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This will the subject of the next episode of our podcast Grating the Nutmeg! Coming out next week!The "War, Maps, Mystery: Dutch Mapmaker Bernard Romans and the American Revolution" exhibit runs through May 2, 2020 at Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Library. For more information visit: ow.ly/TOhS50xsXS0

This exhibition shares the little-known story of Revolutionary War Patriot and Dutch mapmaker Bernard Romans. Romans came to the American colonies in 1757 during the French and Indian War, surveying for the British along the Atlantic seaboard. Romans became a supporter of American independence, joined the Continental Army, and eventually settled in Wethersfield, CT. Both the British and Americans used Romans’ maps during the American Revolution. In 1780, he was captured by the British and died in 1784, mysteriously, while a prisoner.

Incredibly rare maps from the CHS collection, published by Romans and his contemporaries, as well as earlier Connecticut maps from the 17th and 18th centuries, will be displayed.

With special gratitude to Priscilla Romans Hexter and Madeleine Hexter.

The Hexters are direct descendants of Bernard Romans and his first wife, Maria Wendell. Priscilla Hexter has done extensive research on the life of Romans. She identified his birth date of 1741 (not 1720, as claimed in several books and articles) and had his record at the Library of Congress changed.

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For more than a generation, Kendall F. Wiggin has been one of the most influential champions of history issues and institutions in Connecticut. At the end of 2019, Ken is retiring after 21 years as Connecticut's State Librarian. In a revealing interview, State Historian Walter Wo...
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I watched the whole thing. The part that got me was near the end when he was asked about disappointments. He acknowledged their failure to get support fir the Museum of CT History - literally the smallest & least developed state museum of the 20+ I’ve seen. In 2011 - during the 150th of the Civil War - I’d gotten a preview of this “CT for the Union” exhibit there in 2003. He promised me it would be finished for the 150th (2011-2015). To this day it’s never opened. Why - in a state that spends $40 mill / year on culture & tourism!?
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Have you started your holiday decorating? Wethersfield's Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum shows how the holidays were celebrated in three eras: c. 1770, c. 1830, and c. 1930. Find out how, in the 1800s, Clement C. Moore and Thomas Nast created Santa Claus, and the origin of the New Year's resolution--all in this episode of Grating the Nutmeg!

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Charles Lyle, executive director of the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum in Wethersfield, whets your appetite for a visit to the Webb, Stevens, and Deane houses to see how the holidays were celebrated in three eras: c. 1770, c. 1830, and c. 1930. Find out how, in the 1800s, Clement C. Moore and Thom...
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Cubism in writing/ Cubism also was adapted into literature, especially poetry, by the likes of Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude Stein, and Pierre Reverdy. Such poets adopted a number of techniques which could be classed as close to Analytic Cubism (destruction of grammar, strange or absent punctuation, free verse, etc.) Others were close to Synthetic Cubism, especially in the case of Guillaume Apollinaire, who fused poetry and drawing in caligrammes; created collages involving postcards, letters and the like. It should be noted that Cubist poetry frequently overlaps with Surrealism, Dadaism, Futurism, or even more diverse movements such as Vicente Huidobro's Creationism.
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Postponed due to illness-we’ll post the new date when we have it. Listen to Publisher Elizabeth Normen discuss our new book "Venture Smith in Colonial Connecticut" on "Library Chat" at 9am on Thursday, Nov. 21st, on radio station ICRVRadio.com ...
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New Podcast Episode up now! How did Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens use scrapbooks to fight unscrupulous publishers who reprinted his work without paying him? Why did celebrities like Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony keep scrapbooks? How did abolitionists, suffragists and African Americans use scrapbooks to tell their story? Before the
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Coming up this week!In 1619, the first boatload of enslaved people arrived in America. Wednesday, November 20 at noon, join us for a lunchtime conversation on The New York Times' THE 1619 PROJECT. In the first of four conversations, we will examine the four-century legacy of slavery in the United States. FREE and open to all. We encourage you to bring lunch. To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-1619-project-lunchtime-community-conversation-1-tickets-80489132161 ...
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CT Exploded is ready for some holiday shopping!Here's the list of exciting vendors we'll have here on Nov. 23 & 24! Put this great shopping day on your calendar! ADORN_ACCESSORIES, Beautycounter, Beeline Skin Care, Chakkar Jewelry Inc., Clarkson Avenue Crumb Cake Company, Cocoa Loco Chocolates, Co., DÁFNI Greek Gourmet, Eleish van Breems Home, Esthetic Living, Gioiella Jewelry, The Glamorous Elephant, Indo-chic, JeaForteVintage Vintage Gifts, KIS Botanicals-Herbal Products and Cultural Experiences from the Rainforest, The Lady Ming, Le Fashion Cottage, Marco Polo Style, MaryKayCosmetics, Mugger's Marrow, LLC, Parkcityhoney Co., The Pilot House Special Needs Center – Yes We Can, Sand Accessories, Sofia Co., Suzanne Saltzman LLC and Cynthia Alexander, Too Sparrows Fashion Boutique, Two B's Accessories, and The Two Oh Three. The Museum Shop will also be open and stocked with holiday items! We can’t wait! ...
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