23 Walks: Historic Downtown Churches

Saturday, July 1 at 1:00 p.m., visit some Downtown churches with Manchester’s Town Historian, Susan Barlow. Meet at the parking lot at the corner of Main and Park Streets, near St. James Church, which is located at 896 Main Street. The walk will take about 1-1/2 hours, visiting the exterior of St. James, and visiting inside at Emanuel Lutheran and South Methodist. Info about local history: www.manchesterhistory.org. Rain or shine, but extreme weather cancels. This is one of the 23 walks in 2023 celebrating Manchester’s 200^th birthday. The next walks are also at 1:00 p.m.: Sunday, July 9, starting at the Senior Center, 549 Middle Turnpike East; and Sunday, August 6, Buckland Cemetery, 1210 Tolland Turnpike.