As we countdown to Greenwich Founder's Day, we’ll begin today’s show with an encore conversation from 2018 on Talk of the Town. Mead-descendant Norm Davis contacted your host with news of a brownstone grave marker for Rachel Mead, who died in 1799, in the basement of his parent’s home in Port Chester, New York.
Where did the stone belong? How did it end up in the basement of a home in Port Chester?
It makes for quite an interesting and entertaining story -and yes, her stone was repatriated to its proper location in the New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery next to the Second Congregational Church.
On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, our visit will take us to Day Estate in Belle Haven -made possible on today's show by Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard.
It is available for purchase at the Greenwich Historical Society's Museum Store, or copies may be borrowed through the Greenwich Library. It is richly illustrated, revealing a wealth of detailed history. I strongly recommend it.
We continue to observe the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department on Crimes and Misdemeanors. On today’s show you’ll learn of Prohibition-era car chases and injured “motor-cops.”
Greenwich Before 2000 was published as an updated, revised edition of another Greenwich history book, Before and After 1776: A Chronology of the Town of Greenwich. On today's show, we'll look back at Years 1800-1808.
And in other historical news, you'll hear about a “chilling experience” featuring Mrs. Percy Rockefeller, her children and friends in Wyoming. They found themselves stuck in a snowstorm while ascending Mount Washburn -in July.
The Nelson Bush House was at one time in the area we know today as Belle Haven. It was moved to where it sits at 186 Hamilton Avenue.
On Greenwich Life: As It Is-And Was, Lucien Edwards penned a piece about Greenwich’s summer boarders.
Summer in Greenwich often brings news of road repairs and repaving -often causing headaches for motor vehicle drivers. Think this is anything news? The situation in Greenwich was hardly different in July, 1923 -and you’ll hear why.
There’s lots to see, to do, and to learn about the history of the Town of Greenwich.
You’ve come to the right place to learn about the history of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, one of America's most interesting and extraordinary communities.
We’ll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold.
I'm Jeffrey Bingham Mead, your host. Thank you for listening to the weekly podcast released on Tuesdays.
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Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Greenwich Founders Day, Tuesday, the 18th of July, 2023.
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