July 2009 Archives

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers is pleased to announce our upcoming auction on September 13-14, 2009.  We thought you may have an interest Frederick William MacMonnies' Nathan Hale.  I have included an image of the work and the catalogue description below.  You...

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From the New London Times   When they learned the Nathan Hale statue in Williams Park was missing so many letters the message on its base was not legible, the Whaling City Restoration Committee decided restoring it was their only...

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Compatriots of the Connecticut Line CTSSAR (and Guests),Our photos of the Battle of Norwalk are now posted on our unit's website:www.ConnecticutLine.orgPlease check them out. If anyone has any photos of us on the battlefield, please forward them to me, and...

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Dear Compatriots of the Connecticut Line CTSSAR, Just returned from the 230th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of Norwalk Weekend in Norwalk, Connecticut. It was a great weekend, 2 beautiful days, it was just Saturday night where we had strong...

Continue reading Connecticut Line CTSSAR: REPORT - 230th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of Norwal

Click here to view the YourCT.com Article & PhotosAs reported by the Connecticut Post, 7/7/09Every five years, during the second weekend of July, Eric Chandler dons a swallow-tail coat and brass helmet, grabs his Charleville musket and joins dozens of...

Continue reading Reenactors set for Battle and Burning of Norwalk

Press Release - YourCT.comVictims of the Burning of Norwalk Remembered The Norwalk Historical Society will present a memorial for all victims of the Burning of Norwalk - American or British, soldier or civilian - on The Green near the cannon...

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By JESSE LEAVENWORTH, The Hartford Courant, July 10, 2009 When the alarm at Lexington was sounded in 1775, Daniel Throop of Lebanon was among the Connecticut men who hurried north to join the fray. Throop, who became a captain in...

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The Roger Sherman Branch #5 in Norwalk, the Norwalk-Village Green Chapter of the DAR, Crystal Theatre, and local officials participated in the reading of the Declaration of Independence on the Green along with the tolling of the bells, as part...

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Dear Compatriots of the Connecticut Line CTSSAR, Today the Connecticut Line once again marched in the 4th of July, Independence Day Parade in Columbia, Connecticut. We received the Blue Ribbon, First Place for Best Marching Unit in the 2008 Parade....

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