Norfolk Historical Society & Museum
Village Green, Norfolk, Connecticut
We are pleased to announce that our 2017 exhibition, Norfolk in the Great War, has received an Award of Merit from the Connecticut League of History Organizations. The CLHO’s annual awards are given to history organizations across the state who go above and beyond to make history come alive. The official letter states: “The committee was … Read more
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Join us for an enlightening tour of some of Norfolk’s war memorials and sites related to World War I, in conjunction with our 2017 exhibition Norfolk in the Great War. The approximately one-hour tour will leave from the Historical Society Museum, 13 Village Green, on Saturday, September 2, at 10 am. Free admission as always!
Songs of World War I at the Norfolk Library In conjunction with the Norfolk Historical Society’s exhibition Norfolk in the Great War, on Sunday, July 23, at 5:00, Doug Schmolze, singer and guitarist, will present a variety of songs from the 19teens, both patriotic and otherwise, in a centennial retrospective. With anecdotes and historical notes … Read more
The 2017 exhibition at the Museum will concern the homefront in Norfolk in World War I.
Warmly aglow, fending off a frigid February Norfolk night at the top of a hill on Litchfield Road, Alfredo Taylor’s magnificent Moss Hill which he designed and built for his mother-in-law in 1903 was a welcoming sight to a score of Norfolk denizens arriving at the formidable residence for an evening of history and fine dining.