All posts tagged "Conn."
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89.2K56ConnecticutThe Secret History of New England’s Sundown Towns
“Whites Only Within City Limits After Dark” reads the faded road sign, an artifact on display at the Tubman African American Museum...
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6.2KArts and LeisureNew England Places To Take Mom on Mother’s Day
Everyone knows about historic New England places like the Freedom Trail or Robert Frost’s Farm. But the New England Historical Society can...
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15.4K6ConnecticutStratford Knockings Brought Throngs of Spiritualists to Connecticut
In 1850, the Rev. Eliakim Phelps and his family returned to their home one day –the scene of what was known as...
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8.9K11Politics and Military12 New England Military Heroes, Sung and Unsung
New England has given countless military heroes to the United States of America over its history. Their heroism took many different forms....
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9.7K15Arts and LeisureHigh Thinking and Low Living in Old Lyme
Florence Griswold suffered reversals of fortune that, in the end, transformed her beautiful old Georgian home into the Old Lyme Art Colony,...
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8.0K6Arts and LeisureJ. Alden Weir, America’s Most Beloved Impressionist
This lovely drypoint etching, Christmas Greens, was created by J. Alden Weir, a Connecticut artist beloved in his time. His generosity toward...
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