• Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel: Up and Down the River: A Mohegan History Film for America 250 at Lyman Allyn Museum

    Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New London

    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. The plot of Up and Down the River follows the challenges faced by the Mohegan people, especially tribal women, living along the Massapequotuck (now called Thames) as […]

    $15 – $20
  • Marvin Espy: The African American Perspective of Celebrating the 250th at Lyman Allyn Museum

    Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New London

    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. Understand the African American perspective of the promises and potential of the freedom offered in the Declaration of Independence, particularly through the lens of Juneteenth […]

    $15 – $20
  • Bev York: The Women’s Suffrage Movement at Lyman Allyn Museum

    Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New London

    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. Bev York will introduce and share the stories and words of six suffragists from Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Alice Paul. She will […]

    $15 – $20
  • A Community Conversation on Immigration at Lyman Allyn Museum

    Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New London

    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. Panelists: Margaret Rodriguez, Tabitha Sookdeo, Chris Vials, Julie Cagel and Sister Mary Jude Lazarus Community members are invited to a forum […]

    $15 – $20
  • Tom Anderson: This Fine Piece of Water: An Environmental History of Long Island Sound at Lyman Allyn Museum

    Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New London

    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 […]

    $15 – $20