America 250th - New Haven Commission

Name: Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London
Start: 2026-03-26
End: 2026-03-26

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“Out of Many, One”

Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London

Whitney Literary Society at the New Haven Museum, "Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London" written by Eric D. Lehman.

Location: New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue
Time: 5:30 PM
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026

Ongoing Events

Ongoing events and exhibitions throughout the New Haven community:

Ongoing M-W-F through the Spring semester: “Commemorating 1776 in 2026” (HIS 398) course at Southern Connecticut State University discussing the Bicentennial and what it says about myth, memory, and commemoration
March—June: New Haven Interactive Map Activity available as a passive program in the IS Tinker Lab, Ives Memorial Library, New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm Street
Ongoing through September 5, 2027: Temporary exhibition In God We Trust: The Knights of Columbus and the American Experience at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center, 1 State Street
Ongoing through September 6, 2026: Temporary exhibition Illustrating America: Columbia Magazine Covers at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center, 1 State Street
Ongoing—September 27: Unfurling the Flag: Reflections on American Patriotism, including the Declaration of Independence, at Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street, Special viewing hours 10am-5pm on July 4.
Ongoing through October 11: Keeping Alive the Remembrance: Commemorating America’s Founding 1776 – 1876 at the Yale University Art Gallery (in addition to permanent display of art of the Revolutionary War era), 1111 Chapel Street
May—ongoing: New Haven’s Unfinished Revolutions, new permanent installation at the New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue

Commission Members

Maria Bernhey
Ned Blackhawk
Darryl Huckaby
Erik Clemons
Kim Futrell, Co-Chair
Clifton Graves, Jr.
Will Ginsberg
Marie McDaniel

Michael Morand, Co-Chair
Dr. Madeline Negrón
Norma Rodriguez-Reyes
Len Suzio
Ken Suzuki
Charles E. Warner, Jr.
Susan Weisselberg
Alex Guzhnay

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