SUNDAY, JUNE 19 • FAITH DAY, WALKATHON

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1862 | Moses Y. Beach contributes $100,000 to support to Union @ the start of the Civil War 1863 | Wlfd. resident William “Tony” Smith is wounded in the 54th Mass. Regiment’s assault in the 2nd battle of Ft. Wagner, South Carolina 1864 | 1st Printing press and newspaper, “The Circular,” by the Wallingford Community 1864 | Col. Dutton mortally wounded at Petersburg, receives brevet Brig. Gen. star on his death bed on a hospital ship in Baltimore harbor. 1865 | Civil War ends 1866 | Samuel Simpson, starts Simpson, Hall & Miller manufacturing britannia & silver-plated holloware on East Center St. 1866 | Union Church in Yalesville started (Baptist, Methodist & other denominations) 1866 | The Union Academy building, now a residence, is moved from 153 S. Main St. to allow for the construction of the Franklin Johnson mansion, which will eventually become the Wallingford Silver Museum. 1866 | St. John Episcopal Church started 1867 | Union Hall & St. Paul’s Episcopal Church burn down (most Town records are saved) 1867 | Yalesville Methodist Church started (Methodists buy out the Baptists’ interest) 1867 | Newton Wooding founds what will become the CF Wooding Company for over 100 yrs. 1868 | The 3rd Congregational Church building is taken down to make room for a larger church (cost $40,000) 1868 | On October 20, 1868, it was voted to build the Cottage School house on Quinnipiac Street on the “Plains.” 1868 | Borough Re-Established by Act of the General Assembly 1868 | Moses Y. Beach on death bed gives 3 acres to town for the first town high school, at the current site of Moses Y. Beach School. 1868 | Samuel Simpson contributes $25,000 & Moses Y. Beach $5,000 for the reconstruction of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 1869 | William Yale Beach starts the development of Center St west of Whittlesey & along Church St, William St., etc. 1869 | First town-owned Town Hall constructed 1869 | Arthur H. Dutton Post, Grand Army of the Republic formed 1869 | First Baptist Church burns 1870 | Wallingford completes two centuries of existence with records reporting a population of 3,676 and a grand list of $2,334,617. 1870 | Dr. Henry Davis publishes his Bicentennial History of Wlfd.

Sunday, June 19: Faith Day

All-Faiths Service and Juneteenth Observance

SEYMOUR ST. JOHN CHAPEL Choate Rosemary Hall Campus (Corner of North Elm Street and Curtis Avenue) 1 pm Sponsor: Wallingford Preservation Trust Sponsor/ Host: Choate Rosemary Hall A gathering of all religious traditions in Wallingford to celebrate our community’s Faith and observe Juneteenth. Committee Chairperson: Jerry Farrell Co-chairperson: Lorraine Connelly

Thank you to Jerry Farrell, Lorraine Connelly and the participating faith based and religious institutions:

Thank you Choate Rosemary Hall for your generosity and community partnership. Alpha & Omega Amazing Grace Anglican Beacon House Beth Israel

Calvary United Chabad

Choate - Buddhist

Choate - Catholic

Choate - Muslim

Choate - Protestant

Christadelphian

Church of Christ Church of the Nazarene Church of the Resurrect in Anglican Church of the Resurrection Door of Hope Evangelical and Reformed UCC Faith - Baptist First Congregational First UMC Good News Grace Family Heritage Baptist Iglesia Cristiana Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Jehovah Witness Liberty Community Church Maranatha New Life Our Lady of Fatima Saints Peter and Paul St. Casimir St. John’s Episcopal St. Paul’s Episcopal United Methodist Wallingford Church of Christ White Oak Baptist Yalesville United Methodist Zion Lutheran

SUNDAY, JUNE 19 WALKATHON & FAMILY EVENT

"From Around the World We All Connect on the Linear Trail, Wallingford Jubilee 350+2" 10:00 am - 12:00 Noon Community Lake Park Pavilion / Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Host / Sponsor: Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee, Wallingford Public LIbrary and Wallingford Historical Society, Cathy Granucci, Jane Fisher, Bob Beaumont, Kiwanis of Wallingford. WALKATHON LOOPS: Short walk - Lake ½ mile Medium walk - 1 mile Long Walk - 4.2 miles -roundtrip to Fireworks island

DETAILS: Enjoy free refreshments after the Walk! Giveaway to each child: A 12 x 18 twosided laminated map of the World/USA. Meet at the Pavilion in Community Lake Park for discussions after the Walk JUNE: Map your place of origin, Wallingford Public Library Before the Walk, tag your place of origin on map at Wallingford Public Library

Walkathon Committee:

