Glastonbury's Full Weekend Guide: Thanksgiving At The Welles-Shipman-Ward House And A Ferry Ride

GLASTONBURY, CT — The Historical Society of Glastonbury opens its 1755 Welles-Shipman-Ward house Sunday afternoon for an early Thanksgiving celebration, and the Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry is still crossing the Connecticut River on weekends before its season ends Nov. 30.

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• Celebrate Thanksgiving With Us!, Sunday, Nov. 15, noon to 3 p.m. The Historical Society hosts the afternoon at its River Valley mansion, which has been kept in its original colonial style and has one of the largest colonial-era hearth fireplaces in Connecticut. Welles-Shipman-Ward Property, 972 Main St., South Glastonbury
• Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry, Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The state calls it the oldest continuously operating ferry in the United States, dating to 1655. It runs on demand, with no set schedule, through Nov. 30; the weekend fare is $6 per vehicle and $2 for pedestrians and cyclists. Connecticut Department of Transportation, Glastonbury ferry landing

Spend Sunday afternoon by a colonial hearth at the Welles-Shipman-Ward house, or cross the Connecticut River on a ferry route that has run since 1655.