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| Views of the Belle Haven Club and 'Jack's Island' after flooding caused by a major storm in November 1992. (Credit: Greenwich Historical Society) |
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Welcome to the 22nd of October 2024 show.
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On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we'll visit Jack's Island in Belle Haven -made possible by Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard.
Greenwich During the Revolutionary War: A Frontier Town on the Front Line has opened to the public at the Greenwich Historical Society.
On today's show, you'll learn what happened in town in Year 1778, thanks to Greenwich Before 2000, an updated, revised edition of another earlier Greenwich history book, Before and After 1776: The Comprehensive Chronology of the Town of Greenwich. Both books are available for borrowing from the Greenwich Library System. Visit greenwichlibrary.org.
To say the least, Halloween is just around the corner. On today's show I'll share a sampling of how Halloween was observed in 1907.
*Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Women's Fellowship of the Second Congregational Church invites the public to a lecture by Davidde Strackbein of the Greenwich Historical Society about the Great Estates of Greenwich.
Reservations required. $20/person includes lunch. Call 203.869.9311 or email pam@2cc.org. Fletcher Hall, 139 East Putnam Avenue.
*On Saturday, November 9, 224, in honor of our courageous veterans this Veterans Day Weekend, the Greenwich Historical Society will host a screening of the documentary film Rohna Classified.
This illuminative documentary sheds a spotlight on the captivating true story of the HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying 2,000 U.S. soldiers journeying to China to aid in their war efforts against Japan in WWII. The HMT Rohna was destroyed en route by a German assault from one of the first radio-guided missiles in war history. This culminated in the loss of 1,015 U.S. soldiers who were aboard the ship.
Among the lives lost were 16 men from Connecticut, including Greenwich native John Campbell Moore.
This remains the most significant loss of soldiers at sea in U.S. naval history.
The documentary examines why the casualties were so high in this catastrophic event, and further explores the circumstances that concealed it from common knowledge.
Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with the documentary’s filmmakers and descendants of those aboard the Rohna. Producer, director, and writer, Jack Ballo will share the story of how he learned about the Rohna disaster and his family’s connection to it.
The niece of a survivor, Catherine Ladnier, will discuss her process of researching John Campbell Moore.
This Q&A will provide an in-depth and personal perspective on this event that has largely been obscured from U.S. history, and aims to put the HMT Rohna back into the historical narrative for its veterans.
Registration is required due to limited capacity. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information on the documentary, and to view the documentary trailer, visit: https://www.rohnaclassified.com/.
*An encore broadcast of her original appearance on the Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons Show Podcast with Jeffrey Bingham Mead will be featured on the Tuesday, November 5, 2024 show.
We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold.
The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited!
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Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 29th of October 2024.
