STONINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY CALENDAR

CALENDAR 2010

Programs are subject to change without notice. Please contact Society headquarters at the Palmer House for the latest information on coming events.

Phone: (860) 535-8445

e-mail: director@stoningtonhistory.org

All events take place at The Woolworth Library and The Captain Palmer House, 40 Palmer Street unless otherwise noted.

March 2010

Sat 20 – Stonington Short Course - Session 1. The Palmer Family & Their Circle: The Architecture of the Palmer House and Related Homes of Pine Point, with Mary Thatcher. 9:30 am Coffee and Registration, 10am - 12 noon program. Free to volunteers past, present, and future; all others $20 for series of 4 sessions or $10 per session. Please call 860-535-8445 to register.

Wed 24 – Bob Suppicich on Stonington Guns and Gun-Makers, at the LaGrua Center, 7pm.

Sat 27 – Stonington Short Course - Session 2. Packet Ships & Clipper Ships: Sealing Out of Stonington, with Bill Emberton and Early Exploration of Antarctica with Candy Sanford. 9:30 am Coffee and Registration, 10am - 12 noon program. Free to volunteers past, present, and future; all others $20 for series of 4 sessions or $10 per session. Please call 860-535-8445 to register.

April 2010

Sat 24 – Stonington Short Course - Session 3. Introduction to Historical Interpretation: The Do's and Don'ts of Docenting, with Cheryl Danis and Mary Beth Baker. 9:30 am Coffee and Registration, 10am - 12 noon program. Free to volunteers past, present, and future; all others $20 for series of 4 sessions or $10 per session. Please call 860-535-8445 to register.

Wed 28 – The history of Stonington Athletics, by David Erskine and Marsha Standish, at the LaGrua Center, 6pm.

May 2010

Sat 1 – Stonington Short Course - Session 4. The History of Stonington with Jim Boylan, and Lighthouses with Louise Pittaway. 9:30 am Coffee and Registration, 10am - 12 noon program. Free to volunteers past, present, and future; all others $20 for series of 4 sessions or $10 per session. Please call 860-535-8445 to register.

Wed 19 – Presentation by David Burghardt and Bill Perterson on the Palmer-designed clipper ships, Annual Meeting, 5pm.

June 2010

Sat 26 – Annual Dinner Dance.

July 2010

Sun 4 – Independence Day parade and reading.

August 2010

Sat 14 –Battle of Stonington observance.

The Old Lighthouse Museum and the Capt. N.B. Palmer House are open by appointment November - April.

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