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Inside the Barn Island Wildlife Management Area in Stonington stands a new sign honoring the life of Venture Smith, a formerly enslaved man who worked to buy...

The first installment of an essay series on American literature and faith.

“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” - Toni Morrison It may be a short month but we have a full calendar of programs and activiti...

Stonington ― The Stonington Historical Society has begun the public phase of its capital campaign to raise $600,000 for the final phase of its $2.75 million renovation and expansion of the Old Lightho...

Each September, people from across East Haddam and the nation gather to remember a man named Venture Smith. He was brought to the United States from Africa to...

Venture Smith, a Black enslaved man who eventually bought his freedom and became a successful landowner and businessman in Connecticut in the 18th century, will be the focus of an upcoming virtual tal...

The Stonington Historical Society will offer free admission this year to its Lighthouse Museum and the Captain Nathaniel Palmer House for all residents of

Stanton-Davis homestead is undergoing a much-needed foundation-to-roof ridge restoration project thanks to this group whose mission is to both preserve the

Prudence Crandall is Connecticuts official heroine, but without Sarah Harris there might have been no heroic story to tell.

A new exhibit at the Old Lighthouse Museum tells the story of Venture Smith, an African man who was captured and sold into slavery. He spent much of his