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.....Born July 5th 1810
in
Bethel, Connecticut. P.T. Barnum
became the Greatest Show Man in
the world.
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P.T. Barnum
P. T. Barnum
Personal Speech To The Future (1890) |
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LISTEN To him Speak |
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Best known for the
Oddities
which he
presented and
his legacy of
the
Ringling Bros.,
Barnum and Bailey Circus
all of
which brought
joy and
laughter to millions worldwide.
| The Bethel Historical Society is an all volunteer group and is located in the 1842 Second Meeting House at 40 Main Street. The Bethel Historical Society Museum contains many items attributed to her most famous citizen, P.T. Barnum, who remained in Bethel until 1835. |
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ounded in the 1950’s The Bethel Historical Society is an independent,
non-profit organization made
up of a group of people dedicated to preserving Bethel’s history through acquisitions and conservation
of property, artifacts and stories. The Society is dedicated to the education of the people of Bethel and surrounding communities. Monthly programs are presented on varied historical subjects. Also
offered are programs geared toward the education of children such as monthly historical craft
classes, Walking Tours of Bethel and a Child's Victorian Christmas Tea. |
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Hear Pat Rist, President of the Bethel Historical Society, speak on the day. |
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On April 21st at 11:00 a.m. the Bethel Historical Society, located at 40 Main Street in the 1842 Second Meeting House, is pleased to have invited the public to the opening of a metal box that has been sealed inside the cornerstone since 1912.
Appearing in History of a Yankee Church, by Lewis E. Good sell, Sr., released in 1960 and again in 1976, and from Church records is the following: In 1910 it was planned to raise funds for a parish building and in April of that year, Mrs. Henry H. Baird presented the First Congregational Church of Bethel with the ground for the building. The cornerstone, for the First Church House was laid with appropriate services on July 21, 1912, at 6:30 p.m. In 1919, it was sold to I.F. Terry for a Community House. Later it was sold to the Masonic Fraternity.
Throughout the building’s history it provided to be too expensive for the Church to operate and later the community found it could not operate the building successfully and most recently, members of the Masonic Temple fell to the same fate. A project that began with such enthusiasm in 1912 came to its final end in 2012. But the building will not be forgotten and the hope is that the box contains paperwork that will provide even more history on this project for the people of Bethel.
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