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Connecticut Turnpike Opens – Today in History: January 2

January 2, 2023 • Postwar United States 1945-1970s, Abraham Ribicoff, Branford, Darien, East Lyme, Greenwich, Killingly, Madison, Montville, Norwalk, Plainfield, Stratford, Transportation, West Haven

On January 2, 1958, Governor Abraham Ribicoff officially opened the Connecticut Turnpike—today the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike—to traffic.

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Drawing of a town common with a church on the right side, a building in the center and a couple buildings on the left. There are a few trees and a few people

Lee’s Academy: An Icon of Education for 200 Years

August 16, 2022 • Expansion and Reform 1801-1861, Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-1877, The Industrial United States 1870-1900, Emergence of Modern America 1890-1930, Education, Historic Preservation, Madison

For over two hundred years, Lee’s Academy has been a staple of education in Madison, Connecticut.

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1893-94 Duryea

Frank Duryea Drives the First Automobile in Connecticut

May 14, 2022 • The Industrial United States 1870-1900, Emergence of Modern America 1890-1930, Invention and Technology, Madison, Transportation, Work

Frank Duryea was a long-time Madison resident who helped develop…

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Plan of USS monitor, 1862

Cornelius Bushnell and His Ironclad Ship

July 18, 2020 • Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-1877, Gideon Welles, Civil War, Madison, New Haven, War and Defense, Work

Cornelius Scranton Bushnell was a 19th-century Connecticut businessman and shipbuilder…

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Hammonasset Beach State Park

Hammonasset State Park Serves the State and its Residents

July 18, 2020 • Environment, Madison, Sports and Recreation, War and Defense

Hammonasset State Park is Connecticut’s largest shoreline park. Located in…

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Over Time: Madison’s Historical Population

February 15, 2014 • Hide Featured Image, Madison

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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