History

Commentator David Bouchier suggests that a good old-fashioned long read can help us through the winter.

A new exhibit opens on Sunday at Sacred Heart University’s Discovery Science Center & Planetarium to honor the founder of Sikorsky Aircraft.

The mysteries of life in Connecticut as an English colony is continuing to be unearthed at a 17th century farm in South Glastonbury.

Emphasizing the important role Connecticut played in the founding of America, Governor Ned Lamont announced the creation of a commission to plan the state’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which is four years away.

James Lindsey Smith, a man enslaved in Virginia’s Northern Neck region on the Chesapeake Bay, made his way to freedom 184 years ago — and eventually to Norwich, Connecticut. Inspired by that journey and Smith’s determination, a group of men from the Castle Hill Church in Norwich attempted to retrace his steps back.

Stone artifacts around 12,000-years-old have been found at a rare Paleo-Indian site in East Haddam, Connecticut. It could lead to more discovery about the first people to enter the Americas during the last Ice Age.

An Army veteran is spearheading a project to raise $35 million to tell the story of the 29th Regiment Connecticut Infantry, the first Union soldiers to enter the defeated city of Richmond.

The museum is under investigation for their handling of its collection following the announcement of its permanent closure in August.

New London’s Black community has a long history in the small Connecticut city, but it’s a history that’s little known and celebrated. Now, New London has…

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