The Methodist Melee on Main Street Jamie Eves, Windham Town Historian, 19 May 2019 Angry and despairing, in August 2017 I attended a rally in my town of Willimantic, CT, to protest the violence in Virginia, where a gang of Neo-Nazi thugs invaded the home of the University of Virginia, shouted white supremacist slogans, threatened … Continue reading The Methodist Melee on Main Street
My Experience with an Old Willimantic Building
My Experience with an Old Willimantic Building Jamie Eves, Windham Town Historian, 13 April 2019 My friend, Nicholas Khan, is working on an art graduate school project. He asked folks in Willimantic, CT, to write up their experiences with some of the city's historic buildings. This is what I wrote. As the Executive Director of … Continue reading My Experience with an Old Willimantic Building
Please Don’t Forget Me
Please Don't Forget Me Jamie Eves, Windham Town Historian, 13 April 2019 People often ask me why the Mill Museum does what it does, and the people who work here do what we do. Like school teachers, museum professionals work long hours for little pay. (And our volunteers don't get paid at all!) So, a … Continue reading Please Don’t Forget Me
Mill Museum Blog
Blog posts by Jamie H. Eves, of Windham, CT's two Town Historians. A native of Maine, Eves moved to Connecticut with his wife and son in 1988 to complete a Ph.D. in History at the University of Connecticut. He began volunteering at the Mill Museum in 2005. He became the Museum's Executive Director in 2011. … Continue reading Mill Museum Blog