Front row L - R: Sally Tremaine, Cathy Granucci, Mary Mushinsky

2nd Row L - R: Barb McCoy, Joellen Nellums, Tim Gallogley 3rd Row L- R: Elaine Doherty, Larry Zabrowski, Arleen DiFrancesco 4th Row L - R: Dave Bedell, Jonathan Judd Not present: Fred Nellums, Charlotte Thurotte, Donna Oddie, Robert Kennedy

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1871 | Robert Wallace buys out the remainder of Samuel Simpson’s share of Wallace, Simpson & Company, and renames it R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. 1871 | The depot at Wallingford was built in 1871 by the Hartford & New Haven Railroad on the Springfield Line, 1871 | First school on current site of Yalesville School (because it was “green”, the kids called it the “Old Green Jail”, at least in the 1930s 1871 | Wallingford High School was built in 1871 on a 3 acre site given to the town in 1868 by Moses Yale Beach while he was on his death bed, a month before he died. It was to be used for constructing a high school. It was a 4 story, mansard-roofed structure and housed all twelve grades, with the high school being on the 4th floor. This school replaced a one room school, which had one teacher for 120 students in grades 1-12. 1871 | Wallingford schools organized on a graded basis 1871 | Wallingford gets its first bank - Dime Savings Bank opens and provides services to the residential and later to the business community for over one hundred years until merging with Hudson United Bank in 1997. 1871 | First pharmacy established by A B Pixley 1872 | William “Tony” Smith organizes the “Dred Nots”, a negro drum & bugle corps 1871 | Airline RR comes through Wlfd. (1st passenger run 8/15/1873) 1875 | The Ingraham House (later the Hotel Central) has an ice cream room in the basement 1876 | Cornerstone for the Most Holy Trinity Church is laid. Construction was slow until after the 1878 tornado destroyed the predecessor church. 1876 | M Backes & Sons opens off Parker Farms Rd, making paper caps under the Star Brand 1876 | Yalesville Baptist Church started 1877 | Tax Collector Roger Austin becomes a constable, a position he would hold for 20 yrs. He was the chief investigator of the Shoebox murder. 1877 | Charles Craigin starts the Wallingford Community’s manufacturing of tinned-iron spoons, the beginning of what would become the Oneida Silver Company 1878 | Wlfd. tornado plucks Dan O’Reilly off Community Lake & drops him on the shore at the start of its murderous route through the Plains as it kills some 30 people. Aug 1878 | Colony Street School, 1st multi-story school, used as the morgue after the tornado 1878 | As a result of the deadly tornado on August 1878, the top two floors of the Wallingford High School were destroyed. It was rebuilt as a 3 story school, which lasted until 1951.

Wallingford Center Street 1910

EXHIBIT OPENS; 3:00 PM "ENSLAVED WALLINGFORD"

Nehemiah Royce House, 538 North Main Street Join the Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust, as it opens its landmark exhibit "Enslaved Wallingford", presenting its research into the enslavement of Black Americans in Wallingford, 1710-1840

SUNDAY, JUNE 19 - JUNE 25TH 1 PM - 4 PM WALLINGFORD MUSEUMS’ OPEN HOUSE

Wallingford Historical Society: Samuel Parsons House 180 South Main Street Wallingford Preservation Trust: Nehemiah Royce House 538 North Main Street Wallingford Preservation Trust: Franklin Johnson Mansion 153 South Main Street

3:30 PM WALK TO ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH FROM NEHEMIAH ROYCE HOUSE

4:30 PM WITNESS STONE DEDICATION

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, 65 North Main Street Sponsor: Wallingford Preservation Trust Join Saint Paul's Episcopal Church as it dedicates a Witness Stone at the church, remembering Black Americans connected with the church who were enslaved in Wallingford between 1710 and 1840. 4 PM - 8 PM INTERNATIONAL NIGHT

Hosts: Int. / ethnicity Local Organizations Sponsor: Wallingford Historical Society LOCATION: Wallingford Senior Center and the Spanish Community of Wallingford 238-284 Washington Avenue Various ethnic foods will be available from Food Trucks FEATURING:

• Polish band with traditional dancers, a Hungarian band and dancers and a

Mariachi band and dancers • Entertainment and fun from Johnny

Rozz and Sound Spectrum, and various attractions for the children, including magicians and interactive inflatables. • Spanish Community of Wallingford • Wallingford Hungarian Community Club of

Wallingford • Mariachi Band • Polish National Alliance And more! ADMISSION: Free COMMITTEE: Bob Beaumont. Adriana Rodriguez, Lizandra Mejias

Steering Committee: Picture L- R: Tara Knapp, Jerry Farrell Jr., Joan Parisi, Nancy Miller, Bob Parisi, Christine Mansfield, Bob Beaumont, Carolyn Massoni, Bob Devaney Not pictured: Roz Gallagher, Liz Landow, Michelle Bjorkman, Lorraine Devaney, Vinnie Testa