Welcome to The Last Green Valley
Get Ready for Winter Wanderings and the Green Light Celebration
in The Last Green Valley
Our yearly Green Light Celebration goes from January 18 to mid-February and includes special events, local merchant discounts, contests, and more!
The Last Green Valley is two things - it's the 35-town National Heritage Corridor where you live, and it's also your member-supported non-profit organization working locally to preserve the irreplaceable land, water, and cultural resources of the region.
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This song, Brave Old Put, by Sally Rogers is about General Israel Putnam and his famous battles from the Wolf Den in present-day Mashamoquet Park in Pomfret, to the French and Indian Wars in what is now upstate New York and Quebec to the Revolutionary War. His house still stands on Saulding Rd. in Brooklyn, CT, (Pomfret, in Putnam's day). © 1998 Sally Rogers, Thrushwood Press Publishing, BMI, Hill Tunes-Mill Tunes Connecticut's 1997 State Troubadour, Sally Rogers, developed an innovative project to enhance the teaching curriculum by integrating arts with the humanities in the classroom. The 24 songs on this CD engage, enlighten and entertain people of all ages while communicating some of the great stories of The Last Green Valley. Rogers used oral histories, historic documents, and writings as sources for the lyrics of 15 of 24 songs. Through an artist-in-residence program, she enthused fourth grade classes from 3 area schools, who learned history through an artistic process that produced an additional 9 songs for the CD recording. You need Quicktime to listen. Download for free. |
