War and defense - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

Electric Boat: From Innovation Trials to WWII Submarine Leadership

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

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Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White: “No Picture Was Unimportant to Her”

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Orville Platt Helps Define International Relations after the Spanish-American War

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Did You Know a Connecticut Governor Was a US Spy?

British Burn Fairfield – Today in History: July 7

Stamford’s Three-Gun Armada

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The Platt Amendment – Today in History: June 12

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USS George Washington Launched – Today in History: June 9

Memorial Day 1920 Brings a Changing of the Guard

Gun Wheel of the First Light Battery, Connecticut Volunteers

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The Burning of Danbury

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Ironclad Commissioned – Today in History: April 21

Colt’s Submarine Battery – Today in History: April 13

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From Bombs to Bras: World War I Conservation Measures Transform the Lives of Women

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The 29th Leaves for War – Today in History: March 19

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Fighting Sons of Erin: Connecticut’s Irish Regiment in the Civil War

Gideon Welles, US Secretary of the Navy and Lincoln’s “Neptune”

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Mystic-built USS Galena Part of Plan to Strengthen Union Navy

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A Connecticut Slave in George Washington’s Army

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Site Lines: The Mysterious Blue Lights

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The Launch of the USS Nautilus – Today in History: January 21

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Leroy Anderson Composed Iconic Music in Woodbury

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USS Confederacy: The Life and Service of Connecticut’s Continental Frigate

Women and Defense: World War II on the Connecticut Home Front

Slavery and the Pequot War

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Lion Gardiner Helps to Fortify Early Old Saybrook

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Connecticut Lawyer Prosecutes Nazi War Criminals at Nuremberg

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Connecticut’s “Yankee Watch” Squadron Protects the Skies Here and Abroad

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The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Tablet

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Thomas Knowlton: A Small Town’s National Hero

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The Colvocoresses Oak

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A Patriotic Legacy in Print

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Fort Griswold Attacked – Today in History: September 6

America’s Most Devastating Conflict: King Philip’s War

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The Stonington Battle Flag

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Launching of the USS Nautilus 1954

USS Nautilus Passes Under North Pole – Today in History: August 3

Sanitary Fair – Today in History: July 25

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The First Battle of Bull Run: Connecticut Troops Stand Firm When the Battle Turns Against Them

Cornelius Bushnell and His Ironclad Ship

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Hammonasset State Park Serves the State and its Residents

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Connecticut’s War Governor, William A. Buckingham

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Oliver Cromwell Launched – Today in History: June 13

Stealth Attack from Guilford Launched – Today in History: May 23

The First Yale Unit: How U.S. Navy Aviation Began

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Connecticut Declares War Against the Pequot – Today in History: May 1

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Battle at Ridgefield – Today in History: April 27

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USS Tullibee – Today in History: April 27

The British Attack Danbury – Today in History: April 26

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War and the Fear of Enemy Aliens – Who Knew?

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World War I Flying Ace Raoul Lufbery

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Freighter Worcester Launched – Today in History: April 5

Munitions Assembly Line 1943

Connecticut Arms the Union

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A Woman Who Developed Tolerance: Leila T. Alexander

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Honor and Duty: The Life of Alfred Howe Terry

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Video – Undersea University – US Navy’s Submarine School

Samuel Colt…and Sewing Machines?

Benedict Arnold Demands the Key – Today in History: April 22

The British Raid on Essex

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The Bazooka Changes War – Today in History: June 14

Civil War Soldier Dies of Gangrene – Today in History: July 10

The Civil War Commences: Connecticut’s Involvement in the Civil War

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29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Fought More than One War

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An Overview of Connecticut’s Outdoor Sculpture

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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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Video – Home Front: Connecticut During World War II – Migration and Housing

New London’s Sound Defense

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Connecticut 29th Mustered into Service – Today in History: March 8

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Connecticut in the French and Indian War

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Commemorating the USS Hartford at the Connecticut State Capitol

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What’s in a Number? Connecticut’s Thirteenth Regiment Goes Off to War

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Gideon Welles’s Role in Lincoln’s Cabinet

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Workers at the Colt Armory, Hartford 1867

Fort Griswold and the Battle of Groton Heights 1781

Private Henry Cornwall 1862

The 29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Flag and Display

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Blood on the Hill: The Battle of Groton Heights, September 6, 1781

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Video – Home Front: Connecticut During World War II – Civil Defense

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Nathaniel Lyon: Colorful Commander from Connecticut

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Video – Home Front: A State Divided as War Looms in Europe

Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Danbury

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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at East Hartford

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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Voluntown

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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Farmington

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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Windham

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Site Lines: Silas Deane

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Causes of the Pequot War

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Video – Connecticut’s Cultural Treasures: Lebanon Green

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