STOWE CENTER MILESTONES

The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford recently celebrated two anniversaries: the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Stowe House as a public museum in 1968 and the 10th anniversary of Katherine Kane’s arrival in Connecticut as Stowe Center’s executive director. About 125 people attended the anniversary celebration. Pictured, from left, Amy Robinson, chair, Stowe Center Board of Directors; Kane; Dr. Joan D. Hedrick, honorary co-chair and Pulitzer-prize winning author, (“Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life”); and Dr. Debby Applegate, honorary co-chair and Pulitzer-prize winning author, (“The Most Famous Man in America: the Biography of Henry Ward Beecher”).