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Purple Heart: The Badge of Military Merit

By Wethersfield Historical Society on February 27, 2013 2:30 PM

In preparation for our next case exhibition at the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center that will honor Wethersfield servicemen and women from all American wars, we reached out to Post Commander Larry Spellacy of the Bourne-Keeney American Legion CT Post 23,...

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Uncle Sam Wants To Thank You Ralph Nelson For Your Art!

By Wethersfield Historical Society on October 25, 2012 3:20 PM

Hanging in the Rotary Room and nearby hallway of the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center are four murals painted by Ralph Nelson. Ralph Lewis Nelson (1885 -1967) painted these four murals of the founding of Wethersfield for the public schools in...

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Lt. Jonathan Church, Sideboard and Tavern

By Wethersfield Historical Society on August 6, 2012 10:18 AM

To read the first blog entry on Lt. Jonathan Church and his portrait please click here:Lt. Jonathan Church, A Wethersfield Marine.In 2007, Wethersfield Historical Society received word from a descendent of Wethersfield's Jonathan Church (1763-1804), one of the first members...

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Snapshot of Photographic History

By Wethersfield Historical Society on April 11, 2012 4:12 PM

Researchers often visit the Old Academy Research and Genealogical Library looking for photographs of certain events or individuals from the 17th and 18th centuries. On more than one occasion, I have had to pause and explain the evolution of photography...

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Lt. Jonathan Church, A Wethersfield Marine

By Wethersfield Historical Society on December 13, 2011 4:18 PM

One of Wethersfield's favorite sons quietly returned to town recently. Lt. Jonathan Church represented the United States as one of its first Marines in the closing years of the 18th century.  He retired from active service to start a new...

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History of the Deming-Standish House (1787)

By Wethersfield Historical Society on July 29, 2011 12:50 PM

The Deming-Standish House has a prominent place in the center of Wethersfield's old village, on a piece of land at the corner of Main and Marsh Streets, near the Meetinghouse. The town land records show David Webb selling this one...

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The Wethersfield Grange Patrons of Husbandry

By Wethersfield Historical Society on July 5, 2011 9:21 AM

The Wethersfield Grange Patrons of Husbandry was a local branch of the National and State movement that was established after the Civil War. On December 4, 1867 the National Grange of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry was founded...

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Terramuggas: Sachem of the Wongunks

By Wethersfield Historical Society on March 29, 2011 3:19 PM

Wongunks in Pyquag   Residents often forget that the European migration and settlement of Connecticut was not the beginning of this land's history. Native Americans can be traced long before John Oldham and the Adventurers. The first Native Americans are believed...

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Captain John Hurlbut's Tea Caddy

By Wethersfield Historical Society on January 5, 2011 3:51 PM

Care for a cup of tea? At the turn of the 19th century it was not quite as easy to obtain the medicinal and pricey tea leaves as it is today. A mariner would have to bring tea back to...

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Keeney Memorial Cultural Center: A Building With Many Uses

By Wethersfield Historical Society on September 14, 2010 2:05 PM

In celebration of the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center's twentieth anniversary as a museum and cultural center, this collection blog topic is the building itself. How can a building be an object? It can and it is! The Keeney Memorial Cultural...

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