Hannah & Her Daughters (The famous Smith Family of Glastonbury)

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Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm

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First Church, Glastonbury | Glastonbury, CT

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Hannah and Her Daughters
November 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Free
The Connecticut Museum is excited to invite you to experience an original work of music based on manuscripts from our collection!
Professor Raybon, the Connecticut Museum, and the Historical Society of Glastonbury are partnering to present this work to the public in a one-time performance.
While researching for another project, C. Leonard Raybon (Associate Professor of Music at Tulane University) discovered two journals and other writings by Hannah Hadassah Hickok held at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History. Fascinated by the young woman revealed in the writings – whom he describes as “sometimes catty, sometimes capricious, always adventurous, and eternally self-deprecating” – Raybon discovered that Hannah was the matriarch of the storied Smiths of Glastonbury, CT. The Smiths were abolitionists, suffragists, and non-conformists, and Hannah’s daughters drew national attention in the 1870s for refusing to pay their taxes because they could not vote.
Raybon has composed a concert of completely original music highlighting Hannah’s sayings, her poetry, her childhood rivalries, her readings, her opinions, and her daughters and their activism.
The concert will be held on November 8th at 7:00 pm at First Church of Glastonbury at 2183 Main Street, Glastonbury. First Church was the Smith family’s congregation, so it’s a fitting place to host this unique musical experience! After the one-hour performance, there will be a talkback with composer Leonard Raybon and Diane Hoover of the Glastonbury Historical Society.
This program is free to attend, but please RSVP at the link. https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/hannah-and-her-daughters/
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