There’s still time to sign up to hear the next session in the Tolland Public Library Foundation’s lecture series on Tolland history. Mark Depathy, a Tolland resident who is a local expert on the Civil War, will discuss town residents who participated in the war, on July 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Conference Room A of Tolland Town Hall.
Depathy’s free talk is the fourth in a series sponsored by the Foundation that is examining every 50 years of the town’s history as …Tolland marks its 300th anniversary in 2015.
The talk will center on the role of Tolland residents in the Civil War and will include a discussion of the Union company that was raised from Rockville.
Depathy is a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Alden Skinner Camp #45, where he has held offices at the camp and state level. He frequently delivers talks on the life of a Civil War soldier, Tolland in the Civil War and the life of Capt. Benjamin Loomis, a Tolland resident.
Registration is required. To register, call the Tolland Public Library at 860-871-3620.