'Turnback Tuesday' highlights FDR's visit to Main Street, Ansonia

Turnback Tuesday looks at a noteworthy event.

On October 22, 1936 a motorcade with President Franklin D. Roosevelt made its way through Ansonia.

In the car was the president, his wife, Eleanor, who was quite the political dynamo herself, and Governor Wilbur L. Cross. The car made its way down Main Street at 1:30 p.m. and was greeted by the largest crowd ever assembled in Ansonia. Schools were dismissed at noon so children could join their families for the event. The car continued down Main Street to Derby Avenue and then to New Haven where the president would be making a speech.

It was the first time a U.S. President visited Ansonia.

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

Shelton Historical Society book club to discuss 'Midnight in Siberia'

Update from Shelton Historical Society executive director Tracey Tate: 
"Due to this week's storm, we will discuss Midnight in Siberia by David Greene in April because the March meeting was cancelled."

Earlier post:
SHELTON - Books about Eleanor Roosevelt will be discussed at the April 10 meeting of the Shelton Historical Society's Reading Circle.

The Reading Circle meets the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Huntington Branch Library, 41 Church St.

Participants may read any book about Roosevelt of their choosing for the discussion.

The group meeting is free and open to the public. In general, the books read and discussed have a historical theme.

Copies of the books can be obtained at the Huntington Branch Library by calling 203-926-0111 and placing a reserve.

For more information call Ellen Kolesk at the Shelton History Center, 203-925-1803. 

This information is shared from the Shelton Historical Society's newsletter.