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The New England Civil War Museum
The museum is OPEN every Saturday and Sunday
from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM, excluding holidays. Admission is FREE.
2023 SPEAKER SERIES
August 3 - 7:30 PM - Norman Dupuis & Irene Watson
Book Launch Party! The Men Connected to Colchester, Connecticut Who Served During the Civil War
Sept. 7th - 7:30 PM - Carolyn Ivanoff Book Launch Party! We Fought at Gettysburg: Firsthand Accounts by the Survivors of the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
Nov. 2nd - 7:30 PM - Drew Gruber The 1862 Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
The New England Civil War Museum
is located in Vernon, Connecticut. The museum and research center resides in the historic downtown section of Rockville. It is housed within an original Grand Army of the Republic meeting hall and contains numerous one-of-a-kind artifacts from the Civil War, with an emphasis on Connecticut's contributions. The library and research center contain hundreds of books and periodicals for research and study.
The museum and library, originally founded by Burpee Post #71 in 1896, now administered by Sons of Union Veterans Alden Skinner Camp #45, serves as the premier place for historians and enthusiasts alike to study and conduct research related to the Civil War, the Grand Army of the Republic, and Sons of Union Veterans in southern New England.
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"You got quite a museum here."
-Ed Bearss,
Former Chief Historian National Park Service
