June - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

Mad about Shad: Connecticut’s Love Affair with an Oily Fish

A Voice for Veterans: A Civil War era ‘Whistle-Blower’ – Who Knew?

Medicine Woman Gladys Tantaquidgeon and Mohegan Cultural Renewal

  • Zotero ID:
    WNF3TTGN

Charles Ritchel and the Dirigible

  • Zotero ID:
    2TQS8UX9

Ebenezer Bassett’s Historic Journey

  • Zotero ID:
    XJTQETR8

Taking on the State: Griswold v. Connecticut

  • Zotero ID:
    AUSZR34V

Defending Connecticut: Fortifying New London Against the British in 1812

  • Zotero ID:
    PPP44AVG

Merritt Parkway Creates Scenic Gateway to New England

  • Zotero ID:
    HPGJ6T5F

Henry Ward Beecher, a Preacher with Political Clout

  • Zotero ID:
    B53F3SPG

The Rose King of America Transformed Cromwell’s Landscape

  • Zotero ID:
    C76CNTG8

Private vs. Public Property – Today in History: June 23

John Howe Makes a Better Pin – Today in History: June 22

  • Zotero ID:
    8SSNSXS9

The Automatic Gallows – Today in History: June 18

  • Zotero ID:
    76WWNR5K

Ivoryton Playhouse Opens – Today in History: June 17

  • Zotero ID:
    FQI9UF4M

The Blake Rock Crusher – Today in History: June 15

  • Zotero ID:
    2N6MZVXT

East Haddam Swing Bridge – Today in History: June 14

Harriet Beecher Stowe Born – Today in History: June 14

The Platt Amendment – Today in History: June 12

  • Zotero ID:
    65DI22HJ

Hooker’s Journey to Hartford

  • Zotero ID:
    RGE29WQQ

USS George Washington Launched – Today in History: June 9

Bridge Ornaments Help Tell the Legend of the Windham Frog Fight

  • Zotero ID:
    N85VRXGV

Nathan Hale: The Man and the Legend

  • Zotero ID:
    A7T7HQ7G

Thomas Hall’s Electric Block Railroad Signal – Today in History: June 7

  • Zotero ID:
    MD7XNUTM

Samuel Colt and Elizabeth Jarvis Marry – Today in History: June 5

The State Cantata – Today in History: June 3

Elizabeth Park’s Rose Garden: June is Busting Out All Over

  • Zotero ID:
    3DNRI87Z

Hilda Crosby Standish, Early Proponent of Women’s Reproductive Health

  • Zotero ID:
    AB8IE59D

Malcolm X in Hartford: “Our Mission is Not Violence but Freedom”

  • Zotero ID:
    2BTUPV2D

The 42-Day Income Tax

  • Zotero ID:
    SXRRF6HG

The Most Famous American in the World

  • Zotero ID:
    FFR9TSCZ

Furniture Caster Patented – Today in History: June 30

  • Zotero ID:
    KVKVGKZA

Deadly Fire at Gulliver’s – Today in History: June 30

  • Zotero ID:
    CDD5C72J

Murder on the Map: The Mysterious Death of Captain George M. Colvocoresses

  • Zotero ID:
    AGFHIF4B

Educator Sarah Pierce Born – Today in History: June 26

  • Zotero ID:
    FQ3Z6I7E

Henry Ward Beecher Born – Today in History: June 24

Connecticut’s War Governor, William A. Buckingham

  • Zotero ID:
    79I28QDH

Samuel L. Clemens Receives Scrap-book Patent – Who Knew?

  • Zotero ID:
    Q99MR6GS

Oliver Cromwell Launched – Today in History: June 13

Flying High with Early Dirigible

  • Zotero ID:
    87CWHS6M

Christopher Leffingwell Born – Today in History: June 11

  • Zotero ID:
    EF9KVX3I

A Connecticut Home That Dates Back to the 1600s!

  • Zotero ID:
    T9AB7775

Academy Graduates First African American Student – Today in History: June 8

  • Zotero ID:
    D4TVW488

Griswold v. Connecticut – Today in History: June 7

First Human Test of a Nylon Parachute – Today in History: June 6

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Begins Serialization – Today in History: June 5

The Lemon Law – Today in History: June 4

  • Zotero ID:
    DRNFKT3K

Parking Authority Created in New Haven – Today in History: June 2

Helen Keller Dies – Today in History: June 1

The Connecticut River

  • Zotero ID:
    N4WS7ANM

Hamilton Wrecks Aeroplane – Today in History: April 22

  • Zotero ID:
    7VM324EC

The Northern Student Movement

  • Zotero ID:
    DBPCC58T

Lydia Sherman: The Derby Poisoner

  • Zotero ID:
    CNN8MBKM

A Successful Lawyer and Politician Who Never Went to College

  • Zotero ID:
    QQSWKUWS

Noble Jerome’s Clock Patent Model

  • Zotero ID:
    E89F57NF

The War Connecticut Hated

  • Zotero ID:
    EK5CA5C3

Daring World War II Escape of a Bethany Soldier

Sarah Bernhardt Performs in Hartford – Today in History: June 8

  • Zotero ID:
    8KKE8GBN

American Painter John Trumbull Born – Today in History: June 6

  • Zotero ID:
    T8CUJ6T3

Video – Rosalind Russell Tribute Film

  • Zotero ID:
    KMGPU36W

Mianus River Bridge Collapses – Today in History: June 28

  • Zotero ID:
    KB867FWG

Benedict Arnold died in London, England – Today in History: June 14

The Bazooka Changes War – Today in History: June 14

Hamilton Breaks Air Records – Today in History: June 13

Video – Helen Keller Tribute Film

  • Zotero ID:
    ZABQPFXN

Hidden Nearby: Two Monuments to Sportsmen at Housatonic Meadows State Park

  • Zotero ID:
    IV9467DR

Christopher Miner Spencer, 19th-century Arms Manufacturer

  • Zotero ID:
    JNQ5SFIM

Nathan Starr’s Cutlass Fought the War of 1812

  • Zotero ID:
    QQI6QE2D

Windsor Engineers Success

  • Zotero ID:
    RKEKCXVU

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published 1852

The Frost House Once Offered Travelers a Warm Welcome

Amasa Goodyear and Son Re-Invent Naugatuck

  • Zotero ID:
    FPR6HIB4

D-Day – Today in History: June 6

  • Zotero ID:
    BVAG5RXU

Sign Up For Email Updates

Oops! We could not locate your form.