk on American Revolution

 

Plumb Memorial Library talk in Shelton to feature women in American Revolution

Women Who Made a Difference in Ripton Parish, Connecticut

Join Mary Rozsa of the Ripton Parish Chapter of the DAR as she examines the Unsung Heroes – the women who fought and supported our troops in the American Revolution.

Location: Plumb Memorial Library, 65 Wooster St., Shelton

Date: March 31, 2 p.m.

Register online: https://sheltonlibrarysystem.org/.../20260331-unsung.../

or call 203-924-1580.

Shared from the Shelton Library System Facebook page.

Oxford Historical Society to document lives of American Revolution veterans

OXFORD - The Oxford Historical Society will launch its America/250 Project at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Twitchell-Rowland Homestead, 60 Towner Lane. Towner Lane is located off Route 67 across from St. Thomas Church.

The society plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary by documenting the lives and records of Oxford’s veterans of the American Revolution for preservation in multiple formats. 

Volunteers of all ages are welcome as the group researches period records and locates veterans’ headstones in local cemeteries both in person and online. 

Genealogy researchers. photographers, readers and writers, video/sound recorders and tombstone cleaners are all needed to record the information found for future generations.

America/250 may be useful for fulfilling community service, Eagle or Gold Scout, or Capstone project requirements. 

History buffs are especially welcome. Membership in the Oxford Historical Society is not required.
Interested persons may call Dorothy DeBisschop at 203 910-4574 or simply come to the meeting. 

This is shared from the Oxford Historical Society Facebook page.

'Turnback Tuesday' features history of Flag Day, June 14

Turnback Tuesday reminds us that today is Flag Day. 

During the American Revolution, the colonists were fighting under a number of flags. The 2nd Continental Congress was looking to unify under one flag. 

On June 14, 1777, a resolution was passed stating that “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes alternating red and white” and that “the union be 13 white stars in a blue field.” President Woodrow Wilson marked the 100th Anniversary by officially establishing June 14 as Flag Day. 

The stripes represent the 13 original colonies and the stars for each state in the union. Red symbolizes hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity, innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice.

Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting history each week. 

Derby Historical Society meeting to feature 'Resurrecting Local History' presentation

The Naugatuck River at Seymour, once known as Humphreysville, Connecticut.

Dear Members & Friends,

The Board of Directors of the Derby Historical Society would like to invite you to our Annual Meeting online at 1 p.m. April 11.

The meeting will begin with a brief business portion to elect our Officers and Board of Directors followed by an update on our Restoration Project of the Gen. David Humphreys House, 37 Elm St., Ansonia. 

The  Humphreys House is our link to the American Revolution and serves as our home base for many public events and our award-winning “A Day in 1762”, a hands-on colonial history educational program for students in the Valley towns and beyond.

Our presenter this year is Derby native Dr. Joe DiRienzo, a retired professor at the University of Pennsylvania who specializes in the history of the Lower Naugatuck Valley. 

Join us for a special presentation of “Resurrecting Local History” with DiRienzo.

Membership renewals will be accepted by mail or via PayPal by visiting derbyhistorical.org. 

Your financial support is greatly appreciated and is very much needed to ensure that we are able to continue in our mission of preserving the Valley’s history and culture.

We look forward to seeing you at our Annual Meeting. Please feel free to extend this invitation to anyone who might be interested in becoming a member of the Derby Historical Society. 

Thank you for your continued support and for helping us to “Preserve Our Place in History.”

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resurrecting-local-history-annual-meeting-derby-historical-society-tickets-139697205101?keep_tld=1&fbclid=IwAR10ewI8yg0qMycTugTSER5VS5j5wfMlC0Zv5h_corTXiHvLKKJ2fm7XAY0

This is a press release from Daniel Bosques, executive director, Derby Historical Society.