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Events in the North and Northeast
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Connecticut
Through January 6, Hartford: The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art's "Flagging Freedom" examines black visual art produced from World War I to the mid-1970s. (860) 278-2670. www.wadsworthatheneum.org

Maryland
September 29-30, New Market: New Market Days features carriage rides, a Civil War encampment, Victorian tea, period entertainment, antiques and crafts. Box 295, New Market, MD 21774.

Massachusetts
September 29-30, Sturbridge: An early nineteenth-century agricultural fair at Old Sturbridge Village. (508) 347-3362. www.osv.org

October 30-November 1, Deerfield: "The Shape of Man: Men's Fashion 1760-1860," a symposium. (413) 775-7201. www.historic-deerfield.org

New Jersey
October 5-14, Cape May: Victorian Week offers tours of inns, guest- houses, hotels and churches of this National Historic Landmark city. Brass band concerts, fashion shows, lectures and glass blowing demonstrations are also scheduled. (800) 275-4278. www.capemaymac.org

New York
Through January 13, Buffalo: The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society presents the "Spirit of the City: Imagining the Pan-American Exposition." The exhibition marks the centennial of the exposition and assassination of President William McKinley. (716) 873-9644. www.panam2001.org

September 8-9, Fort Ticonderoga: More than 400 participants are scheduled to take part in a Revolutionary War encampment that reenacts elements of General Burgoyne's 1777 campaign. (518) 585-2821. www.fort-ticonderoga.org
September 14-16, Buffalo: "The Big Stick and the Square Deal: The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt," a symposium at Canisius College. (716) 873-9644.

October 7, Stony Brook: Revolutionary War British troop encampment. (516) 751-2244. www.stonybrookvillage.com

Pennsylvania
Through November 24, West Chester: Chester County Historical Society presents "The Daguerreotype: Por- traiture at the Dawn of Photography." (610) 692-4800. www.chestercohistorical.org

September 7-9, Geigertown: The 25th annual Hay Creek Fall Festival offers historical displays, antique cars and tractors, period music, Civil War reenactments and traditional crafts. (610) 286-0388. www.haycreek.org

September 21-December 20, Pittsburgh: The Frick Art Museum's "Elie Nadel- man: Classical Folk" features 46 figural sculptures and 22 drawings created during the artist's years in the United States (1914- 1946). (212) 288-0700. www.frick.org

Vermont
September 8, White River Junction: The 9th annual Glory Days of the Railroad Festival includes exhibitions of rail- road memorabilia, historical displays, antique cars, entertainment and, of course, train rides. (802) 295-5036. www.hartford-vt.org

September 15, Plymouth Notch: President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site's Plymouth Cheese and Harvest Festival features wagon rides, guest speakers, demonstrations and living history performances. (802) 672-3773. www.historicvermont.org

Virginia
Through January 6, Newport News: The Mariners' Museum presents "Women and the Sea," with figureheads, woodcarvings, lithographs, paintings, scrimshaw, photographs, a seaside town and vessel interior. The exhibition examines the unexplored impact of women on the maritime world and economy. (800) 581-7245. www.mariner.org

September 29, Richmond: In Honor of His Honor celebrates the 200th anniversary of the appointment of John Marshall as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court with living history, tours of his home, games, activities and refreshments. (804) 648-7998.

October 5-7, Waterford: The 58th annual Waterford Home Tour and Crafts Exhibit includes demonstrations, traditional music and dance, colonial militia encampments, fife and drum corps, Civil War reenactments and tours of historical homes in this National Historic Landmark village. (540) 882-3085.

October 20-21, Williamsburg: The Yorktown Victory Celebration has Revolutionary War reenactors marking the 220th anniversary of the battle. (888) 593-4682. www.historyisfun.org

West Virginia
September 1-2, Wheeling: The Siege at Fort Henry commemorates the last battle of the Revolutionary War with battle reenactments, living history presentations and artisan demonstrations. (800) 828-3097.


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