All posts tagged "groton"
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6.3KMassachusettsThe Great September Gale of 1815
When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
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3.9K1MassachusettsThe Mysterious Death of Cape Cod’s David Bacon
In September of 1943, witnesses saw David Bacon drive his sports car off a California highway and into a bean field. As...
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2.5K4ConnecticutThe Fort Griswold Massacre: Benedict Arnold’s Final Treachery?
Fort Griswold in Groton, Conn. was the scene of Benedict’s Arnold’s final act of treason against his fellow Connecticut countrymen – the...
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2.2K3ConnecticutThe Wicked Blue Lights of New London Give Connecticut a Bad Name
On the moonless night of Dec. 18, 1813, a pair of mysterious blue lights at the mouth of the Thames River thwarted...
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4.5K1Today's History Highlights ArchiveThe First, First Sunrise in Each New England State
Trying to calculate the exact moment of sunrise isn’t easy. In fact, the U.S. Naval Observatory says it’s nearly impossible because of...
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3.5KMassachusettsPrudence Cummings Wright, Patriot Militia Commander, Captures 2 British Spies
During those confusing, intense first weeks of the American Revolution, Prudence Cummings Wright organized a ladies group -- to capture Loyalist spies...
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11.3K1Today's History Highlights ArchiveSix Stunning Gothic Revival Buildings By Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan didn’t leave much in the way of paper records, but he did change the face of Puritan New England with...
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5.2K1ConnecticutRichard Bissell – The Connecticut Yankee Behind the Bay of Pigs
In 1959 Richard Bissell was named the CIA's deputy director for plans. It was an unusual selection. Bissell was replacing a man,...
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13.2K6MassachusettsExactly How New England’s Indian Population Was Nearly Wiped Out
Even before European colonists nearly wiped out the Indian population in New England, war and disease had already begun their dirty work....
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6.0K6MassachusettsFour Rice Boys Captured by Indians in 1704; Three Rice Boys Decide To Stay
On a hot August day in 1704, the Rice boys were working with their fathers to spread flax in a field in...