A Connecticut Slave in George Washington’s Army
January 30, 2019
Nero Hawley, born into slavery in Connecticut in the 18th century, fought in the Revolutionary War. After his emancipation at... Read more » …[more]
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Merritt Parkway Creates Scenic Gateway to New England
June 29, 2018
This Depression-era road improvement project sought to artfully balance the natural and built environments, and despite setbacks and scandal, achieved its aims. …[more]
Categories: Architecture, Fairfield, Great Depression and World War II, Greenwich, Historic Preservation, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Stratford, Transportation, Trumbull, Westport, Wilbur Cross
An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1929-1964
April 12, 2018
The era of Wilbur Cross and the Great Depression transitioned into World War II and state control by Democrat mastermind John Bailey. …[more]
Categories: Abraham Ribicoff, An Orderly & Decent Government, Bloomfield, Bridgeport, Ella Grasso, Great Depression and World War II, Hartford, New Haven, Politics and Government, The State, Trumbull, Woodbridge
Benjamin Silliman and the Collection That Inspired the Yale Peabody Museum
December 14, 2016
In early July of 1779, a pregnant Mary Silliman watched from her home as British troops landed in Fairfield, Connecticut.... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Education, Expansion and Reform, New Haven, Science, Trumbull
Suburban Development in Litchfield County 1982
February 1, 2014
Few other states felt the lure of the suburbs as strongly or as early as Connecticut. We have become a... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Architecture, Bloomfield, Everyday Life, Imagining Connecticut, Trumbull, Woodbridge
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