- Spotlight on Washington, D.C. Exploring America’s Capital March 20 — March 25, 2025
U.S. Capitol Building Tour, World War II Memorial, Washington National Cathedral, Choice on Tour: International Spy Museum or Lincoln Assassination Tour, Arlington National Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Old Town Alexandria, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, White House Visitor Center, Smithsonian Institution - Spain’s Costa del Sol & Madrid Discovery May 17 — May 25, 2025
Trip: Auschwitz, Not Long Ago, Not Far Away (Boston)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 –
In its regional premiere, Museum of Jewish Heritage is offering it’s first traveling exhibition about the Auschwitz concentration camps. Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. is coming to The Castle at Park Plaza in Boston. When guests enter the Auschwitz exhibition, they will confront one of history’s darkest periods… but they will also be a part of an ongoing remembrance and will leave bearing the weight of society’s responsibility to combat hate and evil everywhere. This
exhibit brings together more than 700 original objects of great historic and human value. Most of these objects have never been shown to an audience in New England before. This exhibit will tell the history of the Auschwitz concentration camp and its role in the Holocaust. Includes an audio tour.
We lunch at Milk Street Café upon arrival in Boston then we make our way (.5 mile from the venue) to the exhibit for approx. 2 hours. Our trip includes deluxe coach bus, admission, exbibit audio tour and driver gratuity. (lunch is paid by individual)
Cost: TBA— please see insert, call or email colsen@groton-ct.gov
Trip Presentations with Collette
Tuesday, July 23rd from 9:00-11:00am
The link to all the details: https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1241714
Double $3,029pp Single $3,729pp if booked before Sept 20, 2024
Málaga, Choice on Tour: Málaga Alcazaba or Picasso Museum, Marbella, Sentenil de las Bodegas, Ronda, Home-Hosted Lunch, The Alhambra, Madrid, Segovia
The link to all the details: https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1241747
Double $4,029pp Single $4,479pp Triple $3,999pp if booked before Nov. 18, 2024
RSVP 860-441-6785
Introduction to Genealogy
PART 1 – THURSDAY, JULY 18 AT 10 AM
Carol Ansel, Director at the Godfrey Memorial Library in Middletown, will present the ABC’s of beginning genealogy, with an emphasis on the eight (or so) basic types of genealogical records—where you can find them and how best to use them. She will include plenty of personal anecdotes to help you learn from both her mistakes and her successes. Before she was bitten by the genealogy bug, Carol was a school librarian for many years, so she is no stranger to presentations, and she finds that adults are generally better-behaved than seventh grade boys. $12 pp – Must register by July 11.
PART 2 – THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2024 AT 10 AM
Just starting out in genealogy? The first two programs most people
start with are Ancestry (the library edition is available for free at most public libraries) and FamilySearch.org (provided for free by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). Join Carol Ansel, director of the Godfrey Memorial Library, as she demonstrates the basics of searching these two databases. She’ll teach you how to begin searching and warn you about possible pitfalls so you can develop good research techniques right from the get-go. $12 pp – Must register by July 18.
McLews Breakfast
Friday, July 12th at 8:45am
Let’s gather for breakfast! Enjoy a hot breakfast while socializing with great
people. Mmm: Breakfast French toast bake, Sausage patty, Fruit cup,
Pastry, Coffee
$12pp.
Register by July 9
Late fee $3.00 if space is available
Master Gardener Presentation
Wednesday, July 10th at 1:00pm
“Eye Spy With My Eye A Weed, Fungus, or Disease?”
Come and bring any clippings of plants or plants with you that are an unsolved mystery and Master Gardener Ray Hasson will help you dissect the problem and come up with a solution for happy, healthy and thriving plants.
Register by July 9 so we can plan best.