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A Fair to Remember in Brooklyn

Sponsored by the Windham County Agricultural Society, the Brooklyn Fair is held annually in August to promote and preserve the area’s agricultural heritage.

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An illustration from A Sketch of the life, trial, and execution of Oliver Watkins

Connecticut Draws the Curtain on Public Executions

Brooklyn’s status as county seat in 1831 resulted in the town hosting what is widely accepted as the last public hanging in Connecticut.

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Unitarian Church, Brooklyn

Celia Burleigh, Connecticut’s First Female Minister

March 15, 2021 • Brooklyn, Belief, Women

In 1871, Celia Burleigh, a life-long activist and reformer, became minister of the Unitarian congregation in Brooklyn, Connecticut.

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Israel Putnam: A Youthful Trailblazer Turned Colonial Militiaman

Israel Putnam served with distinction in the Seven Years’ War and in the Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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A Muster Ceremony, New Haven Green

The First Battle of Bull Run: Connecticut Troops Stand Firm When the Battle Turns Against Them

Connecticut troops earned admiration for staying to fight when others fled at the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War.

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Over Time: Brooklyn’s Historical Population

February 28, 2014 • Hide Featured Image, Brooklyn

Census data, from colonial times on up to the present, is a key resource for those who study the ways in which communities change with the passage of time.

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