Black Loyalists, Groundhog Day 1897, Richard Mead House Moved, & More!

 Image Credit: Other Days in Greenwich, by Frederick A. Hubbard. CLICK HERE OR CLICK HEREThis podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere on the Atlantic Learning Consortium Network!Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you. Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.Welcome to the 6th of February, 2024 show.Happy Ground Hog Day! This day on the calendar has been observed in Greenwich for generations. We'll go back in history to 1897. Dearfields (1799) with Lafayette -who visited the house in 1824. On one of our recent cold, wintery days I was "talking story" (an expression used often at my home in Hawaii) with a friend and listener in The Cafe at Greenwich Library. I mentioned that one of our Mead Family farms used to be there. In October, 1929, it was announced that Dearfields (built 1799) would be moved to a new location at 8 Grove Lane. Yes, the house is still there. You'll hear the details.Black History Month has arrived. On today's show I'll share excerpts of a brilliant article on Black Loyalists (to the British Crown) during the American Revolution, written by Greenwich's foremost historian on the town's African American history, Teresa Vega, published by the Connecticut Ancestry Society. Greenwich's Police Department was founded in 1906. History is replete with wrongdoings and misdeeds, which will be shared on Crime and Misdemeanors. On today's show? Speeding cars -a subject we still grapple with in the 21st century. We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold. I'm Jeffrey Bingham Mead, your host. Thank you for listening to the weekly podcast released on Tuesdays. Contact me and join our growing number of listeners anytime via email at [email protected]. Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. Click this link to the show's Facebook site. I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too. Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 13th of February, 2024.