Beardsley Zoo Announces The Celebration Of Its 100th Birthday

Bridgeport CT

28 March, 2022

4:30 AM

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Press release from Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo: March 23, 2022 Connecticut's Only Zoo Looks to the Past While Creating the Future: 1922-2022 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – March 23, 2022– There was a time in the not-so-distant past when farmers still were easily found within city limits, the city of Bridgeport hired famous landscape architects like Frederick Law Olmsted to design park grounds, and celebrities like circus impresario P.T. Barnum donated retired circus animals to help create the region's first Zoo. The history of the Zoo and the city of Bridgeport will always be inextricably entwined. Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2022, with a rich and varied history in the state's most populous city. The Zoo will celebrate its 100th birthday on June 25, 2022, with a party for Zoo guests visiting that day, including: A birthday cake bake-off A Sneak Peek at the summer's Centennial Celebration Animal Show Proclamations from the city of Bridgeport and the state Visits from local dignitaries "Win a Free Birthday Party" Contest Entertainment on the Peacock Pavilion stage: Lost Rebel, a four-piece classic rock band Time capsule/Tree Planting This press release was produced by Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo. The views expressed here are the author's own.