Lantern Tour 2022
Lantern Tour 2022:
After a two-year hiatus, the popular West Cemetery Lantern Tour is returning on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1. The Historical Society is proud to co-sponsor this event with the Bristol Cemetery Commission. For those who have not attended in previous years, during this evening guided walk through West Cemetery, you will be introduced to some notable cemetery “residents” who will share some of their history with attendees. This is an engaging way to spend an evening and learn a little Bristol history.
Tours will step off at 6:50pm, ...
Truth, Lies, and Lust: How Bristol Rev. Theodore Beussel was led to Sedition – Part II
Read Part II of BHS Board Member Rit Carter's interesting article here.
Theodore Beussel around 1914.
Truth, Lies, and Lust: How Bristol Rev. Theodore Beussel was led to Sedition – Part I
View this interesting article by Rit Carter here.
Reverend Theodore Beussel
Historical Society officers and board members announced
Published on Thursday, 2 July 2020 17:45Written by BOB MONTGOMERY
@TheBristolPress
Officers and board members were announced by the Bristol Historical Society last week. Topping the charts are Maya Bringe as president and Steve Vastola as first vice-president with Don Soucy taking over as treasurer of the organization. Returning as officers are 2nd president Mary Houle and secretary Noreen Zurell.
The rest of the board includes members who are either new or returnees:Mike Saman, past president, Bob Adamczyk, Lisa Doyle-Bell, Steve Cowdell, Ken Hintz, Jackie ...
Bristol Historical Society selling ‘Profiles of Courage’ ornaments
Published on Tuesday, 30 June 2020 13:07Written by BRIAN M. JOHNSON
@brianjohnsonBP
BRISTOL – Ellie Wilson, program chair of the Bristol Historical Society, has created an ornament which people can purchase to honor essential workers and volunteers and to help raise funds for the Historical Society.
Wilson has purchased an order of 150 pewter ornaments from Woodbury Pewter and designed them with help from Tom Dickau and Rick Fitzsimons. Named “Profiles of Courage,” one side of the ornament reads “America's Essential Workers & Volunteers ...
BHS Asks You to Share Your Experience
BHS Asks You to Share Your Experience
Along with other historical societies and associations throughout the country, the Bristol Historical Society is also interested in seeking input from Bristol residents during the corona virus health crisis.
To document these experiences for future generations we would like to hear from all age groups. The following variety of questions are examples; other topics and experiences are most welcome:
Have you kept a journal?
How did you spend the day?
How many books have you read to your children?
How did you support ...
Call for Special Membership Meeting, May 3 at 6:30pm for Proposed Bylaw Changes
Dear the Bristol Historical membership,
We have asked the BHS president to call a special membership meeting at 6:30 pm on May 3, 2019 to vote on the bylaw amendments that the Governance Committee has proposed. As you may recall, bylaw amendments were proposed at last years annual meeting, but the membership voted to table the vote until the issue of the Historical Society’s tenants have been fully considered. The proposed changes are a result of those months of deliberations and an attempt to address the few blank spots that came up during that meeting and during the ...
Bristol Historical Society scholarship winner now a volunteer
Published on Monday, 5 February 2018 21:42, The Bristol Press
Written by Lorenzo Burgio
BRISTOL - A college scholarship awarded to Eric Frenette by the Bristol Historical Society 15 years ago is being recycled back into the community.
“I was fortunate to get that scholarship,” said Frenette of the $500 scholarship from the historical society he was awarded upon graduating from high school in 2002.
Frenette, a self-proclaimed history buff, attended the University of Connecticut, where he obtained a master’s degree in school counseling.
Soon after, he ...
Bristol-born Architect Built Himself a National Reputation
As printed in the Bristol Press, July 31, 2016.
BRISTOL — From 1914 to his retirement in 1966, architect Harold Hayden crafted many prominent buildings throughout the city including the Soldiers Monument on Memorial Boulevard. On Aug. 18, local historian Bob Adamczyk will bring Hayden’s many accomplishments to light at the Bristol Historical Society.
Adamczyk’s program, “Bristol’s Architect — Harold Hayden” will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bristol Historical Society at 98 Summer St. as part of the organization’s “Third Thursday” programming. ...