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There's only a few days left to register for our b

There's only a few days left to register for our baseball lottery draft! The link to register is on our homepage, and can be found under Events & Programs - America 250. Good luck!

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Photographic portrait of Harriet Newell Williams.

Photographic portrait of Harriet Newell Williams. She was born in Mystic, November 22, 1833 to parents Seth Williams and Lucy Ann Noyes. She married William Franklin Grant on March 12, 1856, and they settled in Litchfield. Together they had five children: William (who died as an infant), Nellie, Frank, Frederick, and Lucy. In the early 1870s, the Grants moved to Brooklyn and William took a position as a clerk to support his family. Harriet died in 1916 at the age of 84 in Manhattan, and is buried with her husband.

Men dressed as British soldiers of 1775, marching

Men dressed as British soldiers of 1775, marching past Perkins Store during the 1914 Centennial celebration of the Battle of Stonington. Marshall: Frank V. Matthews. Men behind: Duncan Carson, Joseph Coffey, Manuel Pont, Albert Fort, Raoul M. Delegrange, Herbert Zeller, Roy C. Whitall, J. Sherman Hammond, Walter E. Hammond, Frank R. Muller, Thomas Noyes, Clifford Watrous, Calvin Harvey, Albert G. Randall and Joe Law.

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Mystic Knights of Columbus, dressed for an undated

Mystic Knights of Columbus, dressed for an undated parade. From left to right: ? Banks, Philip Russo, Octavius Simonelli, Jeffrey Ballestracci.

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Don't forget to join us tomorrow night at the Myst

Don't forget to join us tomorrow night at the Mystic VFW for this fun and informative program by brothers John and Scott Fain, as they discuss their father's service in the Pacific during World War II, and the creative and sometimes explicit plane artwork that served to inspire and motivate the troops. It's sure to be a night to remember!

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"View of Westerly, RI from Moss's Hill, February 4

"View of Westerly, RI from Moss's Hill, February 4, 1900." Gift of Virginia Anderson.

This photograph was taken in the approximate location of where Seafood Etc. stands today, looking down toward Mechanic Street. It is a fascinating look at just how much farmland was still in Pawcatuck in the early 20th century.

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We need your help! Voting is now open for you to h

We need your help! Voting is now open for you to help us name our Stonington Home Team for this year's vintage baseball game after the Village Fair. Go to our website and click the top banner to cast your vote for your favorite.

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Join us at the Mystic VFW on March 4th at 6pm for

Join us at the Mystic VFW on March 4th at 6pm for this fun and illuminating program. Brothers John and Scott Fain will give a presentation about their father, Robert Bindo Fain (1923-1991), and his experiences in the South Pacific during World War II. A Mystic native, Fain was drafted into the Army Air Forces and served on board a B-25 bomber. He flew in 57 missions and collected dozens of photographs, military records, and artifacts that tell the story of his experiences as a gunner in the South Pacific theater from 1943 until 1945. Many of these photographs depict “nose art”, decorative painting usually on the fuselage of World War II era airplanes, depicting women from popular culture. Fain was shot down twice and awarded the Purple Heart. He later worked for the Cottrell Company and as a machinist at Electric Boat.

Due to the graphic nature of the artworks discussed in this presentation, this program is for mature audiences only. You've been warned!

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On this day, 250 years ago, Major Oliver Smith's f

On this day, 250 years ago, Major Oliver Smith's force at Stonington Point was enlarged from 40 men to 90 by the Council of Safety. Their records read in part: "Said Stonington Company had been raised by this Board 14 September last to consist of 50 men, and afterward by the Assembly in October, 1775, reduced to 40, is now augmented to 90, and Major Oliver Smith is appointed Captain of said company, Nathan Palmer Junior is appointed First Lieutenant of the same, John Belcher is appointed Second Lieutenant of the same, and Clement Miner is appointed Ensign of the same. And said Captain Smith is authorized and impowered by all proper ways to raise and inlist said company with all convenient speed and make return to his Honor the Governor, who is desired to give said officers proper warrants or commissions. And Nathaniel Miner, Esq. is appointed a Commissary, to provide the proper supplies of provisions for support of the company now ordered to be raised under the command of Captain Oliver Smith".

A month later, on March 24th, Oliver Smith purchased six more guns for his enlarged unit to use in defense of Stonington.

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Willanna Austin Wagner (1853-1931) was born in Pit

Willanna Austin Wagner (1853-1931) was born in Pittsburgh, PA. Her father died when she was three years old in 1857. Ten years later, her younger brother and only sibling, was hit by a train on Easter Sunday and killed. Undeterred, Willanna and her mother, Eliza, had to make a go of things alone - no easy feat for two women of color in the years after the Civil War. Despite their difficult situation, Willanna attended and graduated from Wilberforce College in Ohio, and upon graduation moved back to Pennsylvania where she worked as a teacher. In 1881, she married John Wagner, and the young couple moved to Stonington. John operated a barber shop on Water Street for more than forty years. Willanna and John built a home on Trumbull Avenue in 1893, one of only two black families in the neighborhood. They are buried together in Williamsport, PA.

This portrait of Willanna is in the Hallie Q. Brown Collection in the Ohio History Connection, out of Columbus, Ohio, and is used with their permission.

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