What a blast at the '350 Years of Simsbury History in 350 Steps' ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday! We are so happy to get the chance to safely celebrate our incredible town! Visit: nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/sim… for the full story! 😄🎉 #SimsburyCT #Simsbury350 #SMPAC #historywalk

How much do you know about our state? Match your knowledge against others, with prizes and bragging rights on the line! Categories range from CT history (of course), to sports and music, tv and movies, and more! Learn more and register here: bit.ly/3mEFXFC

After American independence, #Connecticut, like many Northern states, examined whether #slavery was compatible with American ideals. It decided, in a half-hearted way, that it was not. bit.ly/3hcl4jS CT Humanities

#OTD in 1788, Connecticut ratified the U.S. Constitution and became the fifth state. The rich history of people living on the land we now call Connecticut goes back more than 10,000 years, long before the Dutch and English colonizers arrived in the early 1600s.

"After that summer in Connecticut, it was a bitter feeling going back to segregation . . .The first time that I was seated behind a curtain in a dining car, I felt as if the curtain had been dropped on my selfhood." - #MartinLutherKingJr bit.ly/3qt7RGY CT Humanities

This Friday, Virtual Coffee Hour takes you behind the scenes of the Southern New England Apprenticeship Program in traditional arts. Meet some of this year’s participants and hear about the heritage art and craft they are keeping alive! Register here: ow.ly/vkl050DZ2WA

From 1672 on, every licensed innkeeper in CT was required by law to mark his or her establishment with “some suitable Signe set up in the view of all Passengers for the direction of Strangers where to go, where they may have entertainment.” bit.ly/3g3axr4 CT Humanities

We are excited to announce the Nunootayunonash "Our Baskets" Exhibit has been extended!! Through August 27th, come see the works of art created by award winning contemporary pine needle basket maker Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Elder Gail “White Hair Smiling” Rokotuibau.

Mohegan Medicine Woman Gladys Tantaquidgeon worked to preserve culture of her people buff.ly/2mZFClT #WomensHistoryMonth #CTHistory

Come #BehindTheScenes! We’re exploring 100 Years of CT Fashion—these tours fill up fast, reserve your spot today! ow.ly/VG3T309TRnq

#OTD Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published in 1852. Celebrated, criticized, debated-it remains relevant today

Ready to welcome Squadron Line 5th graders for Colonial Day!

Calling all Veterans! Simsbury to celebrate 100 year anniversary of the Simsbury Memorial Day Parades: simsbury-ct.gov/sites/simsbury…

Tours of our newest American School Deaf exhibit are available every Sat at 2pm! Visit CHS.org for a list of ASL interpreted tours.

Robert Frost recited the poem "The Gift Outright" from memory at JFK's 1961 inauguration. A handwritten copy for the Smithsonian: #JFK100

Thrilled to welcome visitors to check out our latest American School Deaf exhibit, its guided tours, programs & events! chs.org/upcoming-events

FREE admission to the museum, a #BehindTheScenes tour & a guided tour of our latest exhibit #ASD200. #OpenHouseDay ow.ly/VZYh30caiyW

Do you remember getting gifts in this paper? Between 1960 and 1975 G. Fox & Co. used this paper to gift wrap in the store.

I hope you’ll join us Monday for a ceremony celebrating the life and legacy of #MLK 2pm at First Church. Always a beautiful event.

When #MarkTwain built his dream house in Hartford’s Nook Farm neighborhood in 1874, his next-door neighbor was Harriet Beecher Stowe, "the most famous American woman in the world." Harriet B. Stowe The Mark Twain House & Museum bit.ly/2DgWj5y