Connecticut
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11.9K3George Washington’s Submarine: The Turtle, Made in Connecticut
New York Harbor — September 6, 1776, 11 p.m. At the foot of Whitehall Street in New York City, where the Staten...
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12.4K8New England Slavery: Decent Burial for a Slave Named Fortune, 200 Years Late
More than 200 years after his death, a Waterbury, Conn., slave received a proper burial. His name is Fortune, and his journey...
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11.0K9Bridgeport Women Workers and the Birth of the Eight Hour Day
On one summer day in 1915, thousands of women walked off the job in Bridgeport, Conn., demanding the eight hour day and...
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6.0KNew Englanders Who Made it to the 1963 March on Washington
Fifty years ago when the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom electrified the nation, buses came from everywhere, filled with people...
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4.4K3Banned in Hartford, Panned in Boston – Tough Crowds in Early American Theater
An English stage couple trying to make a mark in early American theater in 1818 learned the hard way what a tough...
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7.3KBattle flags, U-Boats and Small Town Scandal in Today’s History Highlights – 8.12.2013
While U.S. home soil was largely well-behind the frontlines of any action in World War II, the same cannot be said for...
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