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Get answers to your questions with professional genealogists Diana Ross McCain and Carol R. Whitmer. Free, registration required! Co-sponsored by Hartford Public Library
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Augustus Washington established himself in Hartford as a Black photographer making images of Black and white families, key figures in the abolitionist movement of the time like John Brown and William Lloyd Garrison and more. Subscribe to read Dr. Deborah Willis's article in our current issue.

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Did you know that in the 19th century human hair was used to make jewelry? Find out more about this now unfashionable way to remember your loved ones! Join Mary Donohue, Asst. Publisher of Connecticut Explored, for a discussion with Dr. Helen Sheumaker about Victorian jewelry and wreaths made from human hair on this episode of our podcast.
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Our latest episode! Take a listen!#CTHistory #Civilwar #Connecticuthistory Check out the latest podcast from grating the nutmeg featuring the Connecticut State Library's own Kevin Johnson. History has often been described as the present having a conversation with the past. Meet Kevin Johnson, who makes those conversations both real and personal: as a Technical Assistant in the History and Genealogy unit of the Connecticut State Library in Hartford; as William Webb, a Civil War volunteer in the...See More gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/ ...
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Find out why Briann Greenfield and Beth Burgess call Harriet Beecher Stowe a radical in the Fall 2021 issue! Our latest stories, podcasts, exhibitions and programs at partner organizations and throwback stories to revisit now! ...
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By José E. Cruz (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2003 The closest thing to a Hollywood walk of fame Hartford has is the entrance to the city’s public library. As patrons approach the library’s main door they see a group of stars embedded in the concrete pavement naming Hartfordians known fo...
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Celebrating Judge Constance Baker Motley's birthday! A Civil Rights pioneer, her summer home in Chester has been designated as a CT Freedom Trail site. Read more about it here-https://www.ctexplored.org/site-lines-constance-baker-motleys-chester-retreat/
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By Marta Daniels (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Summer 2021 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! In 2019 the State Historic Preservation Office formally dedicated the Chester property of Judge Constance Baker Motley as the Connecticut Freedom Trail’s 140th site. The designation includes her 1745 home (privatel...
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The MTH&M and The Amistad Center for Art & Culture are getting up close and personal with Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, the authors of the New York Times bestseller THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN on Tuesday, September 14 at 7pm EDT! This new work of historical fiction tells the fascinating story of Hartford's own J.P. Morgan and his personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation.

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Remembering 9/11. In Grating the Nutmeg episode 38 CCSU history professor Matt Warshauer explores the 9/11 generation. As Warshauer notes, this is history still in the making.

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Are you a member of the 9/11 generation? Do you wonder how 9/11 and its aftermath affected kids who witnessed the terrorist attack on the U.S. 16 years ago? In this episode CCSU history professor Matt Warshauer explores the 9/11 generation and wonders about the next generation who will have no emoti...
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Calling lovers of all things fairy and wee folk! 🧚🏾‍♂️ The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, CT is hosting its annual Wee Faerie Village throughout the month of October. Two dozen faerie-scaled architectural amusements 🏡 delight and inspire visitors of all ages as they tour the Museum’s 12-acre riverfront and garden-filled site. Make magical memories with your family and friends.🧚🏾‍♂️ More at florencegriswoldmuseum.org/wfv2021/ ...
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