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V Clemens Conversations: Christmas Charity in the Gilded Age
Virtual interactive lectures, document discussions, & ongoing research
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 7:00PM

The Mark Twain House & Museum
Virtual platform
Hartford, CT 06105

This event takes place in Zoom. We will send link after you have bought your ticket.

“Great baskets with the feet of turkeys protruding below blankets of flowers and fruit.”

As Clara Clemens recalled years later, one of the most important Christmas traditions for the Clemens family was assembling and delivering baskets of food and gifts to poor families in Hartford. This program explores the family’s charitable efforts in historic context: increasing prosperity for some, increasing poverty for many more, and a society torn over what to do about it.

This program is delivered live from inside the historic home itself, which is completely transformed for the holiday season. At the end of the presentation, you will be able to ask any questions you want about the home and family, and request our roving camera-person show you any part of the home that you want! Free for museum members. 

This program will not be recorded or available for later replay. It is a live program only.

Clemens Conversations are hosted on Zoom. Once you purchase your ticket, keep an eye out for an emailed receipt, which will contain a link to register for the Zoom session.