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Paul Schepis and Delia Gilmour, 1972. Do you remem Paul Schepis and Delia Gilmour, 1972. Do you remember Schepis Liquor Store/Package Store at 134 Water Street?

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You may have noticed construction fencing up at th You may have noticed construction fencing up at the Lighthouse Museum. Please be advised the building and surrounding grounds are closed until the spring as we work to build an accessible entrance for our visitors and local community. 

#localhistory #stoningtonct #lighthouse #safety #AccessibilityMatters #closure #community
One of our favorite Halloween pictures in our arch One of our favorite Halloween pictures in our archives, is this great shot by Rollie McKenna from 1968. What was your favorite Halloween costume? Do you have any memories of the best houses for trick or treating? Or a particularly impish prank you still laugh about to this day? Tell us in the comments! 

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Don't forget to join us this Wednesday at the La G Don't forget to join us this Wednesday at the La Grua Center for an evening with Dr. Cornelia H. Dayton as she explores the lives of women during the American Revolution. All are welcome! We hope to see you there!

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This is a friendly reminder that our museums have This is a friendly reminder that our museums have moved over to fall hours. The Lighthouse Museum is closed for the season, and will reopen in 2027. The Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House is open weekends only through December 13th, with timed tours on the hour between 10am and 3pm. 

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Trade card for Mrs. Mary Jane Cook Pendleton's sho Trade card for Mrs. Mary Jane Cook Pendleton's shop on Water Street, which is now the location of Tom's News Stand. Mary was married to Lighthouse Keeper, Captain Benjamin "Frank" Pendleton. Her establishment for news, stationary and confectionery provided for their family (of six children!) during her husband's long, uncertain forays into sea commerce. Captain Frank was the son of Harris Pendleton, a master mariner who built the brick house at 35 Main Street. He was also related to the Benjamin Pendleton who commanded the sealing expedition that led to Nathaniel Brown Palmer's sighting of Antarctica in 1820. Frank spent his life aboard ships, and was 49 years old when he was appointed keeper of the Stonington Lighthouse in 1872. 

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You all were so helpful in identifying members of You all were so helpful in identifying members of the Cottrell Lumber Company, that we have one more photo that needs your expertise! We know Bill Dodge is the elder gentleman  at left center, and Carl Jeckel is the fellow at center with glasses, but can you help us identify the rest? Thank you all so much for your assistance, we greatly appreciate it. 

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The old Mason homestead, as it appeared in 1933. T The old Mason homestead, as it appeared in 1933. This home burned down in February of 1952 as part of a brush fire that destroyed nearly 50 acres. The home was abandoned at the time of the fire, and thanks to the quick response of five local companies, the more populated part of the island was spared. Mason's Island, originally known as Chippechaug Island, was part of the land grant given to Major John Mason, and later passed down to his son Lieutenant Daniel Mason, who settled on a portion of the land given by his father after his marriage to Rebecca Hobart in 1679. (The house pictured here does not date from that time.) When Grace Denison Wheeler published her book "Homes of our Ancestors" in 1900, direct descendants of Daniel Mason were still living on the island. 

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Join us at the La Grua Center on Wednesday, Octobe Join us at the La Grua Center on Wednesday, October 28th for a fascinating evening with  Dr. Cornelia H. Dayton. Dr. Dayton will highlight New England women on the homefront whose lives were suddenly or violently disrupted and who wrote about it. Their stories help us grapple with the emotional toll exacted by political strife and war. Diaries, letters, and court records offer windows onto white and Black women’s fears and strategizing. She will also explore the ways in which courtships and marriages were tested or ended amid revolutionary discord.

Cornelia H. Dayton is the author of books such as Women Before the Bar: Gender, Law, and Society in Connecticut, 1639-1789 and Women’s America: Refocusing the Past, 7 th -10 th editions (with Linda Kerber et al.). Her research has uncovered new findings about the life and marriage of poet Phillis Wheatley Peters, as featured in the documentary by Askew Pictures, In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters. She attended Harvard-Radcliffe and received her PhD from Princeton University. Recently retired, she taught courses on ‘vast’ early America, law in US society, women and gender, and Revolutionary Boston at the University of Connecticut.

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