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SUMMARY:LECTURE | From Variolation to Vaccination: The Transformation of Disease Prevention in the Early Republic (1796–c.1825)  
DESCRIPTION:PURCHASE TICKETS \n  \nFrom Variolation to Vaccination: The Transformation of Disease Prevention in the Early Republic (1796–c.1825)   \nOctober 15\, 6:00 PM \n*Please note new time of 6:00 PM. (Previously 7:00 PM) \nForensic 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.  \nTickets: $15 | $12.50 Virtual | $10 Members * This lecture will be offered in person and via Zoom.  \nBio |  Anna N. Dhody\, MFS is the Founder and Executive Director of the Dhody Research Institute. She was previously the Gretchen Worden Curatorial Chair\, Mütter Museum and Director\, Mütter Research Institute of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. She received her BA in archaeology from Boston University\, Masters in Forensic Science from The George Washington University. A forensic anthropologist\, Ms. Dhody previously served as an osteologist at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and worked with the United Nations Development Programme and the Public Ministry of Peru to identify some of the estimated 69\,000 “Desaparecidos” victims of state terrorism. Ms. Dhody is a member of the Vidocq Society\, a Consulting Scholar at The University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and was appointed a Fulbright Specialist in 2023 in museum studies and physical anthropology.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/lecture-from-variolation-to-vaccination-the-transformation-of-disease-prevention-in-the-early-republic-1796-c-1825/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Learning Series,Lecture,Members,Colonial History,Spiritual and Spooky,America 250
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SUMMARY:SPECIAL TOURS | Witches & Tombstones Tour October 18
DESCRIPTION:Oct 18 | Witches & Tombstones Tour Tickets\nWitches & Tombstones Tour **Sunday\, October 18 Tickets** \nA guided journey into the spookier parts of our past. Begin at the 1773 Silas Deane House where you’ll learn about the darker side of 18th-century medicine and attend the funeral of Elizabeth Deane\, departed at just 34. From the Deane House you’ll journey further into the past at the Buttolph-Williams House (ca. 1710-15)\, the setting for the Newbery-winning children’s novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. Hear stories about the notorious Wethersfield Witch Trials\, which preceded the Salem Witch Trials by 30 years. The Buttolph-Williams House is a property of Connecticut Landmarks operated by the Webb Deane Stevens Museum. The final stop before your macabre tour ends with a visit to Wethersfield’s Ancient Burying Ground. See the graves and hear stories of those who once walked the streets of Old Wethersfield.\nTour times: 10:30 AM\, 11:30 AM\,  12:30 PM\, 1:30 PM\, and 2:30PM. \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE for SUNDAY\, OCTOBER 18 DATE: Members:  $35  | General Admission: $40 \nTours are limited to groups of 20\, so reserve your tickets before they sell out! \n*Please note: The Witches & Tombstones tour includes climbing stairs and walking on uneven ground. It is not recommended for youth under age 13.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/special-tours-witches-tombstones-tour-october-18/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Spiritual and Spooky
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SUMMARY:SPECIAL TOURS | Witches & Tombstones Tour October 24
DESCRIPTION:Oct 24 | Witches & Tombstones Tour Tickets\nWitches & Tombstones Tour **Saturday\, October 24 Tickets** SOLD OUT \nThis event is SOLD OUT. Contact info@wdsmuseum.org to be put on a waiting list.  \nA guided journey into the spookier parts of our past. Begin at the 1773 Silas Deane House where you’ll learn about the darker side of 18th-century medicine and attend the funeral of Elizabeth Deane\, departed at just 34. From the Deane House you’ll journey further into the past at the Buttolph-Williams House (ca. 1710-15)\, the setting for the Newbery-winning children’s novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. Hear stories about the notorious Wethersfield Witch Trials\, which preceded the Salem Witch Trials by 30 years. The Buttolph-Williams House is a property of Connecticut Landmarks operated by the Webb Deane Stevens Museum. The final stop before your macabre tour ends with a visit to Wethersfield’s Ancient Burying Ground. See the graves and hear stories of those who once walked the streets of Old Wethersfield.