Look up in the sky! Was it a bird? Was it a plane? The world inauguration of what was called ‘air truck delivery’ arrived in Greenwich skies on the 1st of November, 1927. You’ll hear about the cargo that was dropped, where it happened and about the crowd of onlookers who witnessed it all.
Striking drivers believed to be from the Borden Milk Company stopped a truck driver and dumped 300 quarts of milk into the Byram River.
Host Jeffrey Bingham Mead will have some words of celebration to share about Coffee for Good, the newest destination for your coffee fix and more in the historic Mead House -newly renovated and restored- on the campus of the Second Congregational Church.
You have an assignment! Your help is needed in locating ‘Piping Book Farm,’ most likely located in the Banksville or Stanwich areas of northeastern Greenwich.
You’re laying in bed late at night in 1921 experiencing bouts of “mental butterflying.” What do you do?
A group of investors came together in 1914 with a “splendid plan for civic improvement” for the “unsightly” Greenwich Harbor, making is available for pleasure and commercial craft. Hint: Grass Island.
October is here, Halloween is getting closer on the calendar. We’ll feature a preview about historic cemeteries in Greenwich, with a particular focus on Burying Hill in Round Hill.
There's always something happening in Greenwich, Connecticut. We'll share news of events you and other members of the public can attend.
We once again send our thanks to Mr. Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates for title sponsoring the show. He is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the American Planning Association. Learn more about Peter F. Alexander at SiteDesignAssociates.com, or call (203) 869-8632.
We also welcome the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI). At Long Island Sound Institute, maintaining Long Island Sound is its goal. Join LISI as it reaches out to students and professors whose studies have to do with water bodies of Long Island Sound. The maintenance and research of our national parks are subjected to budgetary uncertainty year after year. LISI aims to bring long-term stability and avoid the uncertainty inherent to budgets and the political process. Learn more at LISIStudy.info or call (475) 897-5444.
Learn more about the Greenwich, A Town for All Seasons Show podcast hosted by Historian Jeffrey Bingham Mead at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com. Contact us at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons@gmail.com.
We’re always looking for guests to be on the show to share their stories about the history and culture of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut -one of America’s premier communities.
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