A Presentation by James Bach

• Monday, March 9 ∙ 5:00 pm ∙ Lindstrom Room

“Yankees or Yorkers” is not at all about baseball. It’s about how Connecticut and, specifically, the Town of New Canaan came to be, a fascinating story that will be told by a native son, James Bach, in this Historical Society program.

Using antique maps, Jim will analyze Connecticut’s boundaries with neighboring states way back to the 1600s when they really were just colonies of England. In 45 minutes, the audience will learn how people who would have been taxpaying New Yorkers are now New Englanders instead. Jim also will trace the roles of Stamford and Norwalk when they were our “parent cities” before there was a Town of New Canaan or even just a Canaan Parish.