Join textile historian Ned Lazaro, Associate Curator of Textiles and Costumes at The Wadsworth Atheneum and former curator of textiles at Historic Deerfield for a moderated discussion on the history of collecting schoolgirl samplers and other forms of needlepoint in the United States.
They were allies, rivals, and collaborators — sometimes all at once. The Feuding Founders Collective launches at WDS with a daylong symposium exploring the real Silas Deane, John Jay, and the Lee brothers of Virginia. Walk the historic houses, hear from scholars at three partner sites, and discover why these 250-year-old rivalries feel so familiar. This is the real story — not the tidy one.
Travel back in time and experience our Annual Revolutionary War Encampment and Traditional Trades Fair. Join us all day for a fun, educational immersion in the Colonial era, including period music, open hearth cooking demonstrations, children’s colonial games, traditional craft-making, woodworking, masonry, weaving, musket demonstrations, camp tours with the 5th Connecticut Regiment, and so much more.
Meet fellow history enthusiasts in person as we discuss thought-provoking books by acclaimed authors.
Meet fellow history enthusiasts in person as we discuss thought-provoking books by acclaimed authors.
Meet fellow history enthusiasts in person as we discuss thought-provoking books by acclaimed authors.
Meet fellow history enthusiasts in person as we discuss thought-provoking books by acclaimed authors.