Join Greenwich Historical Society archives and curatorial staff for an afternoon in the James Stevenson and Josie Merck Stevenson Library & Archives, perusing the yearbooks, ephemera and sports stories in our collection that highlight the social history of athletics in Greenwich. Bring your own yearbook to share and explore the commonalities between different generations in our … Read more
In association with the Greenwich Croquet Club Explore the historic and complex sport of croquet through conversation and an interactive demonstration. Join Greenwich Historical Society for an evening of summer sport as Lee Kennedy of the Greenwich Croquet Club shares a brief overview of the history and background of croquet before engaging the audience with … Read more
Join Greenwich Historical Society archives and curatorial staff for an afternoon in the Library & Archives, delving deeper into the paper and objects in our collection that highlight the complexity of the social history of sports in the town of Greenwich.
In the years before baseball became our national pastime, Americans young and old played a variety of other bat and ball games. The state of Connecticut held a preference for wicket, a primitive form of English cricket that developed into a distinctively American game. Alex Dubois will examine surviving evidence of wicket play in eighteenth-century America before tracing the game’s history in Connecticut and New York, including an analysis of wicket rules and equipment.
Join us for Story Barn, a long-standing Historical Society tradition that celebrates the fine art of sharing our personal histories. Funny, touching and uplifting, Story Barn sessions always leave the audience feeling the warmth of our clever and insightful community. Led by Master of Ceremonies, Bonnie Levison, the evening features stories based on the theme “Win … Read more
True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson is an unconventional biography, focusing on four transformative years in Robinson’s athletic and public life: 1946, his first year playing in the essentially all-White minor leagues for the Montreal Royals; 1949, when he won the Most Valuable Player Award in his third season as a Brooklyn Dodger; 1956, his … Read more
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