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SUMMARY:Battlefield Planning Charrette #1
DESCRIPTION:Register for Charrette #1\n\n\n\n\nTwo charrettes are planned. An in-person charrette will be held on Sunday\, June 12\, 2:00 – 3:30 pm. Participants are asked to attend one or the other.  \n\n\n\nResearchers are compiling the history of the Battle of Ridgefield\, and we want you to weigh in on how to share this history! \n\n\n\nThe Ridgefield Historical Society is conducting two planning charrette workshops to share what researchers have found\, and get your feedback on how to best use the battle site and promote our local history. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll are welcome! Help us determine how we can honor the Battle and preserve the battlefield for generations to come.  \n\n\n\nRead the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program 2022 Technical Report on the Battle of Ridgefield.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is being hosted by the Ridgefield Historical Society with the collaboration and support of the Ridgefield Library. The Charrette will be facilitated by FHI Studio.
URL:https://ridgefieldhistoricalsociety.org/event/battlefield-planning-charrette-1/
CATEGORIES:Battlefield Charrettes,Free Events,Online
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Reconstructing the April 27\, 1777 Battle of Ridgefield
DESCRIPTION:Join David Naumec\, Ph.D\, field director and historian of Heritage Consultants as we share the latest findings on the Battle of Ridgefield and discuss how an archaeological survey can enrich our understanding of what truly happened at this Revolutionary War Engagement.  \n\n\n\nThis lecture is the first public ‘unveiling’ of the new research findings contained in a technical report authored by Heritage Consultants\, outlining what we now know about the Battle of Ridgefield and presenting what further work may reveal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is being hosted by the Ridgefield Historical Society with the collaboration and support of the Ridgefield Library.  \n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenter’s Bio\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. David J. Naumec is a Museum Consultant\, Archaeology Field Director at Heritage Consultants\, LLC\, and an Adjunct Professor of History. He earned his BA in Public History Administration at the University of Connecticut\, holds a M.A. in History and Museum Studies from Tufts University\, and completed his doctorate in Race and Ethnicity in Early America at Clark University.  \n\n\n\nIn recent years\, Dr. Naumec served as a Historian & Archaeologist at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center\, Mashantucket\, CT\, has recently contributed to several museum exhibitions in the region\, and is the primary investigator for the ongoing 1777 Battle of Ridgefield project. His historical specializations include African American\, Native American\, American Military History and Connecticut History in addition to pre and post-contact archaeology. Dr. Naumec has published on topics regarding Connecticut’s Revolutionary War veterans of color\, American military material culture\, Native Americans in the Civil War and ethnic enclaves in the northeast.
URL:https://ridgefieldhistoricalsociety.org/event/reconstructing-the-april-27-1777-battle-of-ridgefield/
CATEGORIES:20th Anniversary,Free Events,Lectures,Online
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SUMMARY:Picturing Our Past: In-Gallery and Online Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In honor of our 20th Anniversary\, the Historical Society has partnered with the Ridgefield Guild of Artists for this history-inspired exhibition featuring works of art inspired by items from the Historical Society’s collections. \n\n\n\nThere will be an Opening Reception on Sunday\, March 13 from 4-6 pm (Original date 3/12 was postponed because of weather.)  \n\n\n\nA special Walk & Talk event — and RHS Member Reception — will be held on Sunday\, March 20th\, from 2-4 pm. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please visit the Ridgefield Guild of Artists’ exhibition page.
