Embracing the ideals supported by Hartford founder the Rev. Thomas Hooker, the Fundamental Orders represent what many consider to be the first written constitution in the Western world.
ReadThis profitable exchange brought wealth and sought-after goods to the state but came at the price of supporting slavery in the bargain.
ReadFollowing the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed a…
ReadBenjamin Wright helped build transportation and canal systems in the…
ReadEsteemed by his fellow patriots as a savvy diplomat who helped cement a strategic alliance with France during the American Revolution, Deane spent his final years under a cloud of suspicion.
ReadIn September 1827, the newly constructed Connecticut State Prison in…
ReadIn early June of 1636, prominent Puritan religious leader Reverend…
ReadGovernment formed with the consent of the people was a radical idea in the age of nations ruled by monarchs, emperors, and tsars.
ReadOn May 26, 1647, Alse Young of Windsor was the…
ReadThe Fundamental Orders, inspired by Thomas Hooker’s sermon of May…
ReadCharles McLean Andrews was one of the most distinguished historians of his time, generally recognized as the master of American colonial history.
ReadThe ocean’s bounty has been savored along the Connecticut coastline for as long as humans have been around to bring it on shore.
ReadThe Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department is the oldest continually operated…
ReadOn June 18, 1895, Jabez L. Woodbridge of Wethersfield patented…
ReadIn 1698 the General Court reorganized itself to deal more effectively with Connecticut’s complex new problems. The outlines of the modern legislative system began to emerge.
ReadDuring the early 19th century, the General Assembly was slow to deal with rising crime, poverty and the other social costs of a rapidly changing society.
ReadConnecticut’s Cultural Treasures is a series of 50 five-minute film vignettes that profiles a variety of the state’s most notable cultural resources.
ReadIn the sixteenth century, Connecticut Protestants wanted to cleanse the church of what they saw as corruption, and to return to the simplicity and purity of early Christian worship.
ReadConnecticut is celebrated for its long-lasting commitment to education. In…
ReadCensus 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.
ReadAlmost every Connecticut town of any size has an Elm Street, named for the popular trees that grew in abundance until a fungal infestation greatly diminished their numbers.
ReadKnown as “Gasoline Alley” during the 1950s, the Berlin Turnpike boasts a heady visual mix of neon, brand names, logos, and 1960s’ motel Modernism.
ReadThe first time this founding father traveled through Connecticut, he was an ambitious Virginia colonel hoping to advance his career in the British military. When he last visited Connecticut, he was the first president of the new United States.
ReadDespite Deane’s role in securing French supplies and support for the American Revolution, his accomplishments have long been obscured by whispers of treason, a spy’s double-dealing, and his own sudden death.
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