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“Yankee Doodle”: The Connecticut State Song

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Lewis Sprague Mills and The Story of Connecticut

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    Diane Dolbashian

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Connecticut’s Constitution of 1965

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    Misa Giroux

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Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 Tour of Connecticut

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Connecticut State Seal and Arms

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    Michael Kemezis

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Edward Hopkins: Connecticut’s 2nd Governor

  • Writer:
    Michael Kemezis

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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“Legalized Piracy”: Connecticut’s Revolutionary War Privateers

  • Writer:
    Bryna O’Sullivan

  • Town(s):
    New Haven, New London, Norwich, Wethersfield

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Navigating Connecticut Safely: The Green Book’s Role in African American Travel

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Thomas Short – Connecticut’s First Official Printer

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John Warner Barber’s Engravings Chronicle Connecticut History

  • Writer:
    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Connecticut Issues Same-Sex Marriage Licenses for the First Time – Today In History: November 12

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Early Connecticut Gas Light Companies

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Army-Navy “E” Award Honors Connecticut for Support Against the Axis Powers

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The Amos Bull House and Sterling Opera House: The First Connecticut Listings on the National Register of Historic Places – Who Knew?

  • Writer:
    Emma Wiley

  • Town(s):
    Derby, Hartford

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Black History Resources

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Connecticut Turnpike Opens – Today in History: January 2

Creative License, or Fundamental Fact?

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Early Church Bell Founders

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From the State Historian: The Map That Wasn’t a Map

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The Connecticut Poll Tax

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Connecticut Residents Did Not Let Veterans Day “Go Commercial.”

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Eighteen Years in the Making: Connecticut’s 1991 Gay Rights Law

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Map – Connecticut Landmarks of the Constitution

Connecticut’s Official State Flag – Who Knew?

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Early Turnpikes Provided Solution to Lack of Reliable Roads

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The Connecticut Houses that Ended Up in Massachusetts

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The Long, Ambiguous History of Connecticut’s Blue Laws

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Preserving Connecticut’s Natural Beauty: Connecticut’s First State Parks

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The Charter of 1662

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Connecticut’s Youngest City – Who Knew?

Connecticut’s First Known Juneteenth Celebration in Norwich – Who Knew?

Andover to Woodstock: How Connecticut Ended Up with 169 Towns

  • Writer:
    Diana Ross McCain

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

The Unsteady Meaning of “The Land of Steady Habits”

The Complicated Realities of Connecticut and the Civil War

  • Writer:
    Matthew Warshauer

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The Revolution of 1817

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The First University of Connecticut Trustees

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The Storied History behind Connecticut’s Nicknames

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Site Lines: Monuments to Connecticut’s Lost County Government

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Nathan Hale Hanged in New York – Today in History: September 22

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Thomas Hooker: Connecticut’s Founding Father

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The Importance of Being Puritan: Church and State in Colonial Connecticut

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“’No Taxation without Representation’: Black Voting in Connecticut

Connecticut’s Early Commercial Banks

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Hope on the Wall: Connecticut’s New Deal Post Office Murals

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The State Cantata – Today in History: June 3

Timeline: Settlement of the Colony of Connecticut

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Connecticut’s Loyal Subjects: Toryism and the American Revolution

  • Writer:
    Patrick J. Mahoney

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Gun Wheel of the First Light Battery, Connecticut Volunteers

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The Hartford Whalers: Connecticut’s Last Major League Sports Franchise

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Connecticut and the Embargo Act of 1807

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Buckling Up For Auto Safety

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Rivers of Outrage

The Connecticut Valley Authority That Never Was

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Hartford and New Haven: A Tale of Two Capitals

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The 42-Day Income Tax

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Oystering in Connecticut, from Colonial Times to the 21st Century

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    Doe Boyle

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Trolley Campaigners Storm Small Towns and Votes for Women is the Battle Cry

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Cornerstone Set – Today in History: May 25

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Take Me to the Fair: Connecticut Exhibits at the International Expositions

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An Orderly and Decent Government

Where It All Happened: Connecticut’s Old State House

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An Orderly & Decent Government: A New State, A New Constitution, 1776-1818

An Orderly & Decent Government: A Society in Ferment, 1819-1865

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1888-1905

An Orderly & Decent Government: Establishing Self Government, 1634-1776

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1634-1776

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1634-1776

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1819-1865

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1888-1905

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1888-1905

An Orderly & Decent Government: A Clash of Cultures, 1888-1905

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1905-1929

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1776-1818

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1905-1929

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1866-1887

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1965-Now

An Orderly & Decent Government: A Co-Equal Branch of Government, 1965-Now

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1866-1887

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1965-Now

An Orderly & Decent Government: Crisis and Recovery, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1965-Now

An Orderly & Decent Government: The Rise of the Factory, 1866-1887

Connecticut Patents

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A Tale of Shad, the State Fish

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Yankee Peddlers

Connecticut State Capitol

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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Connecticut’s Oldest English Settlement

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    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    Windsor

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