\nTour times: 10:30 AM\, 11:30 AM\,  12:30 PM\, 1:30 PM\, and 2:30PM. \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE for SATURDAY\, OCTOBER 24 DATE: Members:  $35  | General Admission: $40 \nTours are limited to groups of 20\, so reserve your tickets before they sell out! \n*Please note: The Witches & Tombstones tour includes climbing stairs and walking on uneven ground. It is not recommended for youth under age 12.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/special-tours-witches-tombstones-tour-october-24/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Spiritual and Spooky
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SUMMARY:SPECIAL TOURS | Witches & Tombstones Tour October 31
DESCRIPTION:Oct 31 | Witches & Tombstones Tour Tickets\nWitches & Tombstones Tour **Saturday\, October 31 Tickets** SOLD OUT \nThis event is SOLD OUT. Contact info@wdsmuseum.org to be put on a waiting list.  \nA guided journey into the spookier parts of our past. Begin at the 1773 Silas Deane House where you’ll learn about the darker side of 18th-century medicine and attend the funeral of Elizabeth Deane\, departed at just 34. From the Deane House you’ll journey further into the past at the Buttolph-Williams House (ca. 1710-15)\, the setting for the Newbery-winning children’s novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. Hear stories about the notorious Wethersfield Witch Trials\, which preceded the Salem Witch Trials by 30 years. The Buttolph-Williams House is a property of Connecticut Landmarks operated by the Webb Deane Stevens Museum. The final stop before your macabre tour ends with a visit to Wethersfield’s Ancient Burying Ground. See the graves and hear stories of those who once walked the streets of Old Wethersfield. \nTour times: 10:30 AM\, 11:30 AM\, 12:30 PM\, 1:30 PM\, and 2:30 PM. \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE for SATURDAY\, OCTOBER 31 DATE: Members $35; General Admission $40 per person. \nTours are limited to groups of 20\, so reserve your tickets before they sell out! \n*Please note: The Witches & Tombstones tour includes climbing stairs and walking on uneven ground. It is not recommended for youth under age 12.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/special-tours-witches-tombstones-tour-october-31/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Spiritual and Spooky
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SUMMARY:SPECIAL EVENT | Witches and Tombstones Spooktacular
DESCRIPTION:Spooktacular Tickets \nSPECIAL EVENT | Witches and Tombstones Spooktacular | Oct 31\, 6:30 PM and 7:30 PM \nJoin us on a special Halloween night as we descend into the witching hour. Our Halloween Spooktacular is an immersive experience that will transport you through our haunted history. \nA Spirit Guide—arisen for one night only—will escort you to the Silas Deane House\, where you will have arrived just a bit too late for poor Mrs. Deane. But her ghost may tell you of the dark history of 18th-century medicine that sealed her fate. If you dare to linger\, your obliging guide will invite you to toast her soul with a spirited drink in the old house. The only tour to be given after dark\, this extended Witches and Tombstones tour will haunt you long after you’ve departed. As you follow your Spirit Guide\, you’ll pass through the Ancient Burial Ground where the guide will delight you with tales of some of Wethersfield’s longest-serving ghouls. \nAt the Buttolph-Williams House you’ll encounter the trial of an accused witch and witness first-hand the hysteria that overtook 17th-century Connecticut Puritans and led neighbors to condemn neighbors to the hangman’s noose. \nTickets: Members: $50 | General Admission: $60 \nTours: Saturday\, October 31\, 6:30 PM and 7:30 PM. Each tour is limited to 20 souls. \nYou must be 18 years or older to participate in this tour.  Valid I.D. is required for all attendees. \nPlease note that this program lasts approximately 1.5 hours and requires the ability to walk some\ndistances over unpaved and uneven ground as well as standing for periods of time.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/special-event-witches-and-tombstones-spooktacular-2/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Performance,Holiday Program,Special Event,Spiritual and Spooky
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