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EPISODE · Mar 25, 2025 · 57 MIN

Sunridge Farm, More Hobby Family Reminiscences, and the Mysterious Woman in Black!

from The Greenwich, A Town for All Seasons Show with Jeffrey Bingham Mead · host Jeffrey Bingham Mead

Welcome to the 11th of March 2025 show.
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Miss Mary Brackett of the Hobby Family returns with more reminiscences from her grandmother’s life. 

You’ll hear about a mock funeral for George Washington in 1799, family land sites, ballrooms in taverns, Captain John Hobby, General Israel Putnam, and his famous escape from the tavern that now bears his name on East Putnam Avenue.You’ll also learn about a mysterious woman in black and a ghost story at a house on Putnam Lake.We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold. The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited! Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms.  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 18th of March 2025.

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