{"id":58833,"date":"2023-08-22T17:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T21:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/calendar\/then-and-now-family-day-tour\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T20:17:13","slug":"then-and-now-family-day-tour","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/calendar\/then-and-now-family-day-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Then and Now&#8221; Family Day Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come learn about government and architecture&#8221;then&#8221; and &#8220;now&#8221; when you tour the Connecticut StateCapitol and Connecticut&#8217;s Old State House this summer!\u200a<\/p>\n<p><span>All activities are FREE!<\/span><span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guided tours of the <b>Connecticut State Capitol<\/b> will beoffered at 10:15, 11:15, and 1:15. Explore the Capitol as it is now and learnwhat the government was like when it first opened in 1878.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy structured interpretation at <b>Connecticut&#8217;s Old StateHouse<\/b> anytime between 10 am and 5 pm (last entry is at 4 pm). Learn more aboutgovernment and architecture from over 200 years ago.<\/li>\n<li>Explore the <b>Old State House Farmer&#8217;s Market<\/b> from 10 am &#8211; 2pm<\/li>\n<li>Listen to live music from <b>Sound Pipers <\/b>at Old State House&#8217;sWest patio from 12-1 pm.<\/li>\n<li>Guided tours of the <b>Soldiers and Sailors Monument Arch<\/b> inBushnell Park will be offered from 12 &#8211; 1 pm.<\/li>\n<li>Complete a scavenger hunt of <b>Bushnell Park<\/b>, the Capitol, andthe Old State House. Come see us at Capitol Room 101 and Old State House MainDesk with your completed scavenger hunts for a prize!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PARKING:\u00a0 We recommendthe State House Square parking garage, located at 55 Market Street and juststeps away from Connecticut\u2019s Old State House. Parking is only $5 with avalidated ticket. Please present your parking ticket to the museum\u2019s VisitorServices desk for validation.<\/p>\n<p>For parking at the State Capitol:\u00a0<br \/><span>Limited free parking is available in the Legislative OfficeBuilding parking garage accessible from both Capitol Avenue and Broad Streetand on the north Capitol grounds off Trinity Street. On-street metered parkingand commercial parking lots are also available nearby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To RSVP please send an email to Capitol.Tours@cga.ct.govwith the names of those planning to attend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.lwv.org\/connecticut\/event\/then-and-now-family-day-tours-connecticut-state-capitol-and-connecticuts-old-0\">https:\/\/my.lwv.org\/connecticut\/event\/then-and-now-family-day-tours-connecticut-state-capitol-and-connecticuts-old-0<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come learn about government and architecture&#8221;then&#8221; and &#8220;now&#8221; when you tour the Connecticut StateCapitol and Connecticut&#8217;s Old State House this summer!\u200a All activities are FREE!\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-58833","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Connecticut&#039;s Old State House","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/58833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/58833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58908,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/58833\/revisions\/58908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58833"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=58833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}