All posts tagged "Windsor Conn."
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8.5KConnecticutArsenic and Old Lace: Not Funny to the Man Who Brought a Serial Killer to Justice
On Jan. 10, 1941, Hartford State’s Attorney Hugh Alcorn attended the opening night of the Broadway play, Arsenic and Old Lace. The...
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13.8K6Religion and Social MovementsConnecticut’s Rev. John Stoddard Sells His Wife, Loses His Church
John Stoddard – Revolutionary War veteran, Congregational minister and descendent of a long-established Connecticut family – pushed his life onto the rocks...
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20.2K8ConnecticutThe First Town Meeting Still Going in Six States
Town Meeting dates to the European settlement of New England, and it persists today in town halls, schools and auditoriums. Not to...
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9.9K5ConnecticutRoger Ludlow and the 1650 Scourge of Shuffleboard
In 1646, Roger Ludlow had the task of establishing laws for Connecticut. It wasn’t an easy job, but after four hard years...
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28.5K17ConnecticutThe Mystery of the Hartford Circus Fire Still Lingers, 78 Years Later
Of all the mysteries that still surround the Hartford Circus Fire, the most compelling is the identity of a small blonde girl...
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6.8K3ConnecticutOliver Ellsworth: Founding Father and Yale Dropout
Oliver Ellsworth, the forgotten founding father, was a lawyer, a member of the Constitutional Convention, a signer of the Declaration of Independence,...
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