Over the last year we have been trying to expand our understanding of this unique individual and his contributions to Deaf History and...

Ok, I have to tell you this lovely When The Mind Hears story. Makes one feel good about the world and people. So, In 1985 my father,...

Harlan has taken you through what he feels are the less then noble members of society that made their names on deaf education. He...

Harlan and the Baron are not kind to Juan Pablo Bonet (1573-1633) a Spanish priest who wrote what is believed to be the first book on...

Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont (1614 – 1698) traveled with Bohemian gypsies in search of the universal language of man, who the Deaf...

George Dalgarno (1616-1687) is their next victim. Seems he was from a long line of linguists that contemplated languages and were...

I think that Harlan Lane was using the Baron De Gerando's work to give his outline of the development of deaf education. The Baron was...

I am re-reading When the Mind Hears by Harlan Lane for my December 6th presentation about the Wilton Papers. I love how he speaks about...

Exciting News! Coming off the exhibit on Laurent and his Wilton great grandson. Francis CLERC Ogden at the Wilton Historical Society...

Good morning gardeners and cemetery lovers. Reporting in on a development in the care of Laurent and Eliza's family grave site. A recent...

Of course when Laurent arrived he had to reprise his fund raising techniques honed under the supervision of Abbe Sicard. Here is a...

This last trip through Hartford I stopped by the garden to make some small progress in the rehabilitation of Clerc's final resting place....

Recreation of the June 5, 2023 article in the Wilton Bulletin, where Francis Clerc Ogden actually contributed to as the "Original Old...

On May 19, 2023 there was an exhibit held at the Wilton Historical Society (WHS). Laurent Clerc's great grandson, Francis Clerc Ogden....

PS 47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School in Manhattan, NYC is a special place. It is the first school that Laurent...

Visits in April 2023 The spring has sprung and the garden becomes the focus of the Societe Laurent Clerc. As you may remember we had...

Laurent Clerc has some history with Yale University. When he arrived in America with Thomas Gallaudet he was a prisoner of that...

Every year about this time the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford, CT celebrates Founders Day to acknowledge the men and women...

This is interesting. It seems that James is stating that making a memorial for great deeds is lame and kinda sad. He quotes Talleyrand...

James is getting more poetic as he comes to the crescendo of his dedication. It is true that the monument will help remind people of his...