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The Explosion of the Redding Baptist Meeting House

  • Writer:
    Alec Lurie

  • Town(s):
    Redding

Jewish Farming Communities in Connecticut in the 19th and 20th Centuries

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Connecticut’s First Roman Catholic Church

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Connecticut’s French Connections

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Timothy Dwight Dies – Today in History: January 11

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Early Church Bell Founders

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Connecticut’s Christmas Town

Lemuel Haynes: America’s First Black Ordained Minister

  • Writer:
    Alex Gerrish

  • Town(s):
    Bloomingfield, Torrington, West Hartford

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Somers School of the Prophets

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Peter Prudden: Milford’s First Minister

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The Art of Burying the Dead: Exploring Connecticut’s Historic Cemeteries

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Enfield’s Shaker Legacy

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Andover to Woodstock: How Connecticut Ended Up with 169 Towns

  • Writer:
    Diana Ross McCain

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Canon Clinton Jones: A Revolutionary Figure in Connecticut’s LGBTQ+ History

  • Writer:
    Eve Galanis

  • Town(s):
    Brookfield, Hartford, Manchester

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Tradition and Transformation Define Hartford’s Jewish Community

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Shakers Revolutionize Garden Seed Business – Who Knew?

The Story Trail of Voices

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Ezra Stiles Captured 18th-Century Life on Paper

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America’s First Ordained Woman Minister: Olympia Brown and Bridgeport’s Universalist Church

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Waterbury’s Holy Land

The Revolution of 1817

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A Revolutionary Book Designer: Bruce Rogers of New Fairfield

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Connecticut Origins Shape New Light Luminary Jonathan Edwards

  • Writer:
    Kenneth Minkema

  • Town(s):
    Bolton, South Windsor

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Thomas Hooker: Connecticut’s Founding Father

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The Importance of Being Puritan: Church and State in Colonial Connecticut

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The Rev. Amos Beman’s Devotion to Education, Social Activism, and New Haven

  • Writer:
    Elizabeth Correia

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Home Missionary Society’s First Missionary – Today in History: August 7

Death and Mourning in the Civil War Era

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Mohegan Sacred Sites: Moshup’s Rock

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Henry Ward Beecher, a Preacher with Political Clout

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Hooker’s Journey to Hartford

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Alse Young Executed for Witchcraft – Today in History: May 26

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Celia Burleigh, Connecticut’s First Female Minister

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Site Lines: Fortresses of Faith, Agents of Change

Reverend James Pennington: A Voice for Freedom

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The Ghost Ship of New Haven Sets Sail Shrouded in Mystery

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O Christmas Tree!

The Rogerenes Leave Their Mark on Connecticut Society

  • Writer:
    Patricia M. Schaefer

  • Town(s):
    Ledyard, Waterford

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The Sandemanians

What’s a Puritan, and Why Didn’t They Stay in Massachusetts?

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Eleazar Wheelock: Preacher, Dartmouth College Founder

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An Experiment in Evangelization: Cornwall’s Foreign Mission School

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Witchcraft in Connecticut

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The Wallingford Oneida Community

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Hope for the West: The Life and Mission of Lyman Beecher

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Joseph Hopkins Twichell: Asylum Hill’s Religious Leader and Mark Twain’s Closest Friend

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Jonathan Edwards’ Famous Sermon – Today in History: July 8

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Henry Ward Beecher Born – Today in History: June 24

Early Civil Rights and Cultural Pioneers: The Easton Family

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Horace Bushnell Born – Today in History: April 14

Forgotten Founder: John Davenport of New Haven

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The Reverend Joseph Bellamy Makes Bethlehem a Holy Place

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A Volcanic Giant Sleeps in Hamden

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Knights of Columbus Chartered – Today in History: March 29

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1634-1776

Charles Grandison Finney Spreads Revivalism and Education throughout the Mississippi Valley

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Living Rituals: Mohegan Wigwam Festival

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Pan-Harmonicum Strikes a New Note for Puritan Worship in Lebanon

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Gradual Emancipation Reflected the Struggle of Some to Envision Black Freedom

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Wethersfield Academy

  • Town(s):
    Wethersfield

Samson Occom and the Brotherton Indians

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Hidden Nearby: Bethlehem’s Joseph Bellamy Monument

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Warren Congregational Church, a Longstanding Community Center

The Fight Over Slavery Reaches Torrington

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The Art of Life and Death in Colonial Bolton

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