URL:https://ridgefieldhistoricalsociety.org/event/picturing-our-past-exhibition/
CATEGORIES:20th Anniversary,Exhibits,Free Events,In-Person,Online
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SUMMARY:Webinar: “The Better Angels” with Bob Plumb
DESCRIPTION:Watch the webinar recording here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarriet Tubman\, Harriet Beecher Stowe\, Clara Barton\, Julia Ward Howe\, and Sarah Josepha Hale came from backgrounds that ranged from sheer enslavement to New York City’s elite.  Surmounting social and political obstacles\, they emerged before and during the worst crises in American history\, the Civil War. \n\n\n\nIn his presentation\, Plumb traces these five remarkable women’s awakenings to analyze how their experiences shaped their responses to the challenges\, disappointments\, and joys they encountered.  Here is Tubman\, fearless conductor on the Underground Railroad\, alongside Stowe\, the author who awakened the nation to the evils of slavery. Barton led an effort to provide medical supplies for field hospitals\, and Union soldiers sang Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic” on the march.  And\, amid a national catastrophe\, Hale’s campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday helped move North and South toward reconciliation. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAuthor/Presenter’s Bio\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert C. Plumb was born and raised in upstate New York where he received his education from grade school to graduate school.  Between his undergraduate and graduate education\, he served as an officer in the Navy\, initially stationed on a ship in the Atlantic Fleet and later commanded a patrol boat with a crew of six in Vietnam.  Following graduate school\, he worked for General Electric in both U.S. and international markets\, specializing in marketing programs\, and later joined Fannie Mae in Washington\, DC in senior marketing management positions. \n\n\n\nAfter he retired from the corporate world\, Plumb began researching and writing what would become Your Brother in Arms: A Union Soldier’s Odyssey (University of Missouri Press). His second book\, The Better Angels: Five Women Who Changed Civil War America\, was published in March 2020 by the University of Nebraska Press. He has attended the Yale Writers’ Workshops in residence 2014 through 2019. \n\n\n\nPlumb’s writing has been published in the Montgomery County Historical Society’s journal; Hallowed Ground\, the magazine of the American Battlefield Trust; and the Washington Post and the Washington Post Magazine.  \n\n\n\nThis program is co-presented with the Ridgefield Library and Books on the Common where you can purchase The Better Angels: Five Women Who Changed Civil War America either at the bookstore or online.
URL:https://ridgefieldhistoricalsociety.org/event/webinar-the-better-angels-with-bob-plumb/
CATEGORIES:20th Anniversary,Author Talks,Online
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SUMMARY:Webinar: War on Long Island Sound during the American Revolution by Ed Hynes
DESCRIPTION:This exciting new webinar reveals the action\, intrigue and terror of the people living around Long Island Sound during America’s War for Independence. With the Connecticut and Long Island coasts less than 10 miles apart in many sections of the Sound\, raiders crossed every fair night either to smuggle and/or steal goods; and kidnap or kill enemies. Spies\, on both sides\, rounded out this dangerous cast of characters. \n\n\n\nThe economic blockade between British occupied Long Island and Patriot led Connecticut was the foundation of this violent conflict. But bitterness and desire for vengeance was fueled by the fighters’ familiarity with one another. Families and communities were ripped apart as Patriots in Connecticut expelled Loyalists and Loyalists on Long Island banished Patriots. Many Connecticut Loyalists ended up on Long Island and many Long Island Patriots became refuges in Connecticut. Rabble-rousers on both coasts knew exactly where their enemies lived and it is not surprising that they started to violently attack each other. \n\n\n\nThe attack vessel of choice was the whaleboat. These boats were powered by up to 10 men and measured about 25 feet in length. Some had a sail and/or a swivel gun on the bow; they were very maneuverable and could operate quietly. These shallow boats were easily hidden in the many inlets and islands of the Sound. \n\n\n\nSome raids were led by “individuals” or loosely organized small groups\, but sophisticated planning was employed for bigger raids involving hundreds of men. The lecture will detail some of these raids and discuss the fate of Patriot prisoners held by the British. \n\n\n\nThis program is co-presented by the Ridgefield Library. 20th Anniversary programming is generously supported by Lead Sponsors Liz & Steven Goldstone\, with additional funding provided by Fairfield County Bank. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEd Hynes\, CFA\n\n\n\nEd Hynes\, CFA was born and raised in Wilton\, CT.  He attended Wilton High School and currently lives in Norwalk. He and his wife are fascinated by history and have visited many important battlefields both here and abroad. \n\n\n\nEd graduated from The George Washington University in Washington D.C. with a B.A. in political science.  He subsequently spent most of his career in financial services.  As an equity analyst\, institutional salesperson and trader he worked with some of the premier investment banking firms in many of the world’s leading financial centers including New York\, Tokyo\, London\, Chicago and San Francisco.  In 2001 Ed became a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is currently a Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch in Westport\, CT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPostponed – RSVP not currently available
URL:https://ridgefieldhistoricalsociety.org/event/webinar-war-on-long-island-sound/
CATEGORIES:20th Anniversary,Lectures,Online
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