Civil War
November 15, 2025
Author Steve Thornton asks “Who really makes history”? In his new book, Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State, co-authored by Andy Piascik, guest Steve Thornton tells the stories of everyday people and well-known figures whose work has often been obscured, denigrated, or dismissed. There are narratives of movements, strikes, popular organizations and people in Connecticut who changed the state and the country for the better.
June 1, 2025
By A. J. Schenkman Evergreen Cemetery was established nearly 180 years ago in New Haven, Connecticut. Like other cemeteries from its era, it boasts parklike surroundings. Many notable individuals are interred across its 85 acres, […]
January 2, 2013
Winter 2012/2013 Issue By Katherine Kane Subscribe President Abraham Lincoln, in office for less than two years and leader of a fractured and war-torn nation, picked up his pen and signed his Emancipation Proclamation New […]