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Rosa Ponselle: Meriden’s Famous Musical Daughter

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New London’s Tradition of Burning Benedict Arnold…in Effigy – Who Knew?

A Fair to Remember in Brooklyn

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Derby Day on the Housatonic

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A Fair to Forget – Who Knew?

P. T. Barnum’s Lottery

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Trumbull’s Parlor Rock Park: A Premier Amusement Center of the Late 19th Century

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Lake Compounce: Bringing Amusements to the State’s Residents Since 1846

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Luna Park: A 20th-century Story of Amusement and Morality

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Bridgeport’s WPKN: Going Strong After Half a Century

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“Tom Thumb” Born – Today in History: January 4

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Jim Henson, the Muppets, and Greenwich

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Scrabble Copyrighted – Today in History: December 1

A Unique Island Attraction in Bridgeport

The Hartford Circus Fire – Today in History: July 6

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P. T. Barnum: An Entertaining Life

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Rediscovering Albert Afraid-of-Hawk

Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren Wed – Today in History: February 10

Portland’s Guy Hedlund: Actor and Activist

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The Kewpies Buy A House in Westport

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The Danbury Fair, 1869-1981

Sylvester Poli, Negotiating Cultural Politics in an Age of Immigration

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And They’re Off!: Harness Racing at Charter Oak Park

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Savin Rock Park: “Connecticut’s Coney Island”

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Colt Park and the Magical Summer of 1976

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The Origins and Enduring Legacy of New Haven’s Long Wharf Theatre

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The Story of the Oakdale Makes Great Theater

Katharine Hepburn’s Love Affair (with Connecticut)

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The Hartford Wheel Club: Disparity in the Gilded Age

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Video – Sophie Tucker Tribute Film

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Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren Wed – Today in History: February 10

A 1947 Movie Details the Unsolved Murder of a Bridgeport Priest

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The Hartford Circus Fire

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P. T. Barnum Dies – Today in History: April 7

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Looking Back: the First “Aero Planes”

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Sunday Funday? We Think Not – Who Knew?

Semi-Pro Baseball in Sharon – Who Knew?

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Quassy: One of the Last of the Old-Time Trolley Parks

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Picture This: Seeing Connecticut in 3-D

Luna Park – Who Knew?

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  • Town(s):
    West Hartford

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