47. How We Learned, Loved, & Mourned: A Field Trip

America's First Law School, Sarah Pierce's Academy, & The Way We Mourned It was home to America's first law school and to one of the first schools in which a woman could get a real education. Litchfield today is one of Connecticut's prettiest towns. Join state historian Walt Woodward on a field trip to the Litchfield Historical Society, where Executive Director Cathy Fields talks about her amazing institution and it's two brand new exhibits – one of the Sarah Pierce's Litchfield Female Academy and another on expressions of sorrow and mourning in the early 1800s.  This episode was sponsored by attorney Peter Bowman, helping the seriously injured, and holding distracted drivers accountable for their actions. More at bowman.legal.