Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Inheriting Freedom an Intergenerational Tour at Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center 77 Forest Street, HartfordThe goal of our intergenerational tour is to encourage conversations about justice between all visitors. We provide an interactive, conversation-based tour experience where we welcome questions and curiosity from adults and children alike. The tour explores the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe and the larger history of anti-slavery activism in the United States, with a major […]
Salons at Stowe: Literary Activism Locked Up
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center 77 Forest Street, HartfordA 2023 study by PEN America found that book bans in prison systems have risen dramatically in the last decades, even in seemingly progressive states. Washington state, for example, more than doubled the instances of book bans between 2019 and 2021. In addition to restrictions on reading through specific book bans, censoring certain topics in […]
GARDEN OF LITERACY at Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center 77 Forest Street, HartfordThe Harriet Beecher Stowe Center joyfully invites families and friends to our Spring Celebration Community Day on Saturday, April 20th, GARDEN OF LITERACY! 🌸📚 This delightful family fun event promises a day filled with outdoor activities, literary workshops, and a special children’s reading circle. Our new specialty tour, Inheriting Freedom, will also be unveiled during […]