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How did the people of Greenwich, Connecticut celebrated Christmas one-hundred years ago in 1921?
An annual Christmas part was held for the children at Byram Chapel.
On Christmas Eve, 1921 an old fashioned Christmas party was held for the children at the Second Congregational Church. On Christmas day a musical concert consisting of Handel’s Messiah was held at the Second Congregational Church, too.
The Sunday School at St. Roch’s Church in Chickahominy welcomed 285 children for its Christmas exercises.
The Greenwich Social Service League welcomed 300 children to the Town Hall for the annual lighting of the Town Christmas Tree there.
The First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich was transformed into a barn scene with a manger.
A. Oakey Hall was the mayor of New York City, a prospective governor of New York State in the late 19th century. “Ezekiel Lemonade,” a columnist for the Greenwich Graphic, caught up wth Hall in a club in London -where former Mayor Hall shared his favorable thoughts about Greenwich, Connecticut.
Another, a former Greenwich resident then living in what was the Dakota Territory, (now the states of North and South Dakota) returned for one last look at the town of her birth.
As we continue to honor the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department, you’ll hear about Conrad Zoell, a local carpenter who lost his way in 1911 due to intoxication, wandering around Milbank Avenue in the vicinity of the Armory off Mason Street. What happened?
Also in 1911, Mrs. Virginia Janus of Cos Cob was highly displeased with Brooklyn NY resident Arthur DeVore, alleging $8000 in damages to her reputation.
The Greenwich Historical Society was recently pleased to mark the debut of the John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné with an illustrated virtual talk by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., tracing John Henry Twachtman’s road to Greenwich, where he lived with his family from 1890 to 1899 and created the Impressionist works for which he is best known. Dr. Peters charted Twachtman’s artistic career focusing on a few key works, from his early days in Cincinnati, to European study and travel, to New York City, and finally to Greenwich.
While the exhibition has been postponed to 2022, I’ll tell you where you can enjoy Dr. Peters’ virtual talk online from the comfort of your home, or anywhere with Internet access.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls around the world! Stay where you are! We’ll have all this, news of public events and lots more as today’s show unfolds.
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