Historic Footnotes
Thanksgiving celebrations through the years
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A day set aside for giving thanks has been a part of New England tradition since 1621, when the Plymouth Colony survivors celebrated their first harvest.
History
Remembering Carol Laun
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In the June edition of the Granby Drummer, I wrote about Eva Dewey, the curator and archivist for the Salmon Brook Historical Society from 1959 to 1986, who saved much of Granby’s history. In her final nine years she had an invaluable assistant in the archives—Carol Laun, who would go on to transform the Salmon Brook Historical Society into what it is today.
Historic Footnotes
Granby Heritage – The Granby Fair, Part II
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In 1900, Emma Reed Huggins of West Granby wrote her sister a letter describing the Granby Fair. “We are all well and for a wonder I went to the Granby fair yesterday.”
Historic Footnotes
Granby Heritage—The Granby Fair
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For any agricultural town, the harvest is the culmination of the year. Along with the harvest comes the annual Agricultural Fair, a time of excitement and exhilaration for the hardworking farm families.
History
Duck & Cover drills remembered
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We all remember participating in fire drills in elementary school. Interrupting the lesson, the alarm would blare, and teachers lined up all the students, leading them out to the parking lot or field. While this was an important drill in case of emergency, I always remember the relief from students and frustration from teachers as a lesson was missed.
History
Windsor Historical Society celebrates Chaffee House reopening
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The Windsor Historical Society is celebrating the reopening of the historic Chaffee House and museum with a new focus. Closed for the past year, the reopening exhibit concept illuminates the Black experience in Windsor and the surrounding area.
History
A Backwards Glance
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In the 1971 June/July issue, Carol Laun interviewed Tudor Holcomb in one of her early contributions to the Drummer:
Historic Footnotes
The Elusive Academy in North Granby
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Hunting history is a mixture of research, detective work and luck. A search for an elusive academy in North Granby resulted in finding not one, but at least four of them.
Events
Celebrate Memorial Day with Stroll Through Granby History
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Memorial Day presents an opportunity to combine Granby’s iconic Memorial Day parade with the return of Stroll Through Granby History.
History
A Backwards Glance
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In June 2003, Jim Hall (pictured above) was given much-deserved recognition for his service to American Legion Post 182 and for organizing Granby’s Memorial Day parade for 33 years. This year we thank Jim for his 51st Memorial Day parade and celebration in a year that desperately needs a drum-thumping, fife-playing outing on the Green.