Congratulations to our TWO winners of the Warren Historical Society Scholarship!!
Conor will be attending the University of Rhode Island to study Engineering. Alistair will be attending Pennsylvania College of Technology to study welding and metal fabrication.
Best of Luck to both of you in your future studies!
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Conor will be attending the University of Rhode Island to study Engineering. Alistair will be attending Pennsylvania College of Technology to study welding and metal fabrication.
Best of Luck to both of you in your future studies!
#WarrenCtHistoricalSociety #WarrenCT #Wamogo #Scholarship #OurFuture #Congratulations
Our town’s namesake, Joseph Warren (June 11, 1741-June 17, 1775) must have left a big impression on Major Eleazer Curtiss, who suggested our town be named after him.
In 1986 for the town’s bicentennial, artist Gloria Helfgott was commissioned to create these limited-edition medallions. They were available as bronze individual medallions, bronze encased in Lucite, or silver, limited edition and numbered.
The 3.5 cm Bronze colored medal showing the Charter Oak and the words "Connecticut Constitution State 350 Years 1635 - 1985" on one side; and the Bunker Hill Memorial and Joseph Warren portrait with the words "1786 Town of Warren 1986 Bicentennial Connecticut on the reverse. #WarrenCt #WarrenCTHistoricalSociety #GeneralJosephWarren #namesakes #souveniers #medallions #bicentennial
In 1986 for the town’s bicentennial, artist Gloria Helfgott was commissioned to create these limited-edition medallions. They were available as bronze individual medallions, bronze encased in Lucite, or silver, limited edition and numbered.
The 3.5 cm Bronze colored medal showing the Charter Oak and the words "Connecticut Constitution State 350 Years 1635 - 1985" on one side; and the Bunker Hill Memorial and Joseph Warren portrait with the words "1786 Town of Warren 1986 Bicentennial Connecticut on the reverse. #WarrenCt #WarrenCTHistoricalSociety #GeneralJosephWarren #namesakes #souveniers #medallions #bicentennial
We received these wonderful thank you cards from the students of the Warren Elementary School. Our tour of historical places on the lake, and partnership with the Lake Waramaug Task force seems to have made a great impression, and we may have inspired a few future scientists and historians. One student writes “I will use this information well” another writes “I hope one day I can help”
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Edwin R Beeman (1823-1913) was not a prolific writer, but his diaries show an honest look at what his life was like. On June 18th, 1855, he merely notes “Finished the schoolhouse” before going back to his planting and hoeing of corn. The schoolhouse he built was on what is now on the corner of Hopkins Rd and North Shore Rd and was used by the children of the “Pond District”.
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Wishing everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day. Please enjoy these photos from our parade back in 2001. Prime Timers that marched are Andrew Franz, Ruth Baird, Ed Baird, Dawn Young & Pauline Hages, and Ruth Schnell. Photographer Jo Vaill
Memorial Day started after the American Civil War as a way to honor those who died.
Memorial Day started after the American Civil War as a way to honor those who died.
Tourist Season around Lake Waramaug ran from May to October
Edwin R. Beeman’s “Waendessa Cottage” stood next door to the Hopkin’s Place. It eventually became the Sachem Inn after his death, run by William L. Hopkins.
Beeman advertised as being “free from malaria or mosquitos” and having “running water from a pure mountain spring.”
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Edwin R. Beeman’s “Waendessa Cottage” stood next door to the Hopkin’s Place. It eventually became the Sachem Inn after his death, run by William L. Hopkins.
Beeman advertised as being “free from malaria or mosquitos” and having “running water from a pure mountain spring.”
#WarrenCT #WarrenCTHistoricalSociety #LakeWaramaug #TouristSeason #1886