Warren Historical Society

05/27/2026

We're looking forward to seeing Mr. Stevens talk this Saturday, May 30th, at the Warren Town Hall, with special thank you's to Selectman LaCava for arranging this special event. Hope to see you all there! 3pm, 50 Cemetery Road, Warren, Ct.

05/25/2026

On this day we honor and mourn the military personnel who never had the chance to take the uniform off. Amongst them General Jospeh Warren, our town's namesake, who fell at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
And three of our townsmen.
John Taylor died October 4, 1776, age 30 years old. His wife Judith Comstock Taylor later remarried and moved to Salisbury Ct.
His brother Reuben Taylor, died September 2nd 1776 age 22 years old, in Camp at White Plains NY. And
Eleazer Carter who died February 7th, 1777 age 36. His wife Elizabeth Buell Carter was pregnant with their 6th child. She remarried and moved to Vermont.

05/24/2026

This is not the first time Mother Nature has rained on our Memorial Day Parade. Back in 1971 the parade was canceled, but the service, like this year, was held at the Community Center.
This year's service will be held at 11:30 at 7 Sackett Hill Road.

05/21/2026

Followers of this account already know what big fans we are of Homer S. Curtiss and his diaries chronicling his service in the Civil War. But few know his grandfather Augustine (1761-1832)
served in the Revolutionary War as well as two brothers, Eleazer (1759-1801) and Lysander (1763-1803). Their father also served and achieved the rank of Major in 1777. In our Curtiss Family File we have a photostat of a page in a book showing a powder horn that belonged to the Major. It states that the powder horn can be found in the “Pink Palace in Memphis” Tennessee.
Intrigued, we reached out to the Pink Palace, part of the Memphis Museums of Science and History, to inquire about the powder horn and how it got there.
Curator Julie Flynn answered our question, “The powder horn was donated to the Museum in 1930, shortly after the museum was founded, as part of a larger collection from the Cossitt Library. There were a large assortment of weapons and historical antiques as part of this donation ranging from Revolutionary America and Imperial Europe to WW1.” It had traveled out of Connecticut with the Major’s son and name-sake, and through his descendants who later donated the item.
It is inscribed “Capt Eleazer Curtiss’ Horn/Made at Ticonderoga Sept. 30 1775
photos: 1) the photostat, 2)from the Pink Palace, 2026.

05/11/2026

Happy Incorporation Day to the Town of Warren!
On this day 240 years ago the town was incorporated as a separate entity from the Town of Kent (we did have our own Ecclesiastical Society since 1750).
50 years ago today the original Warren Historical Society, with a little help from their friend Eric Sloane, celebrated the bicentennial with this cachet. The illustrated envelopes included a 10 cent stamp featuring the painting of General Joseph Warren, who fell at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

05/07/2026

This Historian is wondering if it's time to break tradition and make dinner, instead of breakfast, for your favorite maternal caregiver this coming Sunday. From the 1970s Women's Auxiliary Fire Company Cookbook, there are several Supper Ideas for you to choose from, like "Swiss Bliss" (steak), Chicken Divan, Turkey Stroganoff or Sweet and Sour Pork.
Personally, we're thinking about the Mrs. Whitehead's Sweet and Sour Pork for our table this Sunday.
Cookbooks are available for purchase at the Warren General Store, or at the Warren Historical Society, proceeds are split between the Society & the Warren Volunteer Fire Company.

04/30/2026

In our collection we have a number of old wooden boxes. Two were purported to be ballot boxes, one held receipts and pocket diaries. The fourth is the only one with leather hinges and the initials of an unknown E. B. A.
We thought it would be a nice idea to give the children of Warren Elementary School boxes of their own to hold their special treasures. We suggested colonial designs they could decorate their boxes with, but we're not ones to tell creative young minds what to do. We think they had fun. 😊

04/29/2026

We had a great time this week "time traveling" with the students of Warren Elementary School. We asked students "if you woke up in 1776 Warren Ct, what would be familiar?, what would be different?".
Students got to explore the topics of food, clothing, currency & home comforts.

04/24/2026

Thank you to everyone for all of your support in this year's Give Local.
With your help, we were able to exceed our goal. We are proud to be a part of this community.

04/21/2026

This year the Warren Historical Society has a goal of raising $4000 for several projects focused on America's 250th Anniversary: among them our annual children's program with the Warren Elementary School; display materials for our collection of flags to be installed at Warren Town Hall, and the ongoing archiving, accessioning and digitizing of the continuous donations of Warren-related items.

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