Help Us Make Digging Into History A Success!
Digging Into History is the Connecticut State Library’s award-winning experiential education program. This is an international collaboration between Connecticut and the area around Seicheprey, which has deep historical ties to our state reaching back to the Revolutionary War. The program brings together competitively selected high school students from across Connecticut and the Seicheprey region of France to complete work of a historical and community service driven nature. Though most of this program takes place outside the walls of the library, it fulfills the mission “to preserve and make accessible Connecticut’s history and heritage” by engaging students, families, and community members in a hands-on approach to an important and enduring part of our history.
Digging Into History: On the Road with Rochambeau will continue to highlight the connection between Seicheprey and Connecticut, this time through the lens of the Revolutionary War. In July 2023 the program will be focused on work related to the comte de Rochambeau and his French Army troops as they marched through Connecticut in 1780 and 1781. What we learn through this program will enhance our knowledge and understanding of the role of the French Army as we approach the 250th Anniversary of our nation’s birth.
This July, we’ll be bringing together a group of French and Connecticut high school students for this archaeological excavation of a French Army camp in Bolton, Connecticut that dates from the American Revolution. We’ll be doing some community service work while learning about Connecticut and France’s roles in the Revolutionary War, but we’ll be having some fun too!
We’ve received support from a number of local, state, and national organizations, but we need your support to get us over the top with our funding needs. Meeting out funding goal of $15,000 will ensure the program’s success and show our students and the world what Connecticut has to offer!
