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The South Windsor Bicentennial Quilt

Created in honor of the United States Bicentennial, the South Windsor Bicentennial Quilt was completed in 1976 by the Women’s group of Wapping Community Church.

Featuring 42 hand-crafted panels depicting historic buildings and scenes from South Windsor’s past, the quilt was a true community effort involving more than 75 volunteers across generations and faiths.

Begun in 1975 and created using appliqué, embroidery, and needlework, the quilt reflects the Bicentennial theme “one nation, under God.”

Today, it hangs in Wood Memorial Library & Museum, accompanied by a booklet documenting each panel and its maker.

Wapping Community Church Women Officers, 1976

President Jean Wetherell
1st Vice President Fran Neal
2nd Vice President Jean Clay
Secretary Virginia Dzen
Treasurer Joyce Mackie

Wapping Community Church Women Spring Fair Committee, 1976

Marion Hallowell
Shirley Pierce
Joan Thompson
Gail Woodard, Chairman

The South Windsor Bicentennial Quilt online exhibition was originally created by The Friends of the Wood Memorial Library and in 2026 was updated with new photos and formatting by The Wood Memorial Library & Museum Trust

The description of each quilt square as published in the 1995 revised and corrected second edition booklet. This second edition was published in celebration of South Windsor’s “sesquicentennial” anniversary, 1845-1995, and was dedicated to the memory of Gail Woodard, who passed away in 1994. The revised edition was compiled by Charles E. Woodward in September, 1995, with the assitance of Doris Burgdof who provided many historical corrections.