Series funded by Pat Moran, and sponsored by the Avon Historical Society, Avon Library, and Avon Senior Center.

We know that the CT River divides Red Sox and Yankee fans, but did you know it also determined Connecticut’s revolutionary outlook? There existed in the colony a distinct East-of-the-River, West-of-the-River outlook on everything from economics to religion to land availability, all of which shaped a violent, politically driven revolt by the East.

Matthew Warshauer is a professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, where he has studied and written extensively on what he calls “the American paradox,” the conflicting ideological beliefs and practices of the United States. Learn more here.

This is the first in a series of three. Please register for each event separately.