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July - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
Benjamin Silliman and the Collection That Inspired the Yale Peabody Museum
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Mystic River Bridge Opens – Today in History: July 19
Up from the Ashes: Fire at the Meriden Britannia Company – Today in History: July 16
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Hartford Circus Fire: “The Tent’s on Fire!” – Who Knew?
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A Voice for Veterans: A Civil War era ‘Whistle-Blower’ – Who Knew?
Nellie McKnight Promotes History and Literacy throughout Ellington
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A Different Look at the Amistad Trial: The Teenager Who Helped Save the Mende Captives
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New London’s Indian Mariners
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Connecticut Revolutionized Geography – Who Knew?
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Connecticut Valley Railroad’s First Train – Today in History: July 29
Hartford Wide-Awakes – Today in History: July 26
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Orville Platt Helps Define International Relations after the Spanish-American War
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Hiram Bingham IV: A Humanitarian Honored for Saving Lives during WWII
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The White Mountain Express Derails in Greenwich
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Creating Candlewood Lake – Today in History: July 15
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Connecticut Suffragists Appeal to the President – Today in History: July 12
Bridgeport’s Catastrophic 1911 Train Wreck
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Erector Set Patented – Today in History: July 8
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British Burn Fairfield – Today in History: July 7
The Hartford Circus Fire – Today in History: July 6
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P. T. Barnum: An Entertaining Life
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Silas Brooks, Balloonist
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President Grant Celebrates Independence Day in Woodstock – Today in History: July 4
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Pepperidge Farm Opens Bakery – Today in History: July 4
Buffalo Bill Cody Visits the Monument of Uncas – Today in History: July 2
An Artist’s Life in Hartford: The Early Career of Dwight Tryon
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Celia Burleigh, Connecticut’s First Female Minister
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Slavery and the Pequot War
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Calder in Connecticut: World-Famous Artist Called Roxbury Home
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Roger Sherman, Revolutionary and Dedicated Public Servant
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The Great River: Connecticut’s Main Stream
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Airborne Pioneers: Connecticut Takes Flight
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Connecticut’s “Woodstock” Canceled – Today in History: July 30
Fire Ravages Cos Cob School – Today in History: July 29
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Roger Tory Peterson Dies – Today in History: July 28
North Branford Vied for the Title of “Shredded Coconut Capital of the World” – Who Knew?
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An American Heritage River – Today in History: July 27
Liberian Independence Day
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Sanitary Fair – Today in History: July 25
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Medical Pioneer Eli Todd born – Today in History: July 22
The First Battle of Bull Run: Connecticut Troops Stand Firm When the Battle Turns Against Them
Cleopatra’s Needle and Groton’s Captain Davis – Who Knew?
Cornelius Bushnell and His Ironclad Ship
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Hammonasset State Park Serves the State and its Residents
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The Greenwich Avenue Fires of 1908 and 1936 Sparked Upgrades to Town’s Emergency Services
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The Connecticut Compromise – Today in History: July 16
Colt Park and the Magical Summer of 1976
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Sheff v. O’Neill – Today in History: July 9
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Jonathan Edwards’ Famous Sermon – Today in History: July 8
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Farmington Canal’s Ground-Breaking – Today in History: July 4
Hidden Nearby: Goshen’s Liberty Pole
John Fitch Born – Today in History: January 21
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Kensington Soldiers Monument Dedicated – Today in History: July 28
The Hartford Circus Fire
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman Born – Today in History: July 3
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The Colt Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company
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Civil War Soldier Dies of Gangrene – Today in History: July 10
Video – Free-for-all Race at Charter Oak Park
Charles Goodyear and the Vulcanization of Rubber
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Connecticut in the French and Indian War
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Norfolk—Alive With The Sound of Summer Music
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Causes of the Pequot War
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