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Book Talk, Melinda K. Elliott, author, No Swastikas in Southbury. The book reveals an overview of the German-American Bund’s threat to America in 1937 and chronicles the day-by-day struggles of a small town working through their own issues in order to stand up against the Nazis. Saturday, July 15, 1 p.m., Oxford Public Library, 49 Great Oak Road, Oxford. |
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Southbury resident and author Melinda Elliot at the Oxford Library on Sat, July 15 at 1 pm.
She will share her insights from her recently published Southbury Says No to the Nazis. The free program, co-sponsored by The Oxford Historical Society and Friends of the Library in Oxford, will be at the Oxford Library at 49 Great Oak Road.
The book reveals an overview of the German-American Bund’s threat to America in 1937 and chronicles the day-by-day struggles of a small town working through their own issues in order to stand up against the Nazis. The residents of Southbury, Connecticut were surprised to learn that a Pro-Nazi organization was building a Hitler-style youth camp in their midst. The German-American Bund had secretly purchased 178 acres of land just south of the town’s main road.
Melinda K. Elliott, always researching some historical topic, grew up with a keen interest in history. She shares her finds through writing blog posts, articles, brochures, and books as well as offering speaking engagements throughout the state and on various zoom webinars streamed around the world.
Melinda is the president of the Southbury Historical Society, and director of The Bullet Hill School. Her published books include Connecticut Schoolhouses Through Time and Southbury Through Time: Remnants of Our Past as well as her newest book on the Bund in Southbury.
Registration is limited to 40 persons. You may register at the Oxford Public Library Calendar:
COMING EVENTS:
Peach Festival, Great Hill United Methdist Church Hall, 225 Great Hill Road, Seymour, Saturday, August 26 4 - 7 p.m.
“Trading Views - a new Look at Colonial Trade.” Saturday, Sept. 23 at 1 pm. Connecticut author Lucianne Lavin has a new book exploring the state’s history of early Dutch traders’ interactions with Native Americans of Connecticut. She will speak as a guest of the Oxford Historical Society at the Great Hill United Methodist Church in Seymour (at the rotary). Admission will be charged and refreshments served.
Truck &Tractor Show at the Twitchell-Rowland Homestead at 60 Towner Lane on Sunday October 15, 1-4 pm. This free event for family fun features local farm vehicles of all ages. Drop by and check them over.
Grow a pumpkin for the OHS Pumpkin Contest. Consider planting a pumpkin vine and then bring your finest, biggest, lumpiest, ugliest pumpkin from your plant to the OHS Tractor Show. In New England’s historic farming tradition, prizes will be awarded in four categories for a wide variety of appeal: families; kids pre-K thru Grade 12; 18 - 60 years and over 60 years! Options are largest, tallest, fattest, lumpiest, scariest and more creative descriptors. Entries are $2 per pumpkin and can be made the day of the show. Remember, no commercially grown contestants – home or school gardeners only. Winners’ pictures will be on show on the society’s website and Facebook page – or come see them in person.
Local History on Offer: Town Historian Dorothy DeBisschop presents “If You Lived in Oxford in 1919” a program given each year to all the third graders in Oxford to help the students meet their local history state-mandated requirement. The Town Historian is also available to give that talk or similar local history talks to local groups.