This page contains links to various MRHS videos.
100th Anniversary of the Mystic River Bascule Bridge
In 2022, MRHS received a matching grant from the CT Eastern Regional Tourism District (ERTD) to produce a video to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Mystic River Bascule Bridge. Working with the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce, MRHS contracted with Firesite Films to create the video. Because of the wealth of information that became available to Firesite Films, numerous videos were actually produced. These videos are listed below and are available at the indicated links.
3 - Building Rt 1
6 - Trolley
8 - 1960 Fire
9 - Pancakes
10 - Mystic Book - Origin
11 - Mystic Book - Seagull Family
12 - Mystic Book - Mystic Characters
13 - Walk Your Horses Beer - Flavor
14 - Walk Your Horses Beer - Name Origin
MRHS Membership Meetings
Thanks to SEC-TV, some of the MRHS membership meetings have been recorded. These meetings featured various speakers. The links to the videos of these meetings follow.
2026
March 25, 2026 - Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women by Dr. Jennifer Rycenga
2025
March 26, 2025 - Caroline Townsend Clift and the Siege of Vicksburg by Marilyn Comrie
April 23, 2025 - Mystic’s Boys in Blue: Readings from the Civil War Letters of Jedediah Randall and Horatio Nelson Fish Jr. See the narration and letters here.
June 4, 2025 - Annual Meeting
June 4, 2025 - The Pequot War and Connecticut's Captain Mason by Dr. David Naumec
October 22, 2025 - Mystic River Park: 2.3 Acres of Historic Waterfront by Marilyn Comrie
2024
February 28, 2024 - The Impact of African American and Indigenous Residents on Historic Mystic by Lawrence Wilson III.
May 22, 2024 - Annual Meeting
May 22, 2024 - Dudley St. Clair Donnelly by Barbara Nagy and Richard Gipstein
October 23, 2024 - Baptist Hill Centennial: Making Mystic Safe for Automobiles by Marilyn Comrie
2023
February 22, 2023 - The Battlefield Archaeology of the Pequot War (1636-1637) by Prof. Kevin McBride. See also his presentation slides. (Note that any reproduction or use of his slides - in part or in full - is strictly prohibited without express written permission from MRHS.)
March 22, 2023 - The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 by Lou Allyn
April 12, 2023 - The $100 Super Yacht by Capt. Geoffrey Jones
May 24, 2023 - MRHS Annual Meeting
May 24, 2023 - Mystic Built: Shipbuilding on the Mystic River by William Peterson
October 25, 2023 - Olde Mistick Village and Mystic Aquarium at 50: Tracing Mystic's Evolution into a Top Tourist Destination by Marilyn Comrie
December 6, 2023 - A Trip Down Memory Lane: Photos of Mystic from the 1970s by Marilyn Comrie
2022
February 23, 2022 - Mystic Roots: How Her Local Ties Influenced Philanthropist Mary Stillman Harkness by Barbara Nagy
March 23, 2022 - Pirates, Whales, and Merchants: Franklin and the Sea by Matt Novosad
April 27, 2022 - MRHS Annual Meeting
April 27, 2022 - The Mystic River Bridge - Past and Present by Jim Streeter
2021
March 24, 2021 - Hidden History of Mystic and Stonington by Gail MacDonald (This video is a Zoom recording, since this particular talk was a virtual one given during the pandemic.)
MRHS Information
The following link is to a video which discusses the Portersville Academy (PVA). It was created as a substitute for the PVA Open House that was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic.