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Historical center plans for statewide open house
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Photo courtesy of Cara Parsons
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Scouts of Brownie Troop 66805 and Cub Scout Den 49 gather following a tour of the Plainville Historical Society. The children learned about the canals, the history of the Plainville Historic Center at 49 Pierce St., which was the former town hall, and visited a classroom of the 1800s. Gathering are, from top to bottom, left to right, Jacob Newton, Tal Arini, Emmanuel Yawin, Ethan Keen, Jeremy Myska, Brianna Moore, Rachel Parsons, Abby Pelletier, Paige Madigan, Ben Root, Dorian Sa, Kelsey Matthews, Rosa Arini, Alyssa La Monte and Arianna Broderick.
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The Down Memory Lane exhibit opened Feb. 8 at the Plainville Public Library, 56 E. Main St. People reminisced about the various establishments shown in the photo display. Some people wrote down their memories, which will be put in a booklet after the show. Organizers said it was fun watching parents explain to their children what now sits in the place once occupied by the establishments in the photographs. Todd Jones, who prepared the display, was on hand to answer questions. Down Memory Lane is on display at the Plainville Public Library during February. The library is open Sundays in February, from 1 to 5 p.m. -- Photo courtesy of Gary Eisenhauer
Historical society offers full calendar of family events
Flowers planted
at historic center
The Plainville Historical Society, 29 Pierce St., is showing off its new colors. Leslie Holcomb, a certified master gardener, and Sue Holcomb recently planted fall arrangements in the flower boxes at the historic center. The flower boxes feature deep autumn colors of pansies, ornamental cabbage, kale and vines.
Historical society enters cyberspace
The Plainville Historical Society is turning to the World Wide Web to get its message out to an increasingly more computer-savvy membership, thanks to the help offered by a local Web design and marketing firm.
Tonight's submarine talk dives into history
"David Bushnell's ‘Infernal Machine'" will be the subject of an illustrated talk at the Plainville Historic Center, 29 Pierce St., tonight, April 15, at 7 p.m. Bushnell, of Saybrook, invented the world's first fully operational submarine, the American Turtle, at the time of the American Revolution. The event is being sponsored by the Plainville Historical Society.
