VOLUME 22/NUMBER 3/SUMMER 2024
Connecticut Explored
Connecticut history, one good story after another
IN THIS ISSUE: Monuments and Memory
pg 9 Hog River Journal: Monuments and Monumental Arguments
By Kathy Hermes
pg 10 Guest Editor: Stories in Stone
By Matthew Warshauer
pg 11 Letters, etc.
pg 12 Connecticut Explored Summer Passport Program
pg 14 A Monumental Endeavor: The Bulkeley Bridge
By Kristen Levithan
pg 20 Courage and Camaraderie Under the Arch
By Kristin Steeves
pg 26 Connecticut and the Civil War: Monuments to Emancipation, and Not . . .
By Matthew Warshauer
pg 30 In the Tornado’s Path: Bridgeport’s Barnum Museum
By Kathy Maher with Tim O’Brien
pg 34 Special Section: Remembering John Mason
pg 34 Overview
By David J. Naumec
pg 39 Separation Is an Illusion
By Joshua Carter
pg 40 What If?
By Mitchel Ray
pg 41 John Mason Statues as Detritus of History
By Marie McDaniel
pg 42 Testimony: Walter W. Woodward
pg 43 Testimony: Rodney Butler
pg 38 Reader Survey: What Should Happen to the Mason Monuments?
pg 44 CT Humanities: 50 Years of Serving Humans (and Not Squirrels)
By Dana Barcellos-Allen
pg 48 The Historical Society of Glastonbury and the COVID-19 History Project
By Julie Thompson
pg 50 Snapshots!
pg 52 Site Lines: Restoring the Gallaudet Monument
pg 54 Spotlight: News & Events from Partner Organizations
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