Learning Series

Name: WDS BOOK CLUB | Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
Start: 2026-12-08T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-12-08T20:00:00-05:00
Location: WDS Museum

October 2026
LECTURE | From Variolation to Vaccination: The Transformation of Disease Prevention in the Early Republic (1796–c.1825)

October 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

Forensic anthropologist Anna Dhody traces America's dramatic shift from dangerous variolation to revolutionary vaccination, revealing a founding-era debate about trust, authority, and what it meant to be American that feels strikingly familiar today.
November 2026
FEUDING FOUNDERS COLLECTIVE | Stratford Hall & Menokin, VA: The Lee—Deane Conflict and the Political “Bloodbath” of 1778

Featured November 8 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Stratford Hall 483 Great House Road, Stratford, VA +1 more

Onsite at Stratford and Menokin in Virginia | Richard Henry, Francis Lightfoot, William, and Arthur Lee helped drive the push for independence — then clashed with Silas Deane and John Jay over how to see it through. Join the Feuding Founders Collective at Stratford Hall and Menokin for a day of roundtable discussion and historic tours.
December 2026
WDS BOOK CLUB | Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

December 8 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

Meet fellow history enthusiasts in person as we discuss thought-provoking books by acclaimed authors.

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