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Consider Freedom: Reflecting on the Meaning of Independence Day
Friday, July 5 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
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Nook Farm Book Talk July 11 5-6:30 p.m.
Mark Twain Museum Center
Join us for a discussion of Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman's much-revised poetry collection that got its author fired from the Department of the Interior when the first edition was published in 1855.
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Workshop: Cultural Diversity Awareness
Salons at Stowe July 25 5-7 p.m.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Popular presenter Dr. William Howe returns to the Stowe Center for a workshop on Cultural Diversity Awareness. The Salon will begin at 5 p.m. with refreshments in the air-conditioned Stowe Visitor Center. The workshop will begin at 5:30 p.m. and end by 7 p.m. Free admissionRSVP or 860-522-9258, ext. 317. Click here for more information.
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Accepting Entries for 2014 Student Stowe Prize
Deadline: January 10, 2014
Are you changing the world?
Do you know somebody who is?
The Student Stowe Prize recognizes
outstanding writing by United States high school and college students that is making a tangible impact on a social justice issue critical to contemporary society. Issues may include, but are not limited to: race, class and gender.
Entries must have been published or publicly presented.
Winners will be featured at a program and award ceremony in Hartford, Connecticut and have their work published on the Stowe Center website. The high school winner will receive $1,000 and the college winner $2,500.
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The Stowe Center is launching phase two of a multi-year Collections Preservation project to renovate and restore Stowe's home, recently named a National Historic Landmark. Upgrades will include state of the art climate control and fire suppression, interior renovations and collections conservation.
Cindy Cormier has joined the staff as project curator for the Stowe House renovations. Cindy brings more than 25 years of museum experience as curator and educator at colleague institutions including the Hill-Stead Museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum and most recently at Connecticut Landmarks. We're delighted to welcome Cindy to the Stowe Center.
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Welcome New Historic Interpreters
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The Stowe Center is pleased to welcome two new historic interpreters who will guide visitors as they tour the Stowe House.
Alex Aponte is a student at Tunxis Community College majoring in American History. As an historic interpreter at Mark Twain House & Museum, Bridget McGrath already knows Nook Farm well and is excited to introduce visitors to Stowe. Both are talented additions to the Stowe Center team.
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Marking the 200th Birthday of Henry Ward Beecher
 2013 commemorates the 200th birthday of Harriet Beecher Stowe's favorite brother, the minister and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher. To mark the occasion, Stowe Center staff, trustees and friends explored Beecher resources and sites in New Haven including the Sterling Memorial Library, Grove Street Cemetery and New Haven Museum. The group enjoyed lunch at the home of Stowe Trustee and Beecher biographer Debby Applegate. What a way to celebrate 200!
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Tours
Open every day
Mon-Sat 9:30 AM-5 PM
Sun Noon-5 PM.
Last tour at 4 PM
Her Words Changed the World Through July 31. FREE OPTIONAL POST-TOUR DISCUSSION AFTER EVERY 12:30 PM TOUR
The Stowe-Twain Experience
Park once to visit both impeccably restored homes. Offered weekends,on the hour; buy tickets at Stowe or Twain Visitor Center. Schedule and Information
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