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Pomfret Historical Society Events

2025 EVENTS

April 26th  Fighting for Freedom: Pomfret’s Black Revolutionary War Soldiers

Genealogist, Pauline Merrick Old Town House 3 P.M.

May 31st Colonial Fiber Arts Workshop with Stacey Beck

10:00 – 3:00 Old Town House, Preregistration required.

June 14th FUNDRAISER CONCERT: Washington’s Favorite, The Nation’s Guest: Songs of Lafayette’s Time In America  Rick Spencer and Dawn Indermuehle

Old Town House tickets $25     6:00 refreshments, concert @ 7:00

September 27th  Jordan Freeman: Black Revolutionary War Soldier

Performed by Kevin Johnson of the CT State Library Old Town House

Date TBD The Pomfret Train Wreck of 1918

Dr. Stewart Chute reveals what happened when two trains going the same direction wrecked causing multiple deaths.

 

 

"Waking the Dead"

Archaeology, Genealogy and Archival Research of Enslaved Africans and Native Americans Four Workshops on research techniques and burial ground restoration featuring the enslaved Africans of Jonathan Randall from 1777 up to the Civil War.

Workshop included tours of historic sites and demonstrations on repairing and cleaning gravestones.

Series is funded by a grant from CThumanties. The Last Green Valley provided filming of all parts of the 4 days under the direction of Fran Kefalas.