2 events found.
Community Room 2 (divided room)
Address
281 Country Club Road Connecticut
Avon, CT 06001 United States Get Directions
Avon, CT 06001 United States Get Directions
Capacity: 125 people/65 with tables
Location: First Floor
Available all the time: Wifi access via valid CT library card.
Available at most times: 150 chairs. 10 tables. Kitchenette. Coffee pot. Warming drawer. Refrigerator. Freezer.
Available during library hours: Guest Passes for Wifi access.
Available, but advance orientation required: Microphones. Ceiling mounted projector. Project directly onto cinema-quality-painted wall.
Events at this venue
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“Cato in the Revolution: Spies, Slavery, Church, and Chocolate” (in-person)
Community Room 2 (divided room) 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United States“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, […]
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“Remember Liss: A New American Founding Figure” (in-person)
Community Room 2 (divided room) 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United StatesJoin 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 […]