Nora Oakes HowardNora Howard is town historian of Avon, Connecticut, and historian of the Avon Congregational Church. She is the author of Stories of Wethersfield and the photograph history Avon. Mrs. Howard was director of the historical societies of Avon and Wetherfield, Connecticut, worked at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and served as historian of First Church of Christ in Wethersfield. Her articles on local history have appeared in Wethersfield Life and Avon Life, and her writings have won awards from the American Association for State and Local History and the Connecticut League of Historical Societies. Ms. Howard earned degrees in American studies from Hampshire College (BA) and George Washington University (MA). As a graduate assistant at the University of Maryland, she helped annotate the Samuel Gompers Papers. Read More Read Less