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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

BHC Presents: When the Aztec Eagle Soared Over Bridgeport with Abraham Lima

Saturday, September 7
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we are delighted to host grassroots historian Abraham Lima for a special presentation on Mexican immigration and heritage in Bridgeport. Join us September 7, 2pm at the Burroughs-Saden Library!

Abraham Lima is freelance hobbyist writer for the Bridgeport History Center. Born and raised in Bridgeport, his parents are Mexican immigrants from the state of Puebela. His interests include maps (since age 4) and from there technology, various types of history, linguistics, and more.  One goal of his is to write a series on the histories of the newer ethnic communities and populations that make up modern day Bridgeport and the city’s long term population and physical changes.

Jaime Pettit
Jaime Pettit serves as an Assistant Archivist at the Bridgeport History Center at the Bridgeport, Connecticut Public Library. She received a Masters' in Information Science at the University of Michigan and a Certification in Museum Studies at Harvard University. She has previously worked with the University of Michigan and Arizona State University's departments of archeology. Pettit's current projects combine her love for both history and writing to highlight interesting and lesser-known stories from Bridgeport and Connecticut.