Category Archives: Middletown
Civil War encampment, re-enactment planned in Middletown
This year’s Civil War Day at the Middlesex County Historical Society is dedicated to the men from Middletown who made the ultimate sacrifice at Antietam: Maj. Gen. Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, 2nd Lieut. George H. D. Crosby, Private John K. … Continue reading
Fundraiser to maintain historic house and Civil War collection
Matthew Warshauer, history professor at Central Connecticut State University, will discuss his book on Connecticut and the American Civil War next month in Middletown. Warshauer will talk at a reception being held to raise funds to maintain the General Joseph … Continue reading
Free admission to museum’s Civil War display
The Middlesex County Historical Society is participating with dozens of other museums around the state by offering free admission on Connecticut Open House Day on Saturday, June 9.
Historical society prepares WWII exhibit in Middletown
As part of its One Book, One Middletown project and to honor the men and women from Middletown who served their country both in the military and as civilians, the Middlesex County Historical Society will have an exhibit of World … Continue reading
Songs of the War of 1812 in Midddletown
The Middlesex County Historical Society host Rick Spencer and his program, “Songs of the War of 1812,” on Thursday, March 8 at 7 pm in the Hubbard Room at Russell Library, 123 Broad St. in Middletown.
14th Connecticut sets Civil War encampment
In 1861, Fort Sumter was lost to the Confederates on April 14, Joseph Mansfield was promoted to brigadier general, in charge of the defenses of Washington by President Lincoln on May 14, Union troops were badly defeated at the First … Continue reading
Middlesex historical society to unveil exhibit of historic house
The Middlesex County Historical Society will celebrate Connecticut Open House Day on June 11 by unveiling its new exhibit, One House, One Family, Two Centuries. The exhibit depicts the story of the society’s headquarters, the General Joseph Mansfield House, a … Continue reading
How Connecticut Settled Ohio
Historian Richard Buel will talk about how Connecticut settled Ohio at the annual meeting of the Middlesex County Historical Society on Tuesday, April 26. His presentation, the Arthur M. Schultz Memorial Lecture, will be followed by a signing of his new … Continue reading
Top Lincoln expert to talk at Middletown reception
Michael Burlingame, one of the top scholars on Abraham Lincoln, will give a talk at the Inn at Middletown on Friday, April 1 at 7 p.m. Burlingame is the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the … Continue reading
Middlesex County Historical Society to recall Middlefield’s Woodstock
For a blistering hot weekend at the end of July 1970, the eyes of the entire country were on the Powder Ridge ski area in Middlefield, Connecticut, where a group of New York promoters planned to stage a youth festival … Continue reading
