Historical Society of Easton Connecticut

An Eternal Light Lost: Helen Keller’s Japanese Garden Lantern

By erlboyce on January 22, 2019 • ( 1 )

On June 28, 1944 a truck delivered six enormous crates to Helen Keller’s Easton home on Redding Road. She had just celebrated her 64th birthday and was excited to learn that the boxes were from her good friend and art… Read More ›
Polio Pioneers

By bnelson on January 21, 2019 • ( 2 )

The year was 1954 and probably the most feared disease by most parents in Easton was infantile paralysis, more commonly known as polio. The disease had reached epidemic proportions in 1952 with a record 57,879 cases reported that… Read More ›