Program Type:
Educational- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on August 12, 2026 @ 6:00pm.
Program Description
Event Details
The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History is back, this time presenting Tories, Spies, and Traitors: Divided Loyalty in Revolutionary Connecticut.
Which side are you on? That’s the question that every single person in Connecticut had to answer in 1775, as the thirteen colonies began a rebellion against British rule. Loyalty was not only a matter of words or opinion. For soldiers and civilians alike, loyalty could mean loss of fortune, of friends, and even of life. This presentation reveals stories – some well known, some obscure – of Nutmeggers who risked and sacrificed to support their chosen side during this “tumultuous jarring time of civil war.”
Dan Gifford is a Museum Educator at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History.
He teaches educational programs for both school and adult audiences. Dan has worked
in the field of education for ten years with experience teaching high school history
courses. Dan has a Master’s in Education and a B.A. In History from Westfield State
University in Massachusetts.