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Chats on the Past: Mary Thompson
Virtual Event
Friday, August 14, 2020
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Fridays are for fascinating forums! Join us for a Live discussion on Zoom with author Mary Thompson, Research Historian at Mount Vernon. Thompson will discuss her book, The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret:
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Destination Westport: Westport Sanitarium
Walking Tour
Sunday, August 16, 2020
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Though the buildings are long gone, the site of the Westport Sanitarium—one of two in Westport—still tells the story of public health. Follow our docent through the park and discover the tales
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Tuesday Treasure: Dragon Lady
Virtual Event
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Westporter Sigrid Schultz was a renowned war correspondent during the Second World War, serving as Bureau Chief of the Central European Office of the Chicago Tribune, in Berlin. To gain a clearer picture of Schultz’s importance
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Destination Westport: In Gatsby’s Shoes
Walking Tour
Saturday, August 22, 2020
9:15 am - 11:30 am
Imagine it’s the summer of 1920. Westport is a sleepy farm community that lures New York’s most glamorous couple-F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald—to its shores.
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Chats on the Past: Christopher Wigren
Virtual Event
Friday, August 28, 2020
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Fridays are for fascinating forums! Join us for a Live discussion on Zoom with author Christopher Wigren, Preservation Connecticut Deputy Director. Wigren will discuss his book, Connecticut Architecture:
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Destination Westport: Westport Sanitarium
Walking Tour
Sunday, August 30, 2020
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Though the buildings are long gone, the site of the Westport Sanitarium—one of two in Westport—still tells the story of public health. Follow our docent through the park and discover the tales
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Tuesday Treasure: Lapsed Labors
Virtual Event
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Do you know how to button a boot? What about iron pleats into a collar or do laundry without electricity? These skills and more were vital to prosper and live in days gone by. Tune in to see these forgotten techniques
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Tuesday Treasure: World War II
Virtual Event
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
America’s attempts to avoid entering the conflict of World War II were shattered in 1941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Just as in other towns across the nation, Westport
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Destination Westport: In Gatsby’s Shoes
Walking Tour
Saturday, September 19, 2020
9:15 am - 11:30 am
Imagine it’s the summer of 1920. Westport is a sleepy farm community that lures New York’s most glamorous couple-F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald—to its shores.
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Chats on the Past: Kerry Driscoll
Virtual Event
Friday, September 25, 2020
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Fridays are for fascinating forums! Join us for a Live discussion on Zoom with author Dr. Kerry Driscoll, professor of English emeritus at the University of St. Joseph in West Hartford. Driscoll will discuss her book, Mark Twain
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Chats on the Past: Andrew Kahrl
Virtual Event
Friday, October 9, 2020
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Fridays are for fascinating forums! Join us for a Live discussion on Zoom with author Andrew Kahrl, associate professor of history and African American studies at the University of Virginia. Kahrl will discuss his book, Free the Beaches
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Destination Westport: Westport Sanitarium
Walking Tour
Saturday, October 10, 2020
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Though the buildings are long gone, the site of the Westport Sanitarium—one of two in Westport—still tells the story of public health. Follow our docent through the park and discover the tales
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