July - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

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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Benjamin Silliman and the Collection That Inspired the Yale Peabody Museum

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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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