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Amistad Trail Intro

September 23, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

22 Sites Farmington, Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven, New London Vetted in January 2023. And I will shout, "FREEDOM!" The Freedom Trail encompasses sites in Connecticut associated with the heritage and movement towards freedom of its African American citizens - and the Amistad Trail is a very important part … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Amistad Trail, CT Freedom Trail, Farmington, Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven, New London

CT Women’s Heritage Trail

September 20, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

This is a Broad Catergory Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail Text on this page is mostly from The Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame which oversees the Women's Heritage Trail. Last checked October 2022. The Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame is the proud founder of a statewide program, the Connecticut Women's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: CT Women's Hall of Fame, Prudence Crandall: State Heroine, Women's Heritage Trail

Connecticut Art Trail

September 20, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

Who Arted? Connecticut Art Trail I first published this page in 2009. The CT Art Trail has gone through many changes since then, and keeping up with it has been a challenge. As such, I can't pretend that the listing here is 100% accurate at the day and time you are reading this. (I won't list "Affiliante Members" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Art, Connecticut Art Trail

51. Housatonic Museum of Art

June 5, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

Bring Some Gin For This Housatonic Bridgeport (Google Maps Location) May 17, 2008 Housatonic Museum of Art is a Connecticut Art Trail site. My first art museum! Finally! After only 50 other Connecticut museum visits! It's not that I've been purposely avoiding them... I did try to go to at least one other art … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Museums Tagged With: Art, Bridgeport, Colleges & Universities, Connecticut Art Trail, Free Museums

Freedom Trail: Barkhamsted

November 10, 2007 by Steve 16 Comments

Barkhamsted Lighthouse Archaeological Site Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted September 2007 This site is on the Connecticut Freedom Trail, which I'll address first on this page. In the 2020's a new trail and lots of signage was added to this site. From the Freedom Trail folks: At this site was a village … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Barkhamsted, CT Freedom Trail, Monuments and Plaques, peoples state forest, Underground Railroad Trail

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