Over the next 2 weeks, crews will be doing a leaf collection test run in select areas to test equipment functionality. This is not the official leaf pickup. A second, formal pass will follow later to collect leaves properly. The official leaf collection programs begins November 10. Thank you for your patience while we fine-tune the process.
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Connecticut Gravestone Network president Ruth Shapleigh-Brown will present stories, epitaphs, and history of our older cemeteries. Ruth, "has been involved in this work most of my life -- working to protect our buried history. Let us not forget all that has gone before us." Ruth will highlight the history of burial traditions and mourning practices from our early colonial times into the 20th century. We will also welcome Mary Carroll, a collector of Mourning Jewelry, who will bring an exhibit of jewelry from her collection and explain the pieces' history and symbolic meaning. Free. Donations welcome.
History Center, 175 Pine Street, 06040, View Map
175 Pine Street , 06040
Free