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Defending Connecticut: Fortifying New London Against the British in 1812

by Jennifer Sharp for Your Public Media Outraged by British restrictions on trade, the impressment of American sailors, and confrontations in the Northwest Territory, the United States declared war on...

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Five Minutes that Changed Connecticut: Simon Bernstein and the 1965...

By Elaina Rollins Hartford lawyer and Democratic delegate Simon Bernstein stuck out from his political peers at the 1965 Connecticut Constitutional Convention. While the Democratic and Republican...

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Caleb Brewster and the Culper Spy Ring

by Andy Piascik Like many children raised at a time when traversing the world’s oceans was the ultimate adventure, Caleb Brewster dreamed of going to sea. It’s not difficult to imagine young Caleb...

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Prudence Crandall Fights for Equal Access to Education

By Diana Moraco Named Connecticut’s State Heroine in 1995 for her efforts to establish the first school for African American women in New England, Prudence Crandall stood apart from 19th-century...

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The Rise of the Black Panther Party in Connecticut

By Steve Thornton At a “Colored Men’s Convention” in Hartford on January 26, 1899, Connecticut’s first black lawyer took to the stage with an uncompromising message. “It is the right of the colored man...

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Art Young, Radical Cartoonist

by Andy Piascik The first two decades of the 20th century were a time of wide-scale dissent from the American dream. It was an era of bohemian salons, such as the one centered around the Greenwich...

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William Eaton, a Peace Democrat and Civil War Opponent

By James Brown Serving first as a member of the US Senate and later as a member of the US House of Representatives, William Wallace Eaton distinguished himself as a Connecticut politician during the...

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Benjamin Spock: Raising the World’s Children

By Andy Piascik When Dr. Benjamin Spock authored The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care in 1946, he became the world’s most famous pediatrician. His book made an immediate impact and, despite...

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Morton Biskind Warned the World About DDT

by Andy Piascik The years after the Second World War were prosperous ones for American businesses. With ever-greater profits and international power, there seemed no limits on the potential for...

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Avon’s Educational and Cultural Pioneer

Yung Wing was the first Chinese student to graduate from a university in the United States. A former resident of Avon, Wing was a political activist, reformer, and educational pioneer who helped bridge...

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