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A US Army Air Force Waco CG-4A-WO glider

Daring World War II Escape of a Bethany Soldier

June 20, 2022 • Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Bethany, World War II

A member of the glider service, Rollin Booth Fowler crash landed in Normandy during World War II and was captured, only to execute a daring and dramatic escape.

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The House That Hoadley Built

May 4, 2019 • Bethany, Architecture, Historic Preservation, Waterbury

The Wheeler-Beecher House, sometimes referred to as the Hoadley House,…

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Over Time: Bethany’s Historical Population

February 3, 2014 • Bethany, Hide Featured Image

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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Detail of the Bethany Airport Hanger from the Aerial survey of Connecticut 1934

A Busy Airfield in Bethany

April 7, 2013 • Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Bethany, Everyday Life, Transportation, World War II

In 1920, a small airplane landed in a flat, open…

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Detail of Bethany area from Map of Connecticut, from actual survey by Moses Warren, 1811

Bethany: Small-town Perseverance in the Face of Growing Industrialization

February 17, 2013 • Beacon Falls, Bethany, Woodbridge

One of the many contributions the town of Bethany makes…

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