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June 1, 2009 |
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Vol. II Issue 2 |
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OPEN HOUSE DAY June 13, 10 to 4 LEE HOUSE TOURS ALL DAY SCHOOLHOUSE CLASSES COLONIAL ACTIVITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN’S GAMES BARN EXHIBITS & COLONIAL STORE AXE THROWING ANIMALS MEET EARLY LEE FAMILY & SAMUEL HUNTINGTON (OUR FIRST PRESIDENT) REFRESHMENTS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BECOME AN “AMBASSADOR” TO OUR MANY STATE CULTURAL SITES |
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LOOKING FOR HISTORY
Over the last few years some members of the Society have been taking and collecting Oral Histories of people in East Lyme. If you have any of these tapes, or any videos or pictures to share please contact Norm Peck 447-9570 ex 1333. We would like to make copies of these to have in one central location. We will have a table at the Open House program where you can bring pictures which we will copy for our collection in the East Lyme Room at the library. |
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ANNUAL MEETING AT LEE HOUSE June 5, 6 PM. BYOB and a picnic basket. Slide Show by Wilbur Beckwith. |
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SUMMER TOUR GUIDES By Luane Lange We are in need of tour guides for the house for the summer. The house is open from Wednesday through Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. and by appointment. Showing the Lee House is an important part of the activities of the Society. Your willingness to support this activity will be most appreciated. Please call me at 739-6949. |
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Thomas Lee House c. 1660 |
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East Lyme Historical Society |
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Founded 1897 |
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FLEA MARKET-July 4 & 5 By Liz Kuchta It is again time to plan for our Annual Flea Market fund raiser. This is one of our major fund raisers and is always a big success due to your donations and help. You may drop off your tag sale items at the barn Wednesday July 1 through Friday July 3 between 1 and 4 PM. Please, no clothes, computers, TV’s, exercise equipment or carpets. If you would like to help with pricing, or need items to be picked up call Liz Kuchta, 739-6651 or Doris Beebe, 739-8401. We could also use help at the food table. Contact Betty Murphy at 739-2732. contact Mert Ferguson, 739-8359 or Wilbur Beckwith, 739-8084 if you can help with the parking of cars. Luane Lange, 739-6949 is also looking for help for tour guides for the house that weekend. |
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Thomas Lee House
For those of you who sent in your membership please note that the house is open for tours Wednesday through Sunday 1 to 4 PM. There was a misprint on the Application form. For those who may not have renewed their memberships yet, the Membership Form appears on the back page of the newsletter*. Using this will be a big help to the Society in helping us keep down the cost of mailings. Thank you for your help. *The Membership form is available here. |
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OPEN HOUSE PROGRAM
Following is the schedule for the day of the Open House Program. 10 AM—Cow milking demonstration and separation of cream from milk 10:30 to 11:30 Woodworking & Candle Dipping 11:30 to 12:30 Butter making & Spinning 12:30 to 1:30 Schoolhouse classes 1:30 to 2:30 Butter making & Spinning 2:30 to 3:00 Woodworking & Candle Dipping |
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OPEN HOUSE PROGRAM CONTINUED
12:30 to 1:30 Schoolhouse classes. Each class will be for 1/2 hour. Classes will be conducted by members of the Leos which is the Niantic Lions Club youth program. All children are welcome to attend this activity. The classes will study reading, writing, language, and arithmetic using materials for early 1800’s textbooks. Children will write on slates as paper was too expensive to use in those times. Games: Colonial games will be played throughout the day. There will be board games, skill games, and group games. These will all be conducted by members of the Leos. House tours: House tours will be conducted throughout the day. Please come to the front door of the house. Your guide will take you through the house. There will be people in each of the rooms who will talk to you. In the kitchen you will meet Violet, Elisha Lee’s slave, who will be making butter. She will be assisted by a member of the Leos. The Barn The barn contains our Ezra Lee exhibit and Nehantic Indian exhibit plus our Colonial Store. A descendant of Ezra Lee will be present to talk to you about his many services to the Revolutionary War and the first American submarine “The Turtle”. Be sure to visit our store. we have several mounted photos of the Lee House and the Little Boston Schoolhouse, plus some very nice book markers, and scallop earrings. We also sell two books on the house. One is about the history of the house and the other about its architecture. we also have na 2868 map of East Lyme and many colonial games. Tomahawk Throwing Try your skill at throwing a tomahawk at a target. Its lots of fun for all ages. Samuel Huntington Samuel Huntington was born in Scotland Connecticut and lived in Norwich. During the time of the |
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Continental Congress he was elected to congress in 1775 and thereafter elected annually. In 1779 he was elected President. He held this position until July of 1781 when he resigned because of ill health. He is considered by many as our first President. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1784 and two years later he became governor which he held until his death in 1796. Come and have a talk with him. |
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FOURTH GRADE COLONIAL PROGRAM By Richard Waterman This year was the ninth year of the Fourth Grade Colonial Program which began in the fall of 2001. There have been over 1600 children who have participated. Each year the children of each of the elementary schools in town have come to the Lee House to participate in hands-on colonial activities which have been from cooking, making cider, spinning and weaving, woodworking, butter making, candle making, viewing a colonial law play, seeing a fire arms demonstration, learning about colonial clothing, seeing a blacksmith demonstration, and tomahawk throwing. Our presenters have been volunteer members of the Society, retired educators, professionals, and members of the Quoketaug Rangers, a French and Indian War reenactor organization and others. |
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Students Get Hands-On Experience in Colonial Living |
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