VOL. 21/NO. 2/Spring 2023
IN THIS ISSUE: > The Power of Place
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On the cover: University of Massachusetts Boston graduate student Kiara Montes supervising excavation of an 18th-century house by students at the 2022 Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School. photo: Courtesy of Stephen Silliman.
CONTENTS
pg 9 Hog River Journal: The Power of Place: New Offices and New Partnerships
By Kathy Hermes
pg 10 Letters, etc.
pg 11Reflections on the Power of Place
By Jason Mancini
pg 14 The Rise of Exclusionary Zoning in Connecticut
By Jack Dougherty
pg 21 Shade: Labor Diasporas, Tobacco, Mobility and Urbanization
By Fiona Vernal
pg 25 On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
By Ocean Vuong
pg 28 Game Changer: Sisters, at Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center
By Melissa Houston
pg 32 Topsy in the Tropics
By Pablo Delano
pg 34 Hubbard Park: Meriden’s Crown Jewel
By Justin Piccirillo
pg 40 Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School
By Stephen W. Silliman and Brenda Geer
pg 42 Land Grab CT: Student Voices
By Garrett McComas
pg 44 Topsmead: The Summer Home of Edith Morton Chase
By Alex Dubois
pg 48 New Haven History from the Sidewalk
by Mary M. Donohue
pg 50 Coming to New Haven and Enslaved Voices: Inclusive Education Programs at the New Haven Museum
By Khalil Quotap
pg 52 Archaeology at the Freeman Houses in the 19th-Century Bridgeport’s Little Liberia Community
By Sarah Sportman and Maisa Tisdale
pg 54 CT History for Kids: Connecticut’s National Historical Parks
pg 55 Spotlight: Events and News from Partner Organizations
