Events

Make your own rag doll similar to the ones a child would own in colonial America. At the Windsor Public Library. Registration required. Ages 5 and up.

Who was the calligrapher that wrote the Declaration of Independence? How did they write during the American Revolution? What tools did they use? What lettering style? Can I write like they did? We will explore these questions and more in this hands-on 90-minute program with calligrapher Debby Reelitz. Participants will get the opportunity to write […]

Join leading Benjamin Franklin scholar George Boudreau, PhD, for a special talk about how the “First American” worked to better his community and himself. By creating America’s first public library, first non-sectarian college, first public hospital, and through his numerous scientific inquiries, Franklin sought ways to transform the world around him. Learn how this commitment […]

We will be telling stories of men and women who were spies during the American Revolution. We will also be telling some myths associated with this time in history. Did George Washington really cut down the cherry tree? Did George Washington really have wooden teeth? Have some fun learning about history and the myths that […]

Being a spy is an exciting life but it’s only exciting if you succeed in your mission and not get caught. Become a spy during the American Revolution. Carry a message to George Washington. Go behind enemy lines. Your mission if successful would bring the new world closer to becoming independent. How will you prepare […]

The Windsor Public Library and the Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth Chapter DAR invite you to a program featuring the music of Connecticut’s Revolution. What a Glorious Crash They Made will feature songs exclusively from Connecticut during the Revolutionary War, presented by music historian Richard Franklin Donohue. Mr. Donohue, singing and playing the harpsichord, will explore this […]

Windsor Muster The Windsor Fife and Drum Corps holds their annual muster each year on the first Saturday after Labor Day on the beautiful Windsor town green. The Corps hosts several other premier fife & drum corps from near and far for an afternoon of friendship and music. ​The event is free and open to […]

Food insecurity affects every community and impacts its civic health. Learn what you can do to help your Windsor neighbors by participating in a lively community discussion led by representatives from Windsor Food and Fuel Bank, CT Department of Social Services, Faces of Homelessness, and Connecticut Foodshare. The discussion will cover what hunger looks like in Windsor, how […]

Join DFAW in person or via Zoom for their fall meeting Connecticut played an outsized role in winning U.S. independence from the British Empire and creating a new country. Roger Sherman, Oliver Ellsworth, Jonathan Trumbull, Israel Putnam, Benedict Arnold, Nathan Hale, and others played critical roles. General George Washington and French General Rochambeau held their […]

The year is 1776. The Revolutionary War has just begun. But what does that mean for Windsor? In this lecture with Windsor Historical Society Archivist Michelle Tom, learn how Windsor soldiers, citizens, and society alike were affected by the American Revolution. $10 adult, $8 member, $8 student, children 12 and under free. REGISTER HERE.