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Historic Connecticut Taverns: Three Revolutionary-Era Sites You Can Visit Today

By Fairfield, History
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==If you checked into a Connecticut tavern 250 years ago, chances are you weren't sleeping alone. Taverns were essential to travel in colonial America, providing food, drink, lodging, and a…
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These Five Connecticut Sites Witnessed the Birth of a Nation

By History
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Connecticut was never home to a Yorktown or a Bunker Hill, but its role in the American Revolution was substantial. The state supplied troops, food, weapons and other necessities to…
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The Hartford Circus Fire Left a City in Mourning

By History
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==The Hartford Circus Fire was one of the worst tragedies in Connecticut history — and one of the deadliest fires in America’s past. On July 6th, 1944, a blaze tore…
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Millstone Power Station: The Nuclear Power Plant Behind Half of Connecticut’s Electricity

By History
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Most people in Connecticut rarely give Millstone Power Station a second thought. It’s tucked away in Waterford, surrounded by tight security and layers of regulation. But here’s the reality: this…
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Stratford Point Lighthouse: From Bonfire to Beacon

By History
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Where the Housatonic River spills into Long Island Sound, the waters get tricky—riptides, sandbars, and shifting currents that don’t care how experienced you are behind the helm. For more than…
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95 Harbor Road in Southport, CT: The Tide Mill Building

By History, Southport
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Tucked along the Mill River, just before it meets Long Island Sound, there’s a small patch of land in Southport, Connecticut, once known as Herdsman’s Island. Back in colonial times,…
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Pequot Yacht Club Was Built for Sailors, Not Ceremony

By History, Southport
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Pequot Yacht Club was founded in 1920—not in a grand boathouse, but in Fred Bedford’s living room in Greens Farms. Bedford met with a few like-minded sailors who wanted a…
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