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History & Happenings

The Email Newsletter of the Danbury Museum & Historical Society Authority 

"Where the Past is Always Present"

43 Main Street, Danbury, CT

203.743.5200

Hats Off 
to Baseball!

Thursday

April 26th

5:30pm to 7pm

 

A celebration  of baseball in cooperation with

The Danbury Westerners

  

Tickets: $20 in advance/ $25 at the door

Get a glimpse of our upcoming exhibit:

'Covering All the Bases: A Pictorial History of Baseball in Danbury'

 

Over 100 baseball caps & memorabilia from local, regional, national - minor & major league teams will be auctioned & sold.

Enjoy a festive, ballpark atmosphere with food provided by

Two Steps Downtown Grille.

 

Get Your Tickets Today! 

Call 203.790.8342 or 203.743.5200

 

Stop by & join us after your work day!

It's that time of year again....
School Days at the 
Danbury Museum! 
 

April 26 thru June 2

The museum will be welcoming nearly 2,000 students, staff, parents & volunteers to our Main Street campus.

We'll be hosting and presenting Danbury Public School 3rd & 5th graders to

programs and demonstrations that will bring Danbury Colonial and Revolutionary War history to life!

 

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TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
 FOR OUR
 ONE-OF-A-KIND 

BASEBALL QUILT
RAFFLE
 
 
$5.00 per ticket
All proceeds to benefit
The Danbury Museum & Historical Society
 
Stop by and see this beautiful creation
on display in 
Huntington Hall
and don't forget to buy a ticket or two!
 
Thanks to our master quilters Joretta & Roni for their time and talent!
 
Raffle tickets will be sold now until the end of our
'Covering All the Bases' summer/fall exhibit.
 
The exhibit officially opens on Saturday, June 9th at 10am.
 

Greetings! 

 

We're excited about all of the news and events that are included in this latest newsletter.  The next several months at the museum are jam-packed!

 

This week marks the start of our annual 'School Days at the Museum' season. Visits from Danbury Public School 3rd and 5th grade classes will be happening through the beginning of June.

 

We're also pleased to be sponsoring Thursday night's

'Hats off to Baseball' fundraising event in partnership with The Danbury Westerners.

 

Our 'Locally Grown' events continue with a variety of offerings geared toward music, the arts and history and...

 

Our 70/70/70 Membership Campaign

 is in full swing! In honor of our 70th anniversary, our goal is to secure

 70 new members in 70 days for 70 years of service to the community.

 

With only 46 days left for this challenge, we're still shy of our target. There's still time to become a member of

Friends of the Danbury Museum & Historical Society Authority,

a nonprofit 501(c)3 branch of the museum.  

 

Whether you've lived here for 70 days or for 70 years, we are all Danburians...

and we're counting on YOU!  

 

  Become a Member Today! We've made it even easier with Paypal now available on our website.

There are many levels of giving - student and family, senior citizen and corporate.

All donations are tax-deductible!

 

Please hit the 'Forward Email' link at the bottom of this newsletter to share with your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers.
Mark your Calendars....
Locally Grown Music & More
at the 
Danbury Museum!
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Saturday, April 28
2 to 4 pm
Original, acoustic rock from singer/songwriter

 Dave King

 

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Saturday, May 12 
2 to 4 pm
Irish tunes in the spirit of a traditional seisun
Bill Devlin & Friends
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Wednesday, June 2 
7 to 9 pm
Pen & Paper Creatives Collective
The group will be gathering in 
The Marian Anderson Studio
We'll meet in one of Marian's favorite spaces and surround ourselves with her music, her performance gowns and other personal items for inspiration!
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Saturday, June 2 
2 pm
Author Chat & Book Signing
History Press Author & CT Resident
Christopher Pagliuco
 
When Puritans Edward Whalley and William Goffe joined the parliamentary army against King Charles I in the English civil wars, they seized an opportunity to overthrow a tyrant. Under their battlefield leadership, the army trounced the Royalist forces and then cut off the king's head. Yet when his son, Charles II, regained the throne, Whalley and Goffe were forced to flee to the New England colonies aboard the ship Prudent Mary-never to see their families or England again. 
Forced to live as fugitives, these former major generals survived frontier adventures in seventeenth-century New England. 
Author Christopher Pagliuco reveals the all-but-forgotten stories of these Connecticut heroes.

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All events are FREE & Open to the Public

 

This series is being sponsored by 

Savings Bank of Danbury 

Join Us Now During Our 

70/70/70 Membership Campaign

Marian Anderson speaking at the opening ceremonies and 
dedication of Huntington Hall on October 20, 1963

  Celebrate the history of our city and our 70th anniversary as a place

 'Where The Past is Always Present'

Help us achieve our goal of 70 new memberships 

in 70 days for 70 years of service to the community.

 

Become A Member Today!   Paypal/Donate Option Now Available!