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William Lanson, the Black businessman who contributed to New Haven’s growth in the early nineteenth century, was honored this weekend with the dedication of his statue. His noteworthy achievements include the challenging extension of Long Wharf, the development of the “New Township” in the 1810s and 1820s in part of what is now Wooster Square, the Liberian Hotel for Black workers and runaway slaves, and the harbor basin for the Farmington Canal. These achievements are inseparable from his commitment to raising up the African American community against white prejudice, a racism that meant he died in poverty. The statue sits on the Farmington Canal Greenway at Lock Street. The location is slated to become part of an “interpretative landscape”. ...
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Some great fall reading including our new book for grades 5-8!We're so excited to be included on this BuzzFeed list!
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To honor and commemorate the life and accomplishments of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020), the Lyman Allyn Art Museum has just installed a large-scale portrait of Ginsburg by artist Jac Lahav, which will be on view through October 18, 2020. Admission to the museum is free to all through the end of September.
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Justice Ginsburg served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1993 until her recent death due to pancreatic cancer on September 18, 2020. The second woman justice on the Supreme Court after Sandra Day O’Connor, Ginsburg worked as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights over the course of her remarkable career. She struggled against gender and religious discrimination, excelling as a law student and then as a professor, teaching law at Rutgers and Columbia before being appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1980. From there she was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993, the highest court in the United States, where she served with distinction for 27 years as a tireless champion of justice.
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Artist Jac Lahav, who lives in Lyme, Connecticut, first painted Ruth Bader Ginsburg as part of his series “48 Jews,” exhibited at the Jewish Museum in 2008. This portrait of Ginsburg has been shown in several museum exhibitions, including the Florence Griswold’s 2019 “The Great Americans: Portraits by Jac Lahav.”
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Timeline PhotosCelebrate #nationalvoterregistrationday with A Vote of Her Own: The Long Fight for Woman Suffrage! This exhibit features those who argued, reasoned, marched, and took action for, or against, women’s right to vote.
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Timeline PhotosCongrats to Elizabeth Normen - Venture Smith's Colonial Connecticut is a finalist for the 2020 Spirit of CT Book Award!

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Did you know that the Allen wrench was invented in CT?
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References to hops pepper early Connecticut diaries and ledgers. Between them, Thomas Minor and his son Manassah recorded cutting hop poles and weeding hops for close to 60 years. Hempsted regularly mentioned “poling my hop yard” and “pulling hopps” for two decades. In West Hartford, Noah Webster’s parents raised hops during the 1760s.
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How are ancient Greece and modern day do-it-yourself furniture giant Ikea connected? Find our from Connecticut State Historian Walt Woodward! Listen for free at: bit.ly/32FIEQD // Spotify //Apple Music
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Join Asst. Publisher Mary Donohue this Saturday between 7:45-8:15am to hear more about the 1950s-60s roadside history of the Berlin Turnpike on WTIC News/Talk 1080 radio with host Steve Parker!
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by Mary Donohue WINTER 2009/10 “The Berlin Turnpike (1942) is our Via Sacra, and the Olympia Diner (1952) our Triumphal Arch.” — Dennis Barone, in “Pike Pique: When Will the Berlin Turnpike Get the Respect it Deserves?,” The Hartford Courant, January 18, 2004 Some have suggested that the 1...
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From the 1920s to the 1960s, motion picture theaters enlivened the city of Hartford. Main Street glowed from the luminous marquees of the Loew’s Poli, the Poli Palace, the Crown, and the Strand. The Allyn and E. M. Loew’s stood on Asylum Street, the Colonial on Farmington Avenue, the Lenox on Albany Avenue, the Princess and the Regal were on State Street, the State Theatre on Village Street, the Webster on Webster Street, and others. In addition to the double features these theaters screened cartoons and newsreels, and some included Wurlitzer music.

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I was just wondering if there are street pictures were the theaters stood? As a kid, know I saw Swiss Family Robinson and Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs in Hartford Theaters but don’t know which theaters. I think Swiss Family was along side of G Foxes?
I wonder if there’s much archival material on this industry & if anyone would be willing to study it in greater depth & present on it
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Celebrating Connecticut Freedom Trail month! Learn more about over 300 African and Native Americans buried in the ABG with Dr. Kathy Hermes in this video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xRLDuft-BY&feature=youtu.be
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Center is proud to announce STOWE PRIZE IN PLACE, a 2-part virtual event with 2020 Stowe Prize winner Albert Woodfox, author of “Solitary.” Woodfox will be in conversation with Newark, NJ Mayor Ras Baraka discussing the criminal justice reform, the horrors of incarceration and solitary confinement, the legacy of chattel slavery, and the importance of education. Part 1: An Intimate Conversation is available starting September 23 at 7pm EST; Part 2: The Live, Interactive Experience on October 4 at 7pm EST. FREE to register; signed book and dinner packages available now. For more information and registration/packages: HarrietBeecherStoweCenter.org ...
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West Hartford Historian Dr. Tracey Wilson will provide a Woman’s Suffrage centennial talk on the 100th anniversary of woman’s suffrage in Connecticut in a program hosted by the Noah Webster House in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Greater Hartford and West Hartford Community Int...
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Sophie Tucker started her career by singing in her parent's restaurant but quicky became a headliner at nightclubs and on stage. She's in the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.

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New reading on this topic! For more, listen for free to CT State Historian Walt Woodward describing the 1918 pandemic on our podcast Grating the Nutmeg-https://gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/93-connecticut-and-the-pandemic-of-1918#1918Flu #Digitalcollections Researching the influenza epidemic of 1918 in Connecticut? You can find primary source resources about the epidemic, including this "Halt Influenza" flyer explaining how to treat patients with the flu, in our digital collections: hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:5333897 ...
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