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While our building is closed, please join us for virtual and off site events.

Open House Make or Take Craft

All Day
Children
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Library Branch: Southbury Public Library
Room: Upstairs
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Stop by the Youth Services department on Saturdays for our Open House Make or Take Craft. Make it here or bring home everything you'll need to make a fun and exciting thematic paper craft. Appropriate for all ages.

Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale

9:30am - 3:30pm
All Ages
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Library Branch: Southbury Public Library
Room: Lower Level
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Friends' Event, Book Sale
Event Details:

Stop by the Friends Book Sale! This year's sale features more than 100,000 items!

350 Years in 35 Minutes

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Adults
Required
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Library Branch: Southbury Public Library
Room: Kingsley Room A/B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures
Required

Southbury 350th Anniversary

The Town of Southbury is holding events and activities all year long to celebrate 350 years of community, culture and history (1673-2023), aimed at highlighting the past and progress of the one and only Southbury.

The 350th Anniversary Steering Committee consists of John Dwyer and Kevin Bielmeier (co-chairs), Brian Jones (vice-chair), Justin Bette, Lynn Dwyer, Melinda Elliott, Michael Ganem, Kara Kenney, Mary Korsu, and Gosia Liedlich.

In 1673, 15 families from Stratford travelled up the Pootatuck (Housatonic) River on rafts and canoes, settling on land in this area known as the Pomperaug Plantation, which was purchased from the Pootatuck Native Americans. Those religious dissidents spent their first night in Woodbury and the second night under a white oak tree on Crook Horn Road, by the former Berry Farm, now known as Settlers Park, in what is now known as Southbury.

Event Details:

Surely people passing through town may wonder about the various structures, the name places, and of past endeavors within Southbury. And they may be surprised and interested in some stories of the past that may be obscure or rarely shared.

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