Tom Anderson: This Fine Piece of Water: An Environmental History of Long Island Sound at Lyman Allyn Museum

This year’s theme is Freedom: The Victories, Promises, and Potentials of 1776. The speakers will explore the meaning of freedom in America, examining its historical implications for various segments of society, all from a local perspective.

Tom Andersen’s talk will show how the attitude the Dutch and English brought to North America led to decades of devastating pollution. But also how, after 370 years, attitudes about the Sound changed, in the nick of time to stave off environmental disaster.