All posts tagged "Wethersfield Conn."
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15.0K4Business and Labor6 New England Diners
The diner has a long and proud history in New England, from its roots outside of a Providence newspaper to today’s retro...
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18.4K4ConnecticutIsaac Bissell Electrifies Connecticut With News of the Battle of Lexington
Isaac Bissell electrified the colonies of Massachusetts and Connecticut with the news of the Battle of Lexington in April 1775. He rode...
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22.7K8ConnecticutThe Railroading of Silas Deane, or How To Destroy a Patriot’s Reputation for 225 Years
Early in the American Revolution, Silas Deane worked without salary and spent much of his own money persuading the French to send...
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9.8KConnecticutGentleman Gerald Chapman, Connecticut’s Celebrity Gangster
Gerald Chapman, Prohibition’s celebrated “Gentleman Bandit,” might have escaped the gallows if he hadn’t gone on a crime spree in Connecticut. While...
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20.9K15ConnecticutColonial Outhouses, or George Washington (Probably) Sat Here
Colonial potty humor has pretty much disappeared, and so have colonial outhouses – but a Connecticut museum has brought them back. The...
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16.5K15Politics and MilitaryEat Like a President – The Founding Fathers’ Guide to New England Taverns
The first five U.S. presidents, the founding fathers, were all veteran travelers in New England. And in their travels, they left behind...
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