Wethersfield Historical Society celebrates America250 with a new program series exploring the history of the American Revolution. All of the programs in this series will take place in-person at the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center (200 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT). Admission is free for current members of the society and $10 per program to the general public.
In the third installment of the series, Friday April 24 at 7pm, Joseph Morneault, former director of historical music at the USS Constitution Museum and author of an upcoming biography on Moses Tryon, delivers a lecture on Wethersfield resident Moses Tryon and the contribution he made to the American Revolution by captaining several privateer vessels during the course of the war. The lecture is titled “Capt. Moses Tryon: Local Hero in a Global Conflict”.
Subsequent programs in the series include historian Dr. Amanda Goodheart Parks presenting “Founding Mothers” on Thursday, May 14 at 6:30pm, Morgan Bengel, curator and site administrator of Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine, presenting “The Catacomb of Loyalty: A Deep Dive into New-Gate’s Role in the Revolution” on Tuesday, June 2 at 7pm, and University of Maryland History Professor Dr. Richard Bell speaking about “The French Alliance & the Road to Yorktown” on Tuesday July 21 at 7pm.