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TOLLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND TOLLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL PARTICIPATE IN WINDSOR'S 375^thANNIVERSARY PARADE CONGRATULATIONS TO TOLLAND'S "MOTHER TOWN"	SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, AT 12 NOON WINDSOR AVENUE/BROAD STREET FROM HILLCREST DRIVE N-E. TO TOWN CENTER
OLD JAIL AND MUSEUM DR PETER BROWN WILL EXHIBIT AND DISCUSS LIGHTING DEVICES USED DURING THE 18TH & 19TH CENTURIES	SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 1:00 P.M.
SEPTEMBER 28 IS THE LAST DAY TO SEE THE "SNIP" A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF SHENIPSIT LAKE AT THE OLD TOLLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE 1:00 TO 4:00 P.M. ALSO DISPLAYING NEWSPAPERS AND PHOTOS OF HURRICANE OF 1938 - 70 Years Ago
TOLLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND HICKS-STEARNS FAMILY MUSEUM PRESENT ► A RE-DEDICATORY EXERCISE ◄ CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE DEDICATION OF THE RATCLIFFE HICKS MEMORIAL BUILDING	SUNDAY OCTOBER 5 Gather at Hicks-Stearns at 1:00 p.m. Proceed together to Hicks Memorial Building for a brief program. Refreshments at Hicks-Stearns Family Museum. Old Jail and Courthouse Museums will also be open.
BENTON HOMESTEAD WILL BE CLOSED OCTOBER 12 FOR COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND OLD JAIL MUSEUM AND OLD COURTHOUSE WILL CLOSE FOR SEASON AFTER OCT. 5
The Cultural and Historic Museums of Tolland Present Our 12TH LANTERN TOUR The Trial of Martha Johnson It's 1888. Martha Johnson of Stafford Springs has apparently shot her husband. But did she really do it? Why? Is she (as her lawyer says) insane? And will we be able to visit her in the county jail, where she awaits her fate? An all-new script, based on multiple newspaper accounts of a real crime that took place in Tolland County, and a trial that happened right here in the Tolland County Courthouse and Jail. We'll visit both, along with the Hicks family home and the Town Hall, following the details on this "breaking story" of 120 years ago.	Fridays and Saturdays October 17 and 18 October 24 and 25 6 Performances each night 6:00 to 8:30 on the half hour Reservations Required Call 875-7552 After Labor Day CALL FOR INFORMATION 875-7552 OR 870-9599 DON'T MISS IT!
THE OLD COUNTY JAIL AND MUSEUM 52 TOLLAND GREEN A JAIL BUILT IN 1856 THAT ACTUALLY OPERATED UNTIL 1968! And a house and shed filled with hundreds of objects used in Tolland homes and farms during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE	Open Sundays 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Through October 5 Museum, Library and Archives Open Most Wednesday Mornings Year Round 9:00 a.m. to Noon ALSO OPEN BY APPOINTMENT 860 870-9599 OR 872-7716
THE DANIEL BENTON HOMESTEAD METCALF ROAD The Homestead, a 1720 house and the oldest still remaining in Tolland, was lived in by members of the Benton family for more than two centuries. It retains many original features such as paneling, wide board floors. All five fireplaces have been restored to use. HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE	Open Sundays Through October 1:00 to 4:00 Except October 12 Holiday For information 860 974-1875
THE MUSEUM IN THE OLD TOLLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE 53 TOLLAND GREEN A completely furnished 19th century courtroom in an architecturally important 1822 building. Regular exhibits relate to the courts, other county institutions, and the businesses and professions that flourished on the Green after the town was named Tolland County Seat in 1785. MUSEUM IS UPSTAIRS (NO HANDICAPPED ACCESS)	OPEN SUNDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER 4 OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ALL YEAR 860 870-9599 or 871-6038 CALL TO ARRANGE A TOUR OF BOTH COURTHOUSE AND JAIL