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May - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
Connecticut’s Black Civil War Regiment
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When Elections in Hartford Were a Piece of Cake
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Henry Deming: Mayor of Hartford and New Orleans
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Lobsters and Oysters and Clams: A Short History of Seafood in Connecticut
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19th Amendment: The Fight Over Woman Suffrage in Connecticut
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The Rise and Fall of Sealing in Early New London Industry
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The Black Panther Party in Connecticut: Community Survival Programs
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Albert Augustus Pope, Transportation Pioneer
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Benjamin Dutton Beecher had a Penchant for Invention
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John Brown: A Portrait of Violent Abolitionism
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William Douglas: A Colonial Hero’s Sacrifice
Waterbury Clock Company Saved by Mickey Mouse – Who Knew?
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Daniel Curtiss: The Life of a 19th-Century Self-Made Man
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Timothy Dwight Provides Religious, Military, and Educational Services for a Young Country
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Benjamin Spock: Raising the World’s Children
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Serving Up Justice: Hartford’s Black Workers Organize
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Gallows Lane and the Execution of Barnett Davenport
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Noah Webster and the Dream of a Common Language
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Alse Young Executed for Witchcraft – Today in History: May 26
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W. J. Squire’s Gill Net Manufactory in East Haddam
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Homer D. Babbidge, Leader in Education
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Gun Wheel of the First Light Battery, Connecticut Volunteers
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Katharine Hepburn Born – Today in History: May 12
Steaming Across the Atlantic
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First Woman Elected as US State Governor Born – Today in History: May 10
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John Brown Born – Today in History: May 9
Learning about the Lusitania: How Hartford Heard the News
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First Woman to Receive US Patent – Today in History: May 5
Artist Frederic Church Born – Today in History: May 4
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Crisis Management during the American Civil War: The Hartford Soldiers’ Aid Society
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A Connecticut Painter Finds His Voice through Colonial Folk Art
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Israel Putnam: A Youthful Trailblazer Turned Colonial Militiaman
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Lounsbury Elected Governor – Today in History: January 4
What’s a Puritan, and Why Didn’t They Stay in Massachusetts?
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Hartford and New Haven: A Tale of Two Capitals
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The Free Consent of the People: Thomas Hooker and the Fundamental Orders
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Mary Hall: Connecticut’s First Female Attorney
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Hometown Hero: Wallingford Remembers Stanley Budleski
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Cornerstone Set – Today in History: May 25
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Stealth Attack from Guilford Launched – Today in History: May 23
Setting Speed Limits – Today in History: May 21
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Dark Day – Today in History: May 19
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New-Gate Prison Breakout – Today in History: May 18
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Largest Earthquake in Connecticut – Today in History: May 16
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Jacob Schick Invents the Electric Razor – Today in History: May 13
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Katharine Hepburn’s Love Affair (with Connecticut)
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Misread Signal Leads to Deadly South Norwalk Train Wreck – Who Knew?
The Newsies Strike Back
A First Amendment Lesson: Weaver High Students Teach Their Elders
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Take Me to the Fair: Connecticut Exhibits at the International Expositions
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Connecticut Declares War Against the Pequot – Today in History: May 1
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The Connecticut River
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World War I Flying Ace Raoul Lufbery
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America’s First Woman Governor: Ella Grasso, 1919-1981
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Honor and Duty: The Life of Alfred Howe Terry
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Governor Chester Bowles Dies – Today in History: May 25
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Waterbury Tornado – Today in History: May 24
A Special Place to Honor Military Veterans in Plainville
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Nathan Starr’s Cutlass Fought the War of 1812
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What’s in a Number? Connecticut’s Thirteenth Regiment Goes Off to War
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