by CT Trust | May 31, 2019 | Education
By Elizabeth Correia Between March 27 and 30, 956 public historians attended the 2019 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Public History in Hartford, Connecticut. They represented professionals, students, and scholars all interested in how public historians...
by CT Trust | May 31, 2019 | Education, Press
Archaeologists working at a Department of Transportation (DOT) construction site earlier this year uncovered the earliest evidence of humans in Connecticut. DOT is replacing the bridge that carries Old Farms Road over the Farmington River, and construction will impact...
by CT Trust | Apr 9, 2019 | Education
The Connecticut Trust was proud to feature in its last bimonthly newsletter (available to members) the news that the Constance Baker Motley house and preserve have been added to the Connecticut Freedom Trail. Born and raised in New Haven, Judge Motley (1921-2005) and...
by CT Trust | Apr 2, 2019 | Advocacy, Education
In each of our bimonthly newsletters, we feature stories from around the state. Here are two from the latest issue! For a paper copy of our newsletter, become a member! Stratford: The American Shakespeare Theatre (1955; NR), pictured above, was destroyed by...
by CT Trust | Apr 1, 2019 | Education
While dismantling the Hills house on High Street in East Hartford, workers from the Glastonbury Restoration Company uncovered a 5-foot-long drawing of a battle scene. Although primitive in execution, the scene is complex, depicting three distinct groups of...
by CT Trust | Mar 31, 2019 | Advocacy, Education
We have all seen vacant houses and unused barns that are left to decay. First a hole develops in the roof, then the rain and snow get in, the frame slowly starts to sag, the windows fall out, and eventually (sometimes after many years), the structure collapses into a...
