Series of Events to Culminate with Town-Wide Dedication Ceremony in May COS COB, March 3, 2021 – To shine a light on the history, humanity and contributions of enslaved individuals who resided in Greenwich as early as the 1600s, Greenwich Historical Society is partnering with the Witness Stones Project. Founded in 2019, the Witness Stone … Read more
Zoom Lecture on Newport’s Slave Trade Kicks off Historical Society’s Partnership withWitness Stones Project March 16, 2021 6 – 7pm COS COB, March 3, 2021 — Cemeteries are largely seen as final resting places – an end. But God’s Little Acre, a Colonial African burying ground in Newport, Rhode Island is the beginning point to … Read more
Elementary School Camps 2nd – 5th Grade, 9:30 am – 2:30 pmHistory Camp: July 26 – 30Art Camp: August 2 – 6 For more information or assistance with registration please call 203-869-6899, or contact Heather Lodge at hlodge@greenwichhistory.org.
Middle School Camps 6th – 8th Grade, 9:30 am – 2:30 pmHistory Camp: July 12 – 16Art Camp: July 19 – 23 For more information or assistance with registration please call 203-869-6899, or contact Heather Lodge at hlodge@greenwichhistory.org.
The Pen and the Trowel: Authors, Their Gardens and Mine with Marta McDowell Emily Dickinson once described herself as “a lunatic on bulbs.” For the past 30 years Marta McDowell, author and teacher of landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden has been occupied (preoccupied?) — with writers who garden. Researching their … Read more
Snow can bring up some passionate feelings – nostalgic joy at the sight of falling flakes and the first snowball thrown, or simmering hate for the freezing cold and heavy shoveling. Whatever your feelings towards snow, big snow storms are one of nature’s feats that connect people throughout time in the Northeast. While the shape … Read more
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