Seymour Public Library welcomes Christina Rewinski, Museum Educator from the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, for a free and in-person lecture, “Journeys: Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission- Hartford, CT ” Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 6:30 P.M.
Yung Wing, the first Chinese student to graduate from a US University, came to America under the sponsorship of a missionary and received his degree from Yale in 1854.
In 1872 he founded what came to be known as the Chinese Educational Mission, headquartered in Hartford, CT. Over nine years, 120 boys from China, barely teenagers, came to Connecticut to participate in a cultural and educational exchange program.
The boys boarded ships and trains, leaving everything familiar, with the expectations of a nation on their shoulders. The story of the boys of the Chinese Educational Mission is a story of hopes, dreams, sacrifice, and the life-changing experience of international exchange.
This program is free and open to all. Registration is not required. The Seymour Public Library is located at 46 Church St., Seymour, CT 06483. Please call the library at 203 – 888-3903 for more information.
