As the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approaches, the Kellogg Environmental Center & Osborne Homestead Museum will begin its commemoration with a series of lectures by historian and author Richard Worth. His fourth and final lecture will tell a story of colonial America through the eyes and writings of leading—now largely unremembered—politicians, fur traders, interpreters, and peacemakers who shaped the colonial period. Come to this final lecture at the Kellogg Environmental Center on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 2:00 p.m.

Richard Worth is the main researcher and writer of the Osborne Homestead Museum newsletter, Museum Musings, and author of several children’s books. These include “Voices of Colonial America: New France,” and “Voices of Colonial America: Louisiana.” In addition, he has written “Colonial Delaware,” “The Slave Trade in America,” “Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr,” and “Slave Life on the Plantations.” His final and last lecture will be Colonial Portraits, which describes various important members of colonial society from 1650 to 1787.

This is a free event, and registration is not required. For more information, call 203-734-2513 or email DEEP.Kellogg@ct.gov. The Osborne Homestead Museum, a facility of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s State Parks & Public Outreach Division, is open for free docent-led and self-guided tours on Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Sundays from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  It is located at 500 Hawthorne Avenue off Rte. 34 in Derby, CT. The Kellogg Environmental Center, a facility of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s State Parks & Public Outreach Division, is open 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Tuesday through Saturday. It is located at 500 Hawthorne Avenue off Rte. 34 in Derby. For further information or directions please email DEEP.Kellogg@ct.gov or phone the Kellogg Environmental Center at (203)734-2513.