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Architectural
Diversity in Windsor House Tour
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A
Colored Man's Constitution: Emancipation and the Act
of Writing
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Windsor
Wonderland Facebook Photo Contest |
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Researching
the History
of Your
House
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“With Womanly Weapons Girt":
Women’s Voluntarism
during the Civil War
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Slavery: Stories of
Survival
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Candle-Dipping and
Photo
Contest Kick-Off
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Slavery and Race in
Connecticut:
Attitudes Before, During and After the
Civil War
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Nzinga’s Daughters
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Martin Luther King in
Connecticut
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Building Bridges
Exhibition Opening |
Installation
Opening
Artists work |
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Collection
Connection: Tall-Case Clocks |
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2011 Pre-Holiday Goods and Services Auction |
 Auction
Book |
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American History Magic-Lantern
Show
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Windsor Historical Society
Guide Training:
Windsor Historical Society’s Library
and Facilities
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Windsor Historical Society
Guide Training: Historic Homes
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Anniversary Lecture:
1633, The Setting for
the Plymouth Trading Post
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Windsor Historical Society Guide Training:
Bridging
Centuries, Bridging Cultures Exhibition
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Free Public Opening
Bridging Centuries, Bridging Cultures Exhibition
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Windsor Historical Society Guide Training:
Orientation
to the Society and the Historic District.
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Timely Topics: Day Hill Road’s Great Pond
Redevelopment
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Genealogy
Series, Part 3: Getting Beyond the Names
and Dates
African-American Family Migration Stories
and Sources
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Windsor Garden Tour
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Genealogy
series, Part 2:
Getting Beyond the Names and Dates
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Genealogy
Series, Part 1: Getting Beyond the Names
and Dates
Irish and Swedish Family Migration Stories
and Sources
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Annual Meeting
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Twentieth Century Energy:
Combustion Engineering’s Role in the Development of
New Energy Sources
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Historic Windsor Bike Tour
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Timely Topics: Windsor’s William Russell House – Its Past,
Present and Future
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Combustion Engineering: The Workplace
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Exhibition Opening:
Combustion Engineering:
A Windsor
Landmark
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Lunch and Learn:
From Hula Hoops to High Fashion: G. Fox & Co in the
1950’s
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Warming up in Windsor
Photography Contest
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 Winners |
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Timely Topics: Lessons from
Libraries: Reinvention for Survival
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Celebration of Irish Music
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Stories of Survival
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Candle-Dipping during Winter Break
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Lunch and Learn: Victorian
Valentines
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Family Vaudeville Show with JuggleJoy
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Votes
for Women: A Brief History of Our Right to Vote
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Marching
In Their Footsteps
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Holiday Open House |
 Slide Show |
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2010 Pre-Holiday Goods and
Services Auction |
 Slide Show |
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Believe it or not: The Miracles
of Photoshop
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Victorian Tea and Performance
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Genealogy Road Show
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Slide Show |
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New England’s Other Witch
Hunt:
John Winthrop, Jr. and the
Hartford Witch Panic of the 1660s
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Windsor Birthday Lecture:
The Story Behind the 1633 Plymouth Trading Post
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Doorways to Our Patriotic Past
House Tour |
 Slide Show |
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Day of Caring |
Slide Show |
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Getting Back to
Our Ancestors’ Roots: Connecting Across the Atlantic with Immigrant,
Naturalization and Many Other Records
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Timelines: Placing Your Heritage in Historical
Perspective
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Genealogy Databases and Online Resources |
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Third
Annual Garden
Tour, “Windsor Garden Getaways”
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Introduction to Genealogy
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Annual Meeting and Program:
One Hundred Views of
Windsor -- An Eclectic Selection by Photographer Leonard Hellerman
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Calling Windsor Photographers for June 8 Visions of Windsor
Photography Contest
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List of winners and sample
images |
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Historic
Windsor Bike Tour
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Timely Topics:
Windsor’s Broad
Street Green: Past, Present, and Future
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Exhibition opening of Leonard Hellerman's Windsor - A Photographer's
Vision
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Slide Show |
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Children’s
Exhibition on View
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April Cleanup |
Slide Show |
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Scott
Kessel’s workshop and performance
Recycled Rhythms
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Slide Show |
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Timely Topics: The U.S. Census: Past,
Present and Future
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St. Patrick’s Day Concert
of Fiddle and Harp Music
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Slide Show |
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Make your Own Candle
During February Vacation Week
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Music and
Dance of Africa and the Caribbean with Sankofa Kuumba
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Slide Show |
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Saturday Afternoon at the Not-So-Silent
Movies
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FREE Open House and Preview of an Exciting New Windsor
History Exhibit, presentation and survey.
