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CTMQ > Military History

1st Company Governor’s Horse Guards Cavalry Museum (Closed)

February 22, 2008 by Steve 4 Comments

It's Closed?! Neigh! Avon RIP, Late 1990's (?) Avon, Connecticut: Voted one of the "preppiest" places in the United States in the 1980s best-seller "The Official Preppy Handbook." Avon: home of a school that looks as though it is from a Harry Potter movie. And Avon, where just a couple minutes from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Animals, Avon, Closed/Gone/Former, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Military History

Old Manchester Museum

October 8, 2007 by Steve 3 Comments

A Text(ile)Book Town Museum Manchester (Google Maps Location) August 25, 2007 This museum is part of the Cheney Brothers National Historic Landmark. My friend EdHill was up in Connecticut for a long weekend and proposed spending a full day with me. Hit up the bar and hang out? Nah. We headed out for a full … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: cheney Brothers historic district, Creepy Dolls, EdHill, Manchester, manchester historical society, Military History, National Historic Landmarks, School Houses, Town History

Fort Nathan Hale and Black Rock Fort

September 17, 2007 by Steve 6 Comments

Holding (it) Down (at) The Fort(s) New Haven (Google Maps Location) July 21, 2007 My friend Rob and I visited Fort Nathan Hale and Black Rock Fort as part of a New Haven CTMQ full day out. I very much feel that these forts are very much outdoor museums of sorts. Never mind that everything here is a replica. It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Forts, Free Museums, Military History, New Haven, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums

Connecticut River Museum

May 27, 2007 by Steve 6 Comments

Something's Fishy in Essex Essex (Google Maps Location) October & December 2006, with some February 2020 too It sure didn't take long for me to rope my wife Hoang into joining me to visit a museum! We hadn't really planned on going to the River Museum, due to some scheduling conflicts and a nor’easter - we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Damian, Essex, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hoang, Military History, Model Trains, Nautical History, Ships & Boats & Submarines

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