Andy Vope from the Museum of Printing will be demonstrating historical printing with a rolling printing press. This interactive program will be from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Also learn about Amos Dolittle, the Revere of Connecticut. More info to be added! Sponsored by the Friends of the Avon Library.
“Cato in the Revolution: Spies, Slavery, Church, and Chocolate” Join historian and author Claire Bellerjeau as she shares her exciting new discoveries about Cato, an enslaved Black man who aided the Patriot spy and tailor Hercules Mulligan during the Revolutionary War. Cato’s story, once mere legend, comes to life with details of an assassination plot against Washington, […]
Join historian and author Claire Bellerjeau for a one-hour program as she discusses the discovery of a new founding figure named Elizabeth, or Liss. Liss was enslaved by the Townsend family of Oyster Bay, New York, whose most famous member was Robert Townsend aka “Culper, Jr.”, George Washington’s lead spy in Manhattan during the Revolutionary […]