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The Ballad of
Mack Street book signing with Dr. Mack
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2009 Pre-Holiday Goods and
Services Auction
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Slide Show |
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Community Conversations:
Windsor Barn Stories
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Luncheon
and Romantic Tales
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Wreath Making Workshop
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Slide Show |
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An Evening with Anne
Farrow
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Slide Show |
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Phelps Family DNA Project
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Windsor Open Barns Tour |
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Timely Topics: Future of Food
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The History of Agriculture as Told by Barns
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Colonial Days
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Slide Show |
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Historic Bike Tour of Poquonock
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Slide Show |
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United Way "Day of Caring" with volunteers
from Aetna
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Slide Show |
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Summer Workshops for
Grades 3 - 12
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Slide Show |
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Windsor History Scavenger Hunt
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Genealogy
Series #4
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Genealogy
Series #3
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Four
Centuries Gardens Tour
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Palisado Avenue ------------
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Wilton Road ------------------
Windsor Avenue ------------
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Slide Show
Slide Show
Slide Show
Slide Show
Slide Show
Slide Show |
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Genealogy
Series #2
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Genealogy
Series #1
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Trolley Days
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Timely Topics Series:
Trolleys and Interurban Transportation |
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Annual Meeting
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Barn Stories opening reception |
Slide Show |
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Guide Training Series |
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Historic
Windsor Bike Tour |
Slide Show |
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First Thursday |
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A
Walk Through Windsor's Historic Palisado Cementery |
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Volunteer work day on the grounds by
Civitan and
the Windsor Garden Club
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Slide Show |
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Timely Topics:
Getting the News: A Revolution in News Distribution
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Slide Show |
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School Vacation Week:
Be a Green
Colonial Child
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Creative Challenge Competition
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The Winner |
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Let It Rot: Composting
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Slide Show |
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First Thursday
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Timely Topics: The
Great Depression, Lessons for Our Times
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Slide Show |
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St.
Patrick’s Day Concert
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Slide Show |
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First Thursday
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Underground Railroad Program with
Performance Artists Nzinga’s Daughters
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Slide Show |
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School Vacation Week
Activities |
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Historical Valentines
Workshop
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Slide Show |
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“Timely
Topics” series with a program on Martin Luther King in Connecticut
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A Victorian Christmas Magic Lantern Show with Terry Borton
and the Victorian Magic Lantern Theater
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First Thursday |
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Renowned
Silhouette Artist Cuts Portraits
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Pre-Holiday Goods and
Services Auction
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Four Centuries Tea and Fashion Show
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Slide Show |
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First Thursday
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Genealogy Road Show
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Four Centuries Memory Walk in Palisado Cemetery
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Lecture: John Demos, author of The Enemy Within: Two
Thousand Years of Witch Hunting in the Western World
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First Thursday
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Lecture: Frances Bissell and History of English Cooking,
1633 -
Present
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Windsor's 375th Birthday
Celebration:
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Slide Show
Slide Show
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Windsor Historical Society
Annual Meeting
and Lecture by State Historian Walter
W. Woodward
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Antiques Appraisal Day
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Slide Show |
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The Faces of Windsor: 1850
to the Present opening reception
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Slide Show |
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Making Family Memories: Exploring Family History Series
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Slide Show |
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Windsor Then & Now Scavenger Hunt
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Visions of Windsor
Summer Camp |
Slide Show |
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Library Summer Camp
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Slide Show |
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Four Centuries Gardens Tour
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Slide Show |
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Bus Tour of Windsor’s Historic Sites
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Connecticut
Open House Day
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“Windsor Then and
Now: A Photo History 1890-2008”
Exhibition Opening |
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Visions of Windsor: Photography Contest Evening |
Slide Show |
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House Tour 2008:
Four Centuries of Building Preservation |
Slide Show |
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“Green” April
Vacation Week Programs: Spring Fling! |
Slide Show |
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The Story of Windsor’s Award-Winning Settlement
Hill Development
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Community Reminiscence Night:
Flood Season! A South
Windsor Retrospective
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Making Family Memories:
A Beginning Scrapbooking Workshop
(Part II)
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Slide Show |
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Making Family Memories:
An Oral History Follow-up
Workshop (Part II)
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Image |
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Making Family
Memories:
A Beginning Scrap-booking Workshop (Part I)
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Slide Show |
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Making Family Memories:
Oral History Workshop
(Part I)
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Image |
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Making Family
Memories Vacation Week Activities
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Slide Show |
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Making Family
Memories: Preserving Your Family Photographs and Home
Movies
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Slide Show |
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Camera Crazy Family
Day |
Slide Show |
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Camera Crazy
Exhibition Opening |
Slide Show |
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Edwardian Tea and Performance |
PowerPoint
Presentation
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Spanish Flu
Pandemic |
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Book-Signing for Images of
America: Windsor |
Slide Show
Authors
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Palisado Cemetery Memory Walk with the Windsor Jesters |
Slide Show
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World War I - Era
Canteen Dinner and Performance |
Slide Show
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Baseball
Collector Showcase |
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Summertime Fun
from a Century Ago
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Soldier’s Songs
of World War I
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Opening reception for
Over There: Windsor and World War I
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Slide Show
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Oliver Ellsworth’s 262nd
Birthday Party
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Behind-the-Scenes
Look at the Brimfield Flea Market
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The Ballad of Mack
Street |
Slide Show
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Winter Vacation Arts
and Crafts |
Slide Show
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Spotlight on Windsor
Quilters |
Slide Show
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Linoleum Printing
Workshop |
Slide Show
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Art talk: Spotlight on
19th century Windsor Artist Albert Fitch Bellows
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Holiday Jewelry-Making Demonstration and
Sale |
Slide Show
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Winterfest 2006 |
Slide Show
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Art
Talk: Spotlight on Windsor Furniture Makers
Past and Present
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Spotlight on Windsor
Fiber Artists Fashion Show |
Slide Show 1
Slide Show 2
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Victorian Tea |
Slide Show
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Palisado
Cemetery Memory Walk |
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Women Artists Collective Show and Sale |
Slide Show
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Art Talk: Spotlight on
Historic Ceramics |
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Spotlight on 3-D
Windsor Artists Bus tour |
Slide Show
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Art Talk: Spotlight on
Windsor Photographers |
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Spotlight on
Windsor painters and watercolorists |
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The Painting of Strong House by Paul
Suto and Company |
Slide Show
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Connecticut Open House Day |
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Betsy Kob Tea Room |
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House Tour
2006 |
Slide Show |
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Barn
Raising |
Slide Show |
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Easter
Egg Hunt |
Slide Show |
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St. Patrick’s Day concert |
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Winter Break Activities |
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Victorian Valentines |
Slide Show
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Winterfest 2005 |
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Spotlight on
Toys as Keys to the Past |
Slide Show
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Whoa Back
Pig |
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Ghost Walk in Palisado Cemetery |
Slide
Show |
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Movie Series: Babe |
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Movie Series: Witness |
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Open Barn Tours and Lecture |
Slide Show |
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Len Hellerman’s Tobacco Visions |
Images |
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Movie Series: Parrish |
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Farmers
Market on Palisado Green |
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Behind-The-Scenes at
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery |
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Collections Care: Home
Furnishings |
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Windsor Historical Society Sponsors
In-Depth Look at the DAR Archives at the Oliver Ellsworth
Homestead
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Windsor Historical Society
Sponsors In-Depth Look At The Luddy Taylor Connecticut Valley
Tobacco Museum Collections
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Windsor Historical Society
Sponsors In-Depth Look at Evelyn Longman Batchelder collections
in the Loomis Chaffee School Archives
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Windsor Historical Society Goods and
Services Auction
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Slide Show
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Bissell Tavern Sign Returns
to Windsor Historical Society
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