The German merchant submarine Deutschland made two trips to America, including one to New London, Connecticut, during World War I.
ReadConnecticut’s early railroad history had at its core the goal of linking New York City and Boston through a hybrid system of steamboats and trains.
ReadCalled the “greatest mobilization of police in the city’s history,” the event that brought law enforcement out in force to Keney Park was not a riot, not a strike, but a concert by this singer-actor and activist.
ReadBorn in New Haven, Alfred Howe Terry studied law before heroically capturing Fort Fisher during the Civil War. He earned the thanks of Congress for this victory before maintaining peace between whites and Native Americans in the Dakotas.
ReadThe Connecticut poll tax lasted for almost 300 years and encompassed four different variants.
ReadAn alleged affair between Elizabeth Tilton and Henry Ward Beecher became public in 1872 and inspired a series of lawsuits for libel. The incident involved one of the state’s most respected citizens and religious leaders and attracted national attention.
ReadThe remarkable resilience of Connecticut’s native cultures can be seen in the tribes’ social networks, political governance, commitment to educating others about native history, and their ongoing work to sustain their traditions.
ReadFor many veterans of the Second, the assault at Cold Harbor would be the most terrible memory of their Civil War careers.
ReadClarence Dickinson was a long-time Haddam resident and pioneer in…
ReadOn October 12, 1924, in New Britain, Connecticut, Gerald Chapman…
Read“Let monuments be raised in every town, let songs be sung and orations delivered,” urged this state politician and skilled speechmaker.
ReadDeadly as well as costly, this storm scarred the landscape for decades after and left each Connecticut family with its own tale to tell of the ruinous events.
ReadThough approved at a renegade convention on September 17, 1787, the US Constitution did not become “the supreme law of the land” until 9 of the 13 states ratified the document.
ReadThis Russian émigré not only invented a machine capable of controlled vertical flight, he also re-invented his aviation career along the way.
ReadSeptember 6, 1781 was a brutal and terrifying day for Connecticut citizens living on both sides of New London harbor, along the Thames River.
ReadHow a farmer’s son became the Father of Submarine Warfare during the American Revolution.
ReadProduced by the US Government in 1965, this film of…
ReadThe Briggs Manufacturing Company was the premier employer in Voluntown,…
ReadOn August 28, 1940, Fitch’s Home for Soldiers and their…
ReadSome 200 million years ago, carnivorous dinosaurs roamed Rocky Hill leaving the three-toed tracks that would become our state fossil.
ReadEarly New England settlers found the Windsor area’s sandy loam…
ReadThis Charles D. Brownell painting from the mid-1850s epitomizes the…
ReadShaking Quakers settled in Enfield and created the packaged seed business.
ReadAfter a decades-long struggle, women in Connecticut and across the US gained a say in government.
ReadWhile maps serve a utilitarian function at the time of their production, years later they become snapshots in time as displays of the personal and collective memories of those who designed them. Such is the case with maps drawn by James Wadsworth and Douglas Grant Mitchell.
ReadTwo Connecticut men, uncle and nephew, had starring roles—one in defeat and one in victory—during the War of 1812.
ReadThe Florence Griswold House, once a private residence, also served as a finishing school for girls in the 19th century and the center of the Lyme Art Colony.
ReadConnecticut’s 84th governor, William Atchison O’Neill, was born in Hartford on…
ReadDespite brief success as a mill town in the early…
ReadThe Talcott Mountain range lies in the northeastern section of…
ReadHardcore punk rockers occupied venue spaces, spectators became performers, pools became skate parks, and Xerox machines became the printing press in this underground renaissance.
ReadOn July 28, 1863, the Soldiers Monument in the Kensington…
ReadThe National Museum of American History explains how a revolver, sewing machine, bicycle, and early-model electric automobile are connected.
ReadThe Connecticut Charter, which provided the basis for Connecticut government…
ReadWhen the United States Senate first convened in 1789, many…
ReadA manufacturer of silver-plated ware rebounds from the worst fire ever to occur in Meriden.
ReadSherwood Island, Mount Tom, Macedonia Brook, and Kent Falls are among the earliest lands set aside for public enjoyment as the parks movement took hold in the state.
ReadOn July 3, 1860, Charlotte Anna Perkins (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)…
Read…that during a cold Connecticut winter in 1935 Paul Sperry…
ReadNoble Jerome submitted this clock patent model to the US Patent Office along with his patent application in 1839. Providing a working model to the Patent Office was a common requirement for inventors up until the 1880s.
ReadA resident of New Haven and Middletown, Joseph Mansfield rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Union army before losing his life at the Battle of Antietam.
ReadSamuel Colt, the man who revolutionized firearms manufacturing in the…
ReadThis bucolic oasis on Hartford’s western edge became home to great literary talents, social reformers, politicians, and other nationally-regarded luminaries of the mid-to-late 1800s.
ReadOn June 8, 1906, French stage and film actress Sarah…
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