Upcoming events:
- February 16th, Pot Luck with Auction, 6pm at the Fist Congregational Church
- March 22nd, Rick Spencer - Occupational Songs: Historic Songs of American Work and Trades., Wood Memorial Library 7pm
- April 12th, Nicholas Bellantoni - The Search for Ezra Chamberlin and the Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley South Windsor Public Library
- May 19tGolf Tournament at Willowbrook golf course
- Registration begins at 12:00 Noon
- Putting Contest at 12:00 Noon
- 1:00PM Shotgun start
- Close the day out with a barbecue, raffle and auction
- June (date TBD) Appraisal Day
Rick Spencer - Occupational Songs: Historic Songs of American Work and Trades
Occupational songs have been around for as long as people have been proud of the work that they’ve done. Our ancestors described their working lives in songs about their trades. This program includes songs about farmers, sailors, lumberjacks, cowboys, housewives, railroaders, soldiers, and others. This presentation includes a discussion of the labor movement in America and the modern use of songs which describe work.
Nicholas Bellantoni - The Search for Ezra Chamberlin and the Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley
In 2000 the confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat, was raised from the depths of Charleston Harbor and seen for the first time in 136 years. An archaeological investigation of the Hunley’s interior yielded a surprising item: the id tag of Ezra Chamberlin, a Union soldier from Killingly Connecticut. Did this Connecticut Yankee die on a Confederate submarine? While telling the story of the Hunley, state archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni searches for the fate of Ezra Chamberlin
Notice: The South Windsor Oral History Group is seeking stories of people's experiences in the aftermath of storm Alfred which struck our town on October 29th of last year. Stories may be e-mailed to the Wood Memorial Library at wood.memorial.lib@sbcglobal.net, or paper accounts may be mailed to the South Windsor Historical Society, P.O. Box 216, South Windsor, CT 06074. Please be certain to identify yourself and your address so we may accurately ascribe your experience to a particular part of town
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