Connecticut’s Old State House Closed for Christmas Eve Day
Connecticut's Old State House will be closed on Saturday, December 24th for Christmas Eve Day. Please come back and visit us on Tuesday, December 27th between 12-5 PM.
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Legislative Landmarks: “Connecticut’s Battle Over Emancipation: Lincoln, Copperheads, and…Steven Spielberg?”
In person/OnlineFew imagined that when the 2012 Hollywood blockbuster'Lincoln' hit theaters, it would ignite a heated debate involving Connecticut’scontroversial Civil War history, a congressman, and a frazzled screenwriterworried about the prospects […]
Conversations at Noon on the Connecticut Freedom Trail: “Connecting the Stories in Connecticut’s Old State House”
Online onlyLocated in the heart of downtown Hartford, Connecticut's OldState House served as one of the capitol buildings of Connecticut until 1878.As the seat of the state's government, the Old State […]
Evening Conversations: “The Many Colors of Justice: Black New Englanders in Connecticut’s Colonial Courts”
Online onlyBlack litigants regularly appeared in colonial Connecticut'scounty courts. Participating as plaintiffs, defendants, and third-partysubjects, free Black New Englanders in New London often relied on the courts toprotect their economic and […]
POSTPONED: Conversations at Noon on the Connecticut Freedom Trail: “The Amistad Affair”
Online onlyFirst in a limited series, The Amistad Trilogy.In 1839, 53 captive Africans rebelled aboard the Spanish schooner La Amistad. They took over the ship, but were captured by the US […]
Conversations at Noon on The Connecticut Freedom Trail: “The Amistad Rebellion in History and Film”
VirtualSecond in a limited series: The Amistad Trilogy.In 1839, 53 captive Africans rebelled aboard the Spanish schooner La Amistad. They took over the ship, but were captured by the US […]
Ins and Outs of Ranked Choice Voting
OnlineSpeaker: Dr. Joseph Coll, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics at Sewanee: The University of the South During elections, most of us are used to voting for just one candidate per […]
Conversations at Noon: Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes
Connecticut's Old State House 800 Main St, Hartford, CT, United StatesSpeaker: Dr. Steven B. Smith, the Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science and professor of philosophy at Yale University Join us in conversation with Dr. Steven B. Smith as he examines […]
A Night at the Public House: The Regulars Are Coming Out
Connecticut's Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USASaddle your horses and take a midnight (but really early evening) ride to Connecticut's Old State House for A Night at the Public House: The Regulars Are Coming Out - an […]
Conversations at Noon on The Connecticut Freedom Trail: “Lessons of the Amistad: Through the lens of an African-Centered Woman”
VirtualThird in a limited series: The Amistad Trilogy.In 1839, 53 captive Africans rebelled aboard the Spanish schooner La Amistad. They took over the ship, but were captured by the US […]
ENCOUNTERS: Amistad: Artistic Perspectives
ENCOUNTERS: Amistad: Artistic PerspectivesIn 1839, 53 captive Africans rebelled aboard the Spanish schooner La Amistad. They took over the ship, but were captured by the US Navy in Long Island Sound and taken […]
Conversations at Noon on the the Connecticut Freedom Trail: The Amistad Affair
Connecticut's Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USAFeaturing:Tammy Denease, Outreach Director, Connecticut Freedom Trail Charles Warner, Jr., Chair, Connecticut Freedom TrailAdrienne Joy Burns, Board Member, The Amistad CommitteeIn 1839, Connecticut’sOld State House was the site of the